The establishment vs Uber

[kandrathe]

I'm continuing the tangent, but that was my first thought too. Telsa released the patents because they need others on board with their system so that the infrastructure gets built out to support it. I think most people realize that is one of the biggest factors holding back electric cars. If you never leave the 100 mile radius around your home, they're great. But people like to take road trips, made possible by pretty much never being more than 50 miles from a fuel station.

So either the basic battery design needs to be able to charge in 5 - 10 minutes off of the current grid with nothing special, just a lot of 120 or 240 outlets and meters to regulate it and charge people. Or lots of parties have to be making things with the current designs that require a fair bit of special infrastructure to charge things quickly to get the number of "fuel" stations that people need.

I like the idea of it working like propane tanks -- so long as you only "rent" them and the loaner("fuel" station) takes responsibility for the value. That way, they can be charging many at once in the back room. The car can drive in, bing, bang, and swap batteries and be off. And, then, I suspect you could also plug it in when you are at home, or at work (perhaps metered or for a fee, or free for the enlightened employer who likes providing tax free benefits.).

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...is rude to minimum wage workers because you view them as inferior to yourself, huh?

I realize that you actually don't know me at all. Nothing could be further from the truth. Perhaps you are actually looking into your own soul?

My view is that EVERYONE is intrinsically valuable and was at some point someones adored little baby. Everyone.