>>>*My own feeling is we are looking at a very BIG future source of energy for vehicles.

There are a lot of other possible options, all with even more drawbacks, the big one being our travel is based on internal combustion engines.

So this means the industry to create/support these types of vehicles is as big as the oil industry, larger actually by far.

Suppose someone came up with a solar powered electric car, and we all woke up tomorrow with one in our driveway? Quite simply, we could drive it to work, but there would be no work.

It goes back to the same issue that created this economy we live in, the easy portability of massive energy in a simple metal container.

Like any energy source we use, including oil, we spend more on it to recover, process and market in total energy than we recover. But the type of energy becomes usable, that supports an entire economy, and that is the way things work.

It is difficult to light ones home with a lump of coal, you see. But converted to electricity with a wonderful delivery system through a simple wire?

Already private enterprise has seen the need, and people with dreams are rushing to fill the need. E85 is growing very rapidly in use, especially in the midwest.

Someone write this down....Watch how fast oil prices fall when they realize they have potential competition...*LOL**...

How does one stop a competitor from taking over a market? Simple stuff, just make it impossible for them to profit.

So here is a wild prediction: 20% and more DROP in the price of gasoline by Fall...*EB