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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I think you have to wait for the technology to improve over time, but I would say the electric car movement is most pertinent - and effective - when used in urban environments for the time being. Of the tens of thousands of cars on the road, there would surely be different uses for them than a diesel/gasoline rig used in the field for very different purposes.
One thing that is a huge inhibitor for electric vehicles is that the infrastructure required to make a mass change just isn't there yet. As much as I want a Tesla, I couldn't imagine buying one when there are next to no electric charging stations, and I live in a condo and I don't have an outlet in my parkade. That alone prevents me from buying electric, even though my heart wants to buy one too.
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Agreed if the infrastructure was there I would not be against an electric vehicle even if it was only a grocery getter, an a to b type deal.
For work however even if the infrastructure was there, the market simply doesn't provide an alternative. Eric Estrada brought up a point on reducing emissions from consumer vehicles, and while personal transport makes a huge portion of GHG, it's a drop in the bucket compared to shipping and agriculture. And as of yet, there is no alternative either currently available or even in the pipeline to address these areas. If John Deere could build a electric tractor that can pull a subsoiler, I'd love to see it. When the govt says they will use this influx of tax revenue to invest in green energy; that's fine. But show me how. Show me the willingness from industry to spend and develop R&D to make it a reality.
Forcing industry to make changes based on cost prohibition for the end user doesn't sound like healthy economic sense. The marketplace should decide when it's needed.