Who killed the electric car?

http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/

Disclaimer: Mods, if you feel this belongs in media centre, then by all means, move it. However, due to the nature of the content, I believe that this thread will get quite political anyway.

Found a link to this movie on another site. I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer and the info on the website certainly are intriguing. With the rising cost of oil, why hasn't there been more incentive to find more fuel-efficient methods of driving a car?

What do you think about this issue? I remember largely being told (and reading) that electric cars simply weren't efficient enough, but this is shining some new light on this situation. Certainly stuff that oil companies wouldn't want to tell you, and it also tells you why they're slowly looking into hydrogen fuel cells, which will still take a few decades before we see them (after which, they will still benefit from it, cause you can get hydrogen from oil).

We've all joked about the oil companies buying up every little secret that would make oil less valuable (like a steam powered car, or one that runs on peanut butter. Heck, I remember a clip on the Simpsons where they were at Disney World, and the electric car ride, funded by oil companies no less lol, said it couldn't go far and that you were gay if you rode one), but do you think something like this movie will have some ounce of truth to it?

Do you think that if electric cars were as good as this movie claims, and was as readily available to the average joe (with the required infrastructure to support it), it would be a good or bad thing? Why or why not?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?

WE DO! WE DO!

LOL, I actually had that stone cutter's song going through my head while typing this post up (they make a reference to keeping the electric car down in case you don't get it).

How ya doing, buddy?