High gas prices

Alright, so you believe that an electric infrastructure would satisfy that needs of the people. Unfortunately, back in 2002, those electric cars cost more than twice the price of a normal car. One example being the Toyota rav4 EV, which was priced at $42,000. For that money I could buy a Chevy Aveo and a Toyota Prius, drive them for 5 years, and still save money. Further, anytime those cars had difficulty, I knew I could find a dealer who knew how to fix it, as opposed to the electric technology, which was dangerous to repair, and even more dangerous in an accident. Consider today's hybrids; you are driving an electrical grid whenever you sit in these vehicles. The fire department holds special training for their fighters to save an individual trapped in one of these cars in a collision. Guess how they get in..... They have to cut into the car from the trunk in order to reach you at the driver seat. This takes a lot of time, something not many people have in the middle of a vicious collision. Let's say the price was lower on these electric cars, and we'll even speculate so far to say that danger is not an issue either. You still have to deal with battery decay. Our modern technology still cannot make so much as a cell phone battery last in top condition for more than a year. Every specification on these electric cars you mentioned means nothing after 6 months, because someone charging the battery nightly, or every two nights, is slowly wearing down the capacity of the battery. It is enough of a pain to charge my cell phone every night when it's estimated working time WAS two days a year ago, and it's even worse when the battery stops working midday because it's capacity is so badly damaged. What happens when your car battery stalls out in the middle of the highway from a poor battery meter and capacity? That's an entire day ruined as you spend perhaps the next couple of days trying to get an expensive replacement. Perhaps car engines require more maintenance due to the particulate emissions, but they an be done quicker and cheaper than any repair on an electric vehicle because of the availability of resources, and the education of the technicians. As far as global warming goes, it is far from "Basic" science. The carbon sample test was performed multiple times and aligned with an estimated time line of temperature change. Indeed, a correlation was found, and global warming proponents like Al Gore use the FIRST test's conclusion, which was discredited, as a reason for their assertion. The time line was adjusted, and a correlation showed the the temperature of the planet rose (or decline) and was FOLLOWED by an increase or decrease in carbon dioxide with a lag period of 700 years. If any conclusion were to be drawn from it, it would state that carbon dioxide was increased by the changing temperature, and NOT the other way around. Check the current IPCC report, and notice how the graph Gore used to make his argument is NOT included. Other models, such as the "hockey stick" model (also used by Gore) are also not included in the report because they-too- were discredited. There is nothing basic about climatology. It is an infant science, and requires far more research into the workings of the world for us to make any clear conclusions. In the end, global warming is not yet confirmed, and the organizations that claim they are often talk about consequences rather than PROOF of their assertions.