In a message dated 11/24/2005 10:10:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
josh_coffman@yahoo.com writes:
>don't agree. I think this whole thread shows there
>is a demend for such products. A law of free markets
>says that where there is a demand, a supply will be
>created. (People want to make money.) Seems like there
>is a growing demand for alt fuels
The problem is the infrastructure. A lot of people won't buy alt-fuel cars
without the infrastructure. If I run out of gas in Ajo, I can address it, but
what if I run out of hydrogen? Where will I take my fuel-cell 2009 Elantra
for after-market service?
And nobody's gonna build that infrastructure (which will lose money until a
critical mass of alt-fuel cars are on the road) without sufficient cars or a
subsidy.
Of course, my argument is based on the assumption that they won't reach that
critical mass on people who will buy cars without the support infrastructure
in place alone.
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