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Old 06-18-2007, 07:02 AM  
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Originally Posted by Linguist View Post
I watched the video and to be honest I don't buy it. If electric was so much better, countries like Japan would be running 100% electric by now and electric cars would be available for import worldwide. You'd also see a lot of electric cars in Canada, Europe, etc. Especially in Europe since gas there is a lot more expensive than in the US.
So you are assuming Big Oil only has influence over the US market then? For some reason Toyota's version of the electric car was pulled off the road at just around the same time as the EV1.

In addition, I think it was the Honda Civic (maybe the Accord?) that got around 57 mpg around 10 years ago, and now get many miles LESS per gallon. It this technology or repression?

Another interesting thread regarding this subject can be found here...

http://bgafd.co.uk/forum/read.php?f=3&i=125482&t=125482
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