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On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:26:56 -0700, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

>Paul E. Schoen wrote:
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
>> news:ieidnSvlPKQURrDVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>> Reality.  There isn't enough generating capacity to convert to electric
>>> cars.
>> 
>> It may not exist at the moment, but the switch to electric (as well as 
>> other more efficient vehicles) must be accompanied by an overall reduction 
>> in our total per-capita energy consumption. Even if new electric power 
>> plants would be built, using the same fossil fuels that now power 
>> automobiles, they would be much more efficient and cleaner than millions of 
>> individual cars and trucks being driven in stop-and-go traffic. But the 
>> ultimate resolution to this problem will involve people changing their 
>> lifestyles, using more public transportation, living closer to jobs (or 
>> telecommuting), and generally becoming a more cooperative society living 
>> and working closely with other people, rather than isolationism, needless 
>> competition, and broken families.
>> 
>
>Amen! Well said.

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