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To: steve harris who wrote (387590)	5/31/2008 9:54:38 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

I think you said that tongue in cheek, but in case you didn't, the electric car industry has come a long way since golf carts. :) Just a few of the players include Tesla, which has a $100K sports car on the road right now and is in full production. The GM VOLT will be out in 2010. Nissan promises a fully electric vehicle with a 100 mile range and 80 mph top speed by 2009. Toyota is working on a plug-in hybrid within 2-3 years. So most of the major car companies are getting into the game. That's fact, which is very heartening. When that happens, then the market will start the slow process of working in our favor. But the question now is one of speed and of who owns the patents to all this new alternative energy technology. I prefer we do it fast, because our need is urgent. And I prefer the country who owns the lion's share of the patents will be the US. The next boom is going to come from alternative energy and I sincerely hope the US benefits most from it, as we did the Internet boom. Our government can make a very large difference in that outcome by being friendly to that industry.