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i applaud any effort to lessen our dependence on oil / natural gas...and i work in the oil industry. electric vehicles are a great idea, but there are 2 problems i see with them, trip length on a single charge, and where to dump all the hazardous waste (lithium) because no one wants a hazardous waste site anywhere near their home. Lithium batteries are the only way to get the longer trip lengths on a single charge, and if lithium could be completely recycled, bring on the elecric cars.<br> a couple of points for people to know: (1) BIG OIL doesn't control the price of oil, they incur the ever rising costs of drilling for it and then sell it. the traders on the mercantile exchange floor control the price of oil based on world events, emotions, supply, and demand. (2) on the economics side of the price of oil, has anyone ever thought that the exponentially rising amount of debt this country is incurring (which lowers the value of the bonds our government sells on a regular basis to pay the bills)might have anything to do with this? let's see, the value of the US dollar against the British pound has fallen approx. 45% in the last 2 years. that same dollar has to buy the same barrel of oil...hmm let's see...$120/barrel oil now, take away 45% and we have approx. $66/barrel oil. an easier solution for me would be to reprice oil in british pound sterling. repurcussions of this...i don't know. but it's only a thought.
By carl
