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Originally Posted by thstone
And what energy source is going to power all of those electric generators to make all of the electricity that powers all of the e-cars? Fossil fuels.
Net gain: zero.
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you seem to be discounting the effect that rising crude oil prices have on virtually every single consumer product....in a consumer economy.
Meanwhile the long term trend in wages and job growth has been going in the opposite direction for a decade now. All that "Made in China" was going to take its toll sooner or later..well here we are. 1 million applications for 50K recent McDonalds job openings. If electricity use goes up we will be in a FAR better position to work with that than oil. If anything it will open the door to create more efficient ways to produce electric power, if we can keep China from stealing that away too. Point is we are WASTING trillions of dollars on oil. Just imagine if everyone in America was using energizer batteries in the cell phones, laptops and Ipods instead of rechargeables. That's what we are doing with oil. Time to switch the railroad track in a new direction.