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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (331364)	4/2/2007 1:36:48 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572708

Ten, do you have any operations background? Anyway, if you do, then you know that in any process, manufacturing or otherwise, there are likely to be many steps or points in the process where inefficiencies exist. To make progress, you have to make progress on many bottlenecks or process steps at the same time. Otherwise, you are simply moving the bottleneck. However, that is not an excuse for doing nothing. So certainly, if we move all of our cars to electricity, we may put massive burdens on our electric grid and we may actually increase greenhouse gas emissions through the increased use of dirty coal plants that produce electricity. However, WE WILL NO LONGER BE DEPENDENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST FOR OIL. So a major objective will have been achieved. Now a smart leader, that was smart enough to get us to move in the direction of converting all of our cars to electricity, would most likely forsee his own success and plan for upgrades to the electrical grid, as well as streamlining regulation in the nuclear power plant industry so more nuke plants are built, while simultaneously pushing for very tough laws against dirty coal plants to stimulate clean coal technologies. They would also push for increased usage of clean power like wind, water, and solar. But the first step is always the hardest. So in business smart leaders always go ahead and take the first step and then use the success from that first step to build momentum. In this case, if we can move to electric vehicles, the benefits from not have the Middle East dictators' swords to our economy's jugular would be big enough for everyone. And once that was accomplished, our country would have no choice but to upgrade the electrical grid to handle the demand. We just need smart, visionary leaders like Schwartzenegger. And we need to get the oil whores like Bush and Cheney out of office to start this seachange.