[oldtech]

This would cost how much? And who do they intend to pay for it,a plan that only benefits a few electric vehicles?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

This would cost how much? And who do they intend to pay for it,a plan that only benefits a few electric vehicles?

They will "ask" "the rich" to "contribute" a fair amount.

[sphinx]

I have no sense of the cost and efficiency factors of this technology. It may be ripe for a proof of concept -- though I'd prefer that Al Gore pay for it -- but there's an obvious chicken and egg issue. To be practicable, one would need a fairly extensive network, not just a few showcase roads. Such a network would take many years to build out. In the meantime, the range limitations of electric vehicles would remain.

The anti-gasoline lobby seems to me to have overcommitted to electrics. The fact that major automakers are putting down big bucks is suggestive, but that may be in large part a response to political factors. Fracking reshuffled the deck, but my layman's sense is that the full range of post-oil alternatives should remain in play.