Bye Bye Gas Stations...

[Beavker]

If you could keep our thriving lobbyists out of it, this is a great idea.

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[d_b]

1. embed fail

[zipplewrath]

2. Yeah, that's how it'll work

Think about how many cars come in and out of a station per day. That's how many of those packs will have to be stored. That's alot of space. And with my luck, I'll get the battery pack that won't hold much of a charge.

[chemp]

3. Better still

Every model is gonna have its own battery pack. Just like cell phones. Your battery won't fit in my car.

[Javaman]

4. "well, you see here, mr. so and so, your car takes double A...

and all we carry are "D" batteries.

[Beavker]

5. I don't know how to embed these things...appearantly.

All I know is that the idea works. I'm sure storing gasoline in a concrete tank in the ground takes up a lot of space, and batteries can be made to a uniform size or at least compatable. Car batteries are now, you just get a different amount of juice. Progress in the right direction.

I guess we'll just let another country figure it out and the U.S. will be caught with their gas nozzles in hand along with their weenies.