Documentary: Revenge of the Electric Car
Remember "Who Killed the Electric Car?"? This is the followup, which includes the Tesla, Leaf, Volt, and some guy in LA building his from scratch. Interesting interviews with the men behind the new cars. It is worth noting that the Leaf is actually being sold to people in Portland for real world use as a test market. It is a shame that the Lithium Ion batteries used in each of them is actually a rare earth element, and only enough for about 2 million vehicles exists. This makes an electric car a thing only rich people own, and driving one is a suicidal act, once the gasoline runs out. If there's a gap between the end of fossil fuels and scaling up synthetic biodiesel from algae, then driving one becomes a life-taking risk. This is why I keep seeing scooters as the answer. We're going to have to accept, at some point, that taking a trip somewhere is a risk, and we might die. We enjoyed easy motoring for decades, with convenience and safety. This was a temporary thing... like retirement, affordable health care, chocolate, bananas, and Fiji water. Let it go. Be a man and let it go.