[RockyTx]

when comparing energy delivered to the wheels.
liquid fuel(diesel or gasoline) costs five to ten times as
much as electricity

coal powered cars are great
no Arabs
no Exxon
everybody wins

[Fresh Wind]

liquid fuel(diesel or gasoline) costs five to ten times as much as electricity

Not really.

Quoth King Barry:

"Under my plan, electricity rates will necessarily skyrocket"

coal powered cars are great

In King Barry's perfect world, there will be NO coal powered cars.

And how do you put a dollar value on your convenience?

What is the cost of buying, insuring, and maintaining two cars for the luxury of having a super-efficient electric car for local travel to supplement the gas powered car you would need for long distance travel?

[JimRed]

Germany in WWII had perfected making gas and motor fuels out of coal. The cost must have been ruinous, though or they wouldn’t have had to try taking those north African oil fields.