who killed the electric car...

[FreeEnergy]

Some person put it on google, if this is the right video.  Watch it before google trashes it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5977085690337730430&q=Who+Killed+the+Electric+Car&total=248&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

thanks!

[r4ndomn4me]

Say you had an EV, and you drove it and loved it.

Now you see if only you do it, just one person, nothing really happens ...you save some money and we all breath a little easier ...pending you charge it with green energy.

But say all your family and friends and there friends and your whole city start to drive them.
Gas stations will have to lay off staff.
Fuel companies will notice a small loss in sails.
The government will not see the tax revenue from the fuel.
Oil change, muffler, automatic transmission, mechanics and tune up shops, will start to lay off staff and some will close all together.
Air and Oil filter plants will see loses.
Car companies will start to slow production as people will keep there cars longer as they break down less.
Soon many people are out of work and the government loses even more money when income tax revenue goes down and unemployment goes up.

In the end, if you have an EV, you save money, and every one else loses out, and if people find out that they can go and with high school shop knowledge, convert an older compact car to full electric with spare parts, the economy as we know it will crumble and chaos will ensue.

[ChileanOne]

And this is why we need to keep plundering the planet until all of us die from it? Don't think there are better solutions if we make people wide awake of the deep doo doo we are in, and make we all together the very tough and rough decitions and actions required?

For God's sake, it seems some people prefers the status quo just because is painless, by the moment only.

[r4ndomn4me]

Well don't lump me into that crowd, my EV project is in the works, and once I raise the $16k for parts it should be on the road in no time flat.

[Topguner]

Say you had an EV, and you drove it and loved it.

Now you see if only you do it, just one person, nothing really happens ...you save some money and we all breath a little easier ...pending you charge it with green energy.

But say all your family and friends and there friends and your whole city start to drive them.
Gas stations will have to lay off staff.
Fuel companies will notice a small loss in sails.
The government will not see the tax revenue from the fuel.
Oil change, muffler, automatic transmission, mechanics and tune up shops, will start to lay off staff and some will close all together.
Air and Oil filter plants will see loses.
Car companies will start to slow production as people will keep there cars longer as they break down less.
Soon many people are out of work and the government loses even more money when income tax revenue goes down and unemployment goes up.

In the end, if you have an EV, you save money, and every one else loses out, and if people find out that they can go and with high school shop knowledge, convert an older compact car to full electric with spare parts, the economy as we know it will crumble and chaos will ensue.

Let it all come crumbling down! We can rebuild it and it might be better than before. Electric cars/batteries and all will need to be manufactured. Electric cars will still need maintenance and repairs.
And you can be sure they will find a way to tax them.