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To: steve harris who wrote (357599)	11/8/2007 8:14:08 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573145

Hi Steve, I like how you are thinking. More people should think in terms of the economic sense of things. Anyway, both GM and Tesla have estimated that the cost per mile of their VOLT and Tesla vehicles will be about 1 cent. Compare that to the cost per mile that we pay today. Let's say you get 25 mpg on your car and a gallon costs $3. That means you are paying $0.12 per mile. Even if we could get gas prices back down to $1, you'd still be paying $0.04 per mile. No matter how you slice it, cars like the VOLT and Tesla are more economical to run. If GM can sell the VOLT for under $30K, as they plan, then this truly is the car of the future, because it will be VERY economically competitive with any other alternative. BTW, I think that ethanol, coal to gas, and other alternative fuels are all red herrings. I think the only viable competitor is electric. The other attempts will be costly and distracting and ultimately non-competitive economically and even more harmful to the environment than gas over the long term. Electric is the only one that really can solve the several problems that the US faces. Now we all just need to cross our fingers and hope that A123 Systems, Tesla, and others can mass-produce their automotive grade lithium batteries to make all of this a reality.