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To: Don Devlin who wrote (3677)	5/25/1999 3:45:00 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 8393

Don, I think that you are right, but I also think that the hybrids will be a necessary interim step before we go all electric for the masses. The oils will have time to slowly raise prices as fuel economy gets better. Eventually people will realize that, for the car that is used to get groceries and other short trips, the ice motor rarely kicks in to recharge their batteries, and that it is an unnecessary added expense. The average car travels 14 miles a day, I believe. For the 2 car family I think that eventually there will be one electric, and 1 hybrid. There is a huge market that consists of widows and other single women for whom electrics are ideal. I visualize a commercial where a woman comes over to pick up her friend for lunch and her friend says "just a minute, I am almost done" as she wipes the oil from the dipstick and slams the hood on her ice car. Her friend says " oh, I don't do that stuff any more". Better yet, have her sliding out from under her car in a pretty Sunday dress, standing her creeper against the wall, and wiping her oily hands in a shop rag and washing up with Gojo as she says "I'll be right with you!" Maybe a slight exaggeration, but it would get the point across. Del