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Old 01-23-2012, 02:22 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Yah sure if you dig around you can conjure all kinds of naysayer reasons why an EV wouldn't be suitable. Putting every possible, even far-fetched scenario on one's primary vehicle is how we ended up with full-sized pickups and SUVS as our primary *severely underutilized* vehicles.

The fact remains, the vast majority of households are multi-vehicle already, and the vast majority of trips are short distance, single occupant.

When gas is $10/gallon I think you'll find ways to overlook/adapt.
As well as going a long way toward solving the atmospheric carbon content issue.

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Mech