1st off oil prices are falling and will never naturally go sky high - in every country where fossil fuels are expensive, they are artfully driven up by taxes and market manipulations.
While oil prices might
currently be falling, they are still on an upward trend.
Here's a link to a
graph of oil prices over the past 10 years, which clear show an upward trend courtesy of the NASDAQ. I'm not saying oil prices will be $100 this year and $300 a barrel next year, I'm saying they will continue to go up and eventually be at the point where it isn't economically viable to use.
You pat $4 a gallon due to taxes and surcharges, not due to oil price increases.
No Europe pays $9 a gallon due to taxes and surcharges, fuel tax in the US isn't that high compared to the rest of the Western world. Fuel prices are still significantly higher than they were 10 years ago and it's because of the cost per barrel of oil, not because of a increase in taxes. During this time shipping, air travel, and anything that depends on fuel has gotten more expensive to offset the cost of the increase in oil prices.
You dismiss the need for a newer heavier power distribution system - millions if miles of new under and above ground cable needed. Talk about abusing the environment.
You wouldn't need a new power distribution system, I'm not sure how that's even part of your argument. The US, as most of the Western world, is wired up for electricity no matter where you are. If the wires above your head can carry enough power to power a city, town, village, etc. it can more than likely charge your electric vehicle using a 110v charging unit. To be honest your air condition probably would require more power to run on a summer's day than it would to charge your electric car at night while you're sleeping.
Not to mention global warming itself is a crock. Man does not influence the temp of the earth more than the sun does - to think so is ignorant at the highest level.
As I pointed out, I'm not saying the automobile is contributing to global warming, I'm saying it's contributing to pollution in major cities. All one needs to do is look at picture of any city in China or even LA to see that it's true. Global warming is obviously a debate left for another thread, but there's no debate that the automobile and ICE's contribute to pollution.
You know the sun right? That thermo nuclear ball in the sky.
Yes, I'm aware of it, although since it's almost winter in Michigan we don't get to see it all that often.
BTW, do you think this electricity you will be using will suddenly get cheaper?
LOLOLO BWHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Not sure where I said that, but no I don't expect electricity to get cheaper, however I do expect it to become a more economically viable option than pumping fossil fuel in anything that requires movement under it's own power.
What makes you think your combine energy cost for your electric go-kart will be less than what you are paying for fossil fuels?
Facts and figures? Take the Tesla Model S for example, it's estimated that it takes about $8.00 worth of electricity to go about 200 miles, even if that's a conservative estimate and it take $12-$15 to go that far it's still cheaper than a 40mpg car that burns 5 gallons of gas at $4.00 to go the same distance.
