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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (100211)	1/15/2008 12:29:59 AM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I think prices are the biggest factor that would accelerate acceptance (of electric vehicles). So I kinda wish politicians would let prices adequately reflect the costs, rather then continually subsidizing oil, gasoline, ethanol, etc. The War in Iraq is largely a gasoline subsidy (albeit one that paid off poorly for the taxpayers). AFA solar panels go, I could install panels on my house that would meet about 30% of my overall electricity demand HOWEVER, it would take a 25K capital outlay on my part ...but that's without electric vehicles (and I live in the best climate in the world for solar, more or less). Given the economic situation right now, I don't think a large proportion of the population is able to pull together that sort of investment (if they can't make downpayments to buy homes in the first place, it's hard to imagine pulling another 25K together for solar). If I were king of Phoenix, I'd change the building codes to REQUIRE solar tile on all new builds. I'd probably be assassinated......<G>