On 10/08/2013 19:42, harryagain wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 09/08/13 16:59, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
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As your pricing example points out, EV's are *nearly* there, and the
Renault pricing deal will be enough to bring-in more early adopters.

Not with a ****y 130 mile range they aren't; I get a 600 mile range with
a dizzle C4.

the lithium air technology could get to around the same if and when it
becomes a reliable safe, cheap practical commercial solution.

An awful lot of ifs though.

If fossil fuels do price themselves out of the market, you might be
interested to ponder how things will pan out.


People will travel by train.

An interesting concept. Would you explain how my wife could visit her
patients in the community by train (or are you going to employ twice as
many nurses to allow for additional waiting and bus/walking time from
house to house?) Or how I can get to work (generally not on a train
route and before the first trains of the day run locally) with a
workplace that moves from place to place so I cannot opt to live locally
- also considering that industries need flexible workforces to survive
the ups and downs of the market while competing against foreign
competition?

SteveW