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Originally Posted by recycled sixtie
Being an incurable optimist there will be hybrid or electric cars in the future. You look at the number of cars on the roads now and are increasing in number.
Sure electricity has to be produced but it can be produced by clean sources. The air we breathe must be cleaner in the future or else we succumb to airborne particulates.
Elon Musk's ideas may seem far fetched but inventors will find solutions that are affordable.
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I saw the math somewhere. The amount of energy needed every single day in the just USA alone for cars and trucks and general transportation is staggering. It is many times more than all the current, um present electrical generating capacity.
We will have to build a lot of power plants. And they all use energy of some sort. Wind and solar will never be enough. Coal and Natural Gas is the biggest source of the electricity.
No doubt at all, the hybrid cars of today are not bad, but if you look at the overall cost of purchase, maintenance, and long term use, a standard gasoline only car is cheaper. There is a premium to buy the hybrid. Unless you drive a LOT, it is just something to make you feel good about yourself.