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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> The price of the  
> sun does not go up with more widespread use. In fact, as electric  
> vehicles become more widespread, their price should drop.
> 

I reasonably expect to see something along those lines.  The only bottleneck 
is the heavy metals that go into the batteries.  Even with the relatively 
small number of electric vehicles produced right now, the supply of battery 
materials is squeezed and the pollution they are causing is a major problem.

Those problems could be overcome ... possibly.

There is touristy attraction not far from here, Tweetsie Railroad.  In the 
dim and distant there was a narrow gauge railway that connected Boone, NC and 
Johnson City, TN.  The engine mainly burned wood and it was not a quick trip. 
 
The engine was eventually sold and was used in many of those western movies 
of 
the 40's and 50's.  But it made it's way back between Boone and Blowing Rock 
and there it chugs away to this day. (They also found two other engines just 
like it as backups).

My fond visions run along those lines.  If there were public transportation 
available at the main highway (US 421) six miles from here, all we'd need is 
the donkey cart to get us and our goods to and from there.  Not having nor 
needing a personal motorized vehicle woud be a profound blessing.   </HTML>