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To: null and void; Right Wing Assault; Yo-Yo; Reaganez

>> “As Yo-Yo said, it’s the early adopters who pave the way (with money!) to universal availability for the masses.” <<

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And when the power grid is down in an emergency, how many thousands will die with their cars?


138 posted on 12/14/2013 7:17:07 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor
If the power grid goes down hard roughly 270 million Americans will die in the first year.

A few because they can't charge their electric cars, and many because without power they can't get gas or diesel fuel pumped into their cars and grocery trucks.

OTOH, if demand for electricity goes up due to more electric vehicles, the market will respond by expanding and improving the electrical infrastructure to provide for it.

Or would you prefer to raise taxes and impose government mandated [hyper sarcasm quote]engineering[/hyper sarcasm quote] solution (think the universally successful government exercises in social engineering as the model).

Why, they could put Al Gore, the man who brought us the low flow toilet, in charge of the whole project!

144 posted on 12/14/2013 7:28:05 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: editor-surveyor
And when the power grid is down in an emergency, how many thousands will die with their cars?

With the power grid down, your local gas station won't be pumping Ethyl into your tank, either.

167 posted on 12/14/2013 7:50:26 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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