Hi Cliff. How can the total carbon footprint for an EV be way less in the north where I live (limited sunshine and wind)? I look at the statistics and I don't see significant reduction in the use of oil/gas.

As you said, gas cars are getting bigger too. That's my point. People will not economize because too much CO2 is being pumped into the atmosphere. They only economize if they become poorer.

If you take away the quietness, fast acceleration, fashion and status of an EV they wouldn't sell. After all, hybrids make the best sense for now. Nonetheless I do believe EVs will be part of a reduction in oil for car use--a small one when all inputs are calculated for oil use.

One of my bugbears is traffic patterns and computerized driving. He have the technology to make every car drive itself in a network to its location. We can model the most efficient directions of streets and change them. But people are inherently selfish. They WANT to drive themselves. Sitting in traffic is worth the ability to speed around someone at 90 mph when they get the opportunity.

Really, I WISH I could look at people the way you do. But this is what I see. I hope you're right that people are changing! Most people are aliens to me.