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To: ScatterShot who wrote (95523)	7/10/2008 4:24:57 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

The problem is still the batteries -- even the best do not have enough staying power. So how to you guarantee capacity (that is, what somebody is paying for)? With propane, it's essentially identical, so long as the tank isn't rupturing on the spot. I own Li-ion batteries that were pieces of crap right out of the box. And others that were very good yet after a couple hundred charges have begun to show reduced capacity. And I would really cringe at the thought of some hungover, I- don't-want-to-be-here teenager operating a forklift by my shining new auto four or eight times a day on road trips. <g> Still... with better batteries (50? 100? years off?) or fuel cells (50? 100 thousand years off?) that would be the way to go.