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I rather like to think that it won't happen in other people's lifetime.
However you miss my point. I require no great fantasy to see the possibilities of viable energy solutions. But little electric cars just aren't a good choice. Not unless near limitless clean energy can be produced.
There are possibilities for this however. One of the best, is orbital solar cells transmitting power to the surface in the form of microwave lasers. (In a pinch they'd make great weapons too!)
Such things are just beyond current technology, but far beyond current economic pressures.
So what you're hoping for is something to be better that isn't there yet.
Um solar power is the most inefficient method compared to electric or hybrid right now and you just hoping that it will be better? Gimme a break.
Not even taking into consideration cloud cover or anything else. Also microwave bandwidth is extremely small from space compared to what is receieved on Earth to be considreed a viable energy source.
So again, you don't care what happens now, you just hope and pray there is some miracle thing that happens in the future. Sorry, but that isn't how it happens.
We didn't magically go from the 8051 to the Quad Core processors we have now. That isn't how technology works.
If electric and hybird electric don't prove themselves as permanent, they sure and the hell prove themselves to be transitional technologies to what is to come better than NOTHING like you want to wait and happen later.