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A warning note to all. In the quest for alternative energy use we have to beware of one thing. If a solution is proposed by a car manufacturer, an oil company or even the government, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GREEN.
Those entities are seeking to preserve status quo. Meaning THEIR industries, infrastructures and economy. Being ecofriendly comes third.
If cars were electric they'd lose maintenance services.
If cars were electric they'd lose car obsolescense replacement opportunity.
If cars were electric they'd lose fuel sales, refining and storage fees.
If cars were electric they'd lose LOTS of money.
If cars were electric they'd lose opportunity for war and fear induced masses control.
When they propose ethanol, biofuels, natural gas and hydrogen they keep all above alive.
The electric car that uses solar energy uses the only free energy, the only one that comes from outside the planet. It has low maintenance and if built with appropriate materials, can last half a million miles easily. Engineering is simple and requires less than a third of the parts necessary for an ICE powered car. Coupled to small solar stations, it costs next to nothing in fuel use. There is no reason to go to war to maintain solar energy provision.
The first existing car was electric, it was before gas.
This debate can not exist because it has been forbidden by money and power.
I've been wanting an ecar since 1973 when the first (artificial) petroleum shortage shook economy. In 2001 there was The Electric Car Symposium in Montréal. They rented the Gilles Villeneuve race track and allowed everyone with a driving permit to try a selection of 8 different cars made by Toyota, Nissan, GM, Ford and Hydro Québec. I tried four of them. I was in love....
Sorry about all of this, I had to say it.
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