| Re: About six times as expensive....
DougC wrote:
> Why would you think this?
> If IC engines cost less to operate, and (I heavily suspect) generated
> less pollution overall, what objection would any reasonable person have?
Provided that they are quiet and produce less polution, I'd say fine.
They can be reasonably quiet if well muffled, but I doubt very much
that they would be less polluting than an electric... especially if the
electricity is produced in a non-polluting way. Even if not,
powerplants are much cleaner than car engines. Plus, batteries are
recycled.
The huge industry that has developed around the IC engine for 100 years
is what keeps their cost low, plus the low cost of the highly
subsidized fuel. Electrics are inherently much simpler and less
expensive... even if the present prices of the low-volume offerings
does not support that.
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