| bdbdbd said: It is my bad english that makes you think i'm from US, i believe. I have two cars, and frankly, wouldn't mind if the other would be electric. It would save me a lot of money. Most families have only one car, when electric cars aren't a real option. The idea in the hybrids would be to be able to travel the same distance as you can travel with a car with combustion engine, but also have the benefits of electric vehicle. But, yeah, at the moment (affordable) battery tech is the biggest problem. USA could produce all the energy it needs geothermally in Yellowstone, i believe. Reneweables and solar power is good to use where available, but since the discussion is mostly political, we are ending up in a situation, where solar power should be put where sun don't shine and wind generators where there's no wind, causing the increase in coal power (although Germany is ramming the CO2 back to ground) with heavy goverment funding only because it fits someones political agenda. A lot of the countries have some form of renewable source that could (at least partially) replace fossil fuels. For example, we have lots of turf, that could be made into gasoline with Fischer-Tropsch process. |
Haha, maybe! 
But the thing is if someone wants to travel further than the distance an electric car can manage they may very well be better off taking a train/plane or even renting a car. I don't think there are many people who would suffer too great a hardship if they were forced to drive electric cars with say 100 mile ranges or so (160km). The problem with hybrids is that you still have to pay for the expensive catalytic converter and expensive engine plus your fuel tank and other systems. A purely electrical car is much simpler and therefore could be cheaper in the long term and perhaps even cheaper to buy initially.
Unfortunately Yellowstone is a national park for them. 
Finland would probably have some really good wind power potential. I would guess that it would be quite windy in your country, especially in the highlands. You also have lots of open spaces and noone to complain about the view! I suspect though that Solar wouldn't really be a winner for your country. In my country its up to the power companies to decide where to put the capacity. We have 3 state owned and 1 privately owned power companies all corporatised. What exactly do you have to convert to gasoline? Does Finland have large coal reserves?
Tease.
