Yeah, the problem with some of these environmentalists is that they just don't understand the crunch we're in. Alternative energy technology is a lot better, and getting better all the time... but it's still not to the point were we can effectively power our cars with it, let alone cheaply switch over. Like in the Chevy Volt, fossil fuels are going to have to be a viable option in the long run. We simply just can't stop all development there.
And that's just here. If you try and run an electric car anywhere else besides Western Europe or Japan, people will look at you like you're stupid... and be correct for doing so. There's just no infrastructure for that sort of thing there - many countries are far too poor to afford it.
Or, in the case of China, your population is just too damn big. Seriously, if everyone in China, or at least the major metropolitan areas, drove electric cars then they'd go bankrupt trying to build the power plants to keep up with that kind of 'off-peak' power demand.
And that's just here. If you try and run an electric car anywhere else besides Western Europe or Japan, people will look at you like you're stupid... and be correct for doing so. There's just no infrastructure for that sort of thing there - many countries are far too poor to afford it.
Or, in the case of China, your population is just too damn big. Seriously, if everyone in China, or at least the major metropolitan areas, drove electric cars then they'd go bankrupt trying to build the power plants to keep up with that kind of 'off-peak' power demand.