Brewha wrote:This should be a retooling and creation of new industry, like when cell phone stared squeezing out land lines.
And using less oil make us more dependent on foreign sources how? How much oil do you think an electric car uses?
My assessment was pretty simple and straight forward, but , I'll explain further.
This will shut down many coal fired power plants, due to increased costs.
In turn, Power plant employees, as well as those nearby businesses which cater to the plant, and it's employees, will suffer with losing jobs. We won't need many coal miners either, so they will suffer job losses as well. In order to fill the gaps in the power grid, the fossil fuel power generators will ramp up power production, and require more petroleum, much of which will be needed from international sources.
The cell phone argument doesn't work here. Here's why.
The cell phone squeezed out the land line phones because the technology was superior to land service, and became affordable to most land line owners.
An electric car is a foolish investment for many budget minded consumers because of the initial cost. They are simply not yet affordable to the average U. S. consumer. Besides, You can't pull your boat, or save the world with a Volt or Prius. Heck, every time you plug in an electric car, your likely powering it back up with electricity generated by a fossil fuel burning power plant, in most areas today.
Inadvertently, an electric car uses more oil than you want to give it credit for.