Who Killed The Electric Car?

[devonin]

Re: Who Killed The Electric Car?

I can't even begin to state how ludicrously inefficient and useless flying cars would be. For any even remotely short travel distance, they'd be nigh useless, and for sufficiently long distance, planes already come in small sizes for personal use.

I suppose you might be meaning -hovering- cars? That might make a little more sense as a "Future WOW!" technology to be figuring might be forthcoming.

[Vendetta21]

Re: Who Killed The Electric Car?

I get what you're saying, but if you're suggesting charge stations take the place of gas stations in society, that's still a massive shift to the system. I just don't like such massive suggestions being made lightly.

Yeah, but if you think about the seed that started this thread, it's quite apparent that it doesn't much matter what the consumer wants if the producers refuse to allow them to have it.

Uhh the EV1 was a pipe-dream at the time. And I'm not being flippant, I'm being quite serious. For some reason or another you like to argue status-quo-ism, and I don't know if it's because it is the easiest way to be a contrarian, or you really just like things the way they are, but paradigm shifts happen all the time, and getting used to the prospect of them is something that gives you an edge in our society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ParadigmShiftsFrr15Events.svg

[Afrobean]

Re: Who Killed The Electric Car?

Uhh the EV1 was a pipe-dream at the time. And I'm not being flippant, I'm being quite serious. For some reason or another you like to argue status-quo-ism, and I don't know if it's because it is the easiest way to be a contrarian, or you really just like things the way they are, but paradigm shifts happen all the time, and getting used to the prospect of them is something that gives you an edge in our society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:P...rr15Events.svg

A little of both, to be honest. I don't like things to change too fast. Change is necessary, of course, but the sort of speed some people expect it at is too quick.

And of course, being argumentative is great.