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   From: eric®@hardknocks.edu   
      
   penny wrote . . .   
   >   
   > Who killed the electric car --  a crime of mammoth proportions with   
   > consequences for our environment.   
   >   
   > Electric cars produce zero emissions and therefore don't contribute to   
   > the global warming disaster.   
      
   Even if the electricity is produced with coal?   
      
   > They were a  key invention in dealing   
   > with  global warming.  Yet they have disappeared from the market   
   > place.   
      
   > Who killed the electric car especially since as well as being so   
   > environmentally friendly it  was such a winner for consumers.   
   >   
   > Since the electric car has no engine   
      
   Like you have no brain?   
      
      
   > it saves the driver the cost of   
   > replacing parts, motor oil, filters and spark plugs.   Wear and tear   
   > of  braking systems are absolutely minimal.  Yet , the electric car is   
   > dead. Automakers seem to have written it off.   
   >   
   > The answer to who killed the car  is obviously greed and the following   
   > article will elaborate somewhat:   
   >   
   > http://www.buzzflash.com/store/reviews/366   
   >   
   > Penny   
   >   
      
   --   
   Eric   
   ryevpx@hfn.arg   
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