I really wish people on both sides would just admit "Electric is probably the future, but it's better to keep the car you have than buy a brand new one.",(reply>), Trouble is, without them early adopters and lifestyle afficionados the technology wouldn't evolve...,(reply>), Electric isn't the future unless you replace fossil fuel with nuclear, and unless batteries can either be produced in a sustainable manner or they can be recycled in sufficient numbers. As long as the solutions you propose are more harmful than the problem you try to solve, you're only making things worse...