Electric Cars – A Pipe Dream?

…I have lost some enthusiast for electric cars. I fear electric vehicles are too little too late. The world is changing very fast, especially life in the US. We have done so little in the US to prepare for a post-Peak Oil world. Of all developed countries the US is probably the least prepared for a decline of energy, and our economy is heavily dependent on fossil-fuels. I’m afraid population simply cannot adapt to a rapidly changing environment. All that has happened with ever-increasing gas prices, airlines merging or going out of business, inflation and increase in food prices – this was all predicted by many people many years ago and by some reputable oil industry experts such as Colin Campbell even over a decade ago.


I am afraid the reality is that the whole American way of life (that everyone in the world, so to speak, is striving to achieve) is based on resources that we don’t have – resources that should have been left for future generations. As far as oil is concerned, two-thirds of the oil we consume in the US is imported. Even after the oil embargo of the 70’s America has increased internal consumption while US oil production has steadily decreased. This situation is so out of control that I’m afraid Electric Vehicles simply cannot save us – it feels as if everyone knows what is going on and we’re going to drive our cars and burn gasoline until the last minute when our economy collapses.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer