re: Economist Predicts Fossil Fuel Vehicles No Longer Sold In 8 Years

When you get tenure, you can just say what the F you want. I can tell you that 8 years ago, my senior design project was the use of alternative energy. We could not provide 15% of the current usage at 10x's the cost. In the 8 years since then, not much change in the way we utilize those energy sources (wind & solar). How does an economist have any insight into technology change in 8 years?

Where do these morons think electricity for electric cars come from? I do believe it will become more popular when you can get a charge in 5 minutes and go 400 miles on a charge. Until then, fossil fuels will power cars more regularly. And even when we do switch over to electric, we will need a fuel source for electricity. We can't get a finely tuned tesla to 300 miles per charge. How in the F is a guy towing a boat or a big rig going to switch over to electric?