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Old 01-31-2012, 09:30 PM   #140 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave View Post
To be fair, the cost of entry on those is on the steep side. And there are quite a few other barriers to entry.

If you allow me to turn the analogy on its head and extrapolate it to a ridiculous extreme: How can anyone say that daily-driving a 1962 Ferrari GTO isn't for them if they have never owned one?
Saying you can't afford one is one thing, saying that they wouldn't want one because they are a lousy idea is another thing.

People who live in apartments are an electric vehicle market that is going to b hard to reach, but IamIan hit the nail on the head, my house was built with plumbing for gas lights running right next to the electrical wiring, just in case that electricity thing was a passing fad and my city had an acetylene plant to supply gas for those gas lights up until 1971, changes take time and some people will still be using gas while others are using electricity for a long time, just like in the past.