Alternative energy and the Automobile Industry

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Mark,

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The profit motive works, if the electric car has a viable market someone will direct capital towards that cause.

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It does, as proven by the Rav 4 EV. Electric cars would be in production if the patents on the battery technology required to make them practical were not controlled by Chevron. Market failure.

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Lol @ the patent system as an example of a market failure.