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The desire for clean energy sources is good. Having a technology which CLEARLY will not work (for a variety of reasons too long to go into here), and then forcing it down the throats of manufacturers and consumers by Government fiat, is not good.

You really should read some free-market economics- try "FREE TO CHOOSE" for starters, by Milton and Rose Friedman. The free market will solve this problem- but only if it is allowed to operate. No Government "Five-Year Plan" is going to do it.

I don't think anyone is saying that the government should require the automobile companies to produce these cars, but what I don't understand (and maybe what Lara is saying) is why so many people, especially "conservatives" that show up around here, have such negative, knee jerk reactions against things like electric cars.

I don't own an electric car, and frankly, I wouldn't buy one right now (mostly due to the limitations mentioned in the article), but I think it's sad that GM is stopping production on the car. The automobile manufacturers are faced with a free market Catch-22: there's no demand for the product because the technology isn't there, but without demand, there's no incentive to produce the technology.

Electric cars would be a far better alternative to automobiles on the road today. They would be cheaper to operate, quieter to run, and better for the environment. I don't see why so many folks have such a problem with that. But, oh well.

What does free market economics have to do with cleaner fuel? Someone posted a desire for less poluting vehicles, and I responded to one who was ridiculing them.

Electric vehicles are not in the catagory of 'clearly not working'. The hybrids are kind of neat, and those came out of electric. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

I agree that the goverment doesn't solve problems, and this plan of theirs was stupid, but don't chastise me on what I really 'should' read. You have no idea my background or views based upon one sentence in a post. If you do then youre wasting your time here, mindreader.