tpaine,
No telling why people resist electric cars so much. Maybe it's the liberal/green hype attached to them. Maybe it's the unknown. Maybe it's the freedom one feels two hundred miles away from the grid with a full tank of gas.
BUT, I wholly agree that nuclear powered electric grids charging EV's is a great solution to many problems. Even coal power (with scrubbers and all the attendant waste issues there) to E?V is probably a net decrease in total emissions.
One thing that is a problem is that plug-ins do eventually need to get to a "plug-in." Burt Rutan (the Rutan Composites Around the World non-stop guy) had one of the first Toyota Priuses on a long term courtesy test for Toyota. He advised it should split the internal-combustion/electric ratio to about 15-85 instead of the current ratio of about 60-40. He would use a much smaller internal combustion engine to just get you to the next plug-in or in the case of emergency, just stop and recharge in the boonies.
Sorry for the long post.
Oldplayer
No telling why people resist electric cars so much.
Maybe it's the liberal/green hype attached to them.
Yep, I guess there's no way to counter irrational thinking. -- Cheap electrics, suitable for urban use, would solve a lot of problems.
No one but irrational greenies are hyping that gas/diesel be banned.