Re: Electric Cars -
"They make too much money on their technological stagnation" - Ralph Nader talking about car maker's reasons for not producing electric cars. He is referring to the maintenance costs - and profits - of gasoline powered vehicles. This is a quote from the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car".
Global warming, dependence on war-based mid-eastern oil, and pollution that causes cancer asthma strokes and heart disease are some of the reasons why the electric car is in high demand. The cost per kilometer driven is much less for electric cars as compared to buying gasoline. However, consumers continue to purchase new vehicles with gasoline engines. Instead, if they could just hold off just a few years and get by with their old car or a used car until automakers offer us a responsible car, an electric car, things would change. We are either angry or stupid, and stupid keeps angry people angry.
The better battery technology is here now, electric cars are completely viable, and some independent corporations like Tesla are producing as many electric cars as they can, and they have a waiting list for them. The cost of producing an electric car would be the same as an electric car if only the established automakers would use their facilities to produce them. They do not want to, because the maintenance profits on gasoline powered cars, and the profits from importing crude oil, are so huge. Other corporations make money hosting oil wars on foreign soils. Together, they have managed to keep the electric cars from us.
CTP OTS? - The automakers create the problem of having no options for transportation, but the solution they offer is the gasoline powered car.
Remember, they "Create the Problem, Offer the Solution" [CTP-OTS]
