| Electric Car Owner: | | | | That's pretty significant, because this interview is being |
| Well, I certainly think there are some people that are | | | | conducted in June of 2008. For those of you who may |
| intentionally trying to mislead you about electric | | | | be listening to it later, gasoline prices in the U.S. have |
| vehicles. One of the misconceptions they try to carry | | | | just topped $4.00 per gallon. So you don't listen to a |
| you down the road is they try to convince people that | | | | news broadcast or pick up a newspaper without |
| charging an electric car will put extra demand on the | | | | seeing the overall effect of what increasing energy |
| power grid and that, in essence, it would cause our | | | | prices are doing to us individually and collectively to our |
| cost of power to go up because of this. | | | | modes of transportation. |
| That's really not a true statement. We're always told | | | | The price of everything is escalating because of the |
| that there's nothing free in this world, but I don't think | | | | price of oil. One of the things that is obvious and again, |
| anybody can argue the point that sunshine is free. I | | | | we see this every day is that the future is pretty |
| don't think anybody can do much about cutting it on or | | | | obvious, because oil prices are going to continue to |
| off. When it's there, it's there. And we can't do much | | | | rise. With that, what do you see in the future? Actually |
| about it. | | | | our guest is ahead of his time, as we said before and |
| So sunshine is free. It'll cost you some equipment costs | | | | he's actually living in the future today. |
| to convert it into electricity, but once that's recovered | | | | Electric Car Driver: |
| you have a free energy source that you can charge | | | | Well, I really do see one day that we'll look back and |
| your electric vehicle and drive it on that energy. | | | | we'll say, "Why did people ever drive these internal |
| We're not bound to use oil the rest of our lives. We | | | | combustion engine cars? Why did they drive them for |
| have other options and people have done a good job | | | | the last 80 years? That was really foolish." But it's |
| at convincing this world that oil is the only solution. | | | | going to be a few years before we'll look back and |
| However, I've been doing it a long time and other | | | | ask that question. I really think that's what the future will |
| people have, too. So another advantage to doing this, | | | | look like. If you keep up with the news, it's almost |
| of course, if you don't believe in global warming, that's | | | | every day another company is telling about an electric |
| OK, but if you do believe in it, we will reduce a lot of | | | | car they'll start producing. |
| CO2 emissions that are coming out tailpipes of your | | | | Now it seems like a lot of talk and no action. And it |
| internal combustion engine cars. | | | | really has been. Currently there's really only one electric |
| And basically, we should improve the quality of the | | | | vehicle that's available and it's really out of range for |
| whole atmosphere around our planet. Now, some | | | | most everybody at $109,000. It's a great vehicle, but |
| people don't believe that and that's OK. Another thing | | | | not great for the average American at all. So the really |
| you'll be able to do is as oil costs goes up and up, we'll | | | | lower priced vehicles are still not available yet today. |
| help reduce the financial burden on you for just driving | | | | You will see several electric cars introduced in the US |
| a vehicle back and forth to work everyday. | | | | within the next 36 months. The Chevrolet Volt will be a |
| Interviewer: | | | | significant player in the electric car market. |