The Volt Hybrid is really a poor example of an electric car if one is to make a fair comparison. For starters, it’s not a true electric car.
The Nissan Leaf, which goes 100 miles per charge (3 times the Volt’s range) is a much better benchmark.
In the end, while electric cars may lag in absolute efficiency over their internal combustion competition, they have one insurmountable national security advantage: the fuel to run them isn’t purchased from people who want to kill us.
I agree, and even if they aren’t feasible for most of us now, the technology will improve. After all, the first gasoline powered cars were nothing to write home about either.
The fuel to run internal combustion cars doesn't have to be, either.
Drilling here. Using biodiesel made from garbage and manure instead of food crops...the possibilities are there.
But we have oil in the ground, off shore, in shale deposits...more than Saudi Arabia. So that argument is obtuse.
the fuel to run them isn’t purchased from people who want to kill us.
YOU MEAN ODUMBI AND HIS ADMINISTRATION?
We can’t continue the mindset of running away from anything to do with people who want to kill US.
Kill THEM. That solves the problem....and they get lots of beautiful virgins as a bonus. Win Win.