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Originally posted by fastpat
If you'll take a look at legislation passed in California, that's exactly what will happen. It's the stated goal of the sociofascist luddites in that state to have a huge fleet of electric or hybrid powered cars, by force.
I don't have a problem with hybrid or electric cars. They just aren't the answer, yet. The largest problem with a hybrid is that the extra cost of the car is not justified by enough savings in fuel to pay for that extra cost. Eventually, hybrids will cost no more than, or mayhbe less than, standard cars. At that point, everyone will be driving them.

right now, the only way to "justify" hybrids is to either artificially raise the price of gasoline or to create a "tax" on lower MPG cars to even out the prices. Both of these are happening in Commiefornia.
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