So GM is betting the company on their plug-in hybrid concept. Meanwhile the press fawns over how “green” this all is. California is also pushing a big initiative to have recharging stations available all over the place so folks can charge their hybrid. The thing that drives me nuts about all this talk of moving to electric is that it doesn’t really solve our energy problem. It just pushes it from petroleum to electric. Sure right now it’s cheaper per mile to run your car on electricity than gas, but what happens when everyone starts doing this? The law of supply and demand will tell you what’s going to happen next. In addition has anyone done a study to find out if our current electricity infrastructure can handle this demand? What will the grid do when everyone wants to plug in their cars. Couple this with the increased demand from all the server farms, cell phones, laptops, etc that are being thrust into the market everyday. Think of how many things you own that you had to plug-in a decade ago vs. the things that have to plug-in today. Everyone forgets about the blackout that took out all of northeast America a few years ago. Will our aging electric grid be able to handle everyone’s car? Not to mention the waste. More then half of the electric energy is wasted just getting it from the generator to your house. How green is that? The real path to being green is using less and expecting less. The real problem is how do you sell that?