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If you are a baby boomer, which do you think will die first you or the internal combustion engine? Based on my investigative visit to the Plug-In Electric Car Conference being held in San Jose during the last week in July, I am betting on the engine to outlive us with a significant, if unintended assist, by federal and state government intervention –.
[...] The Obama administration has placed a lot of emphasis on “building the clean energy economy”. Clean energy is primarily focused on electric power production because there is no current realistic transportation alternative to the “internal combustion engine”. This will be true until there is an electric car, or other alternative, that offers consumers a driving range of approximately 300 miles on a single charge. (http://reimagineamerica.org/2010/here-comes-the-electric-car-%e2%80%93-novelty-or-innovation/). [...]