We drive long distances. In cold weather and often to off-grid places. Our electric infrastructure is unreliable, but when the cars go so do the gas stations and then where do we get gas for our generators when the power goes out for a week? These are REAL concerns. What if my battery dies while I'm out in EBF? How do I get home again if I don't even have cell service to call for help? Never mind the general poverty rate and lack of public transit in rural areas. We can't afford the cars either. Electric cars are a stop-gap measure till a better fuel can be identified (it has been- hydrogen fuel cells), so let's focus on methane and manufacturing for the near term and the type of vehicle that will meet the needs of all Americans, not just the city dwellers. Let's reduce time sitting in traffic by increasing telecommuting, programming stop lights to keep traffic flowing, god forbid, lowering the highway speed limit to save gas... There are so many other ways to do this, but the administration is dead set on the least convenient, least practical, and most expensive answer.
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