thebosz

Saturday I had Zelda 3D and Monster Tale in my cart, waiting to purchase.

For some reason, I instead went to bed. I got up Sunday morning and went back to my cart and, low-and-behold, both were ten bucks off!

Hit that checkout button so fast!

@solowing

Just count yourself lucky that you're not a Wii user.

@mcnichoj

What game are you talking about? Inquiring minds want to know!

Last July/August we bought a 2001 Prius with around 105K miles on it. Ever since then, we've averaged 39 MPG (using the miles per fill-up calculation, not the onboard computer) and it's been great!

We doubled our gas mileage from our previous car and the gas savings are paying for the loan payment (around $120/month). I'd say it was worth it for us!

I have to point out that gas prices, like most things, fluctuates. To see the real story, look at the graph of the gas prices and draw a line connecting all the low points.

If you do that, you'll see that gas prices are on a steady incline, regardless of "highs" and "lows."

Yes, gas prices will probably go back down, but they're never going to go back down as far as they were before.

Quick! Someone tell Slash000!

I think the thing to remember here is that 100 years ago (or whatever) when Gas-powered cars were starting to become big, there were no gas stations every two blocks. Now a days, you can hop in a regular car and drive across the country knowing that if you need fuel (regardless how much you can store in your tank) you can just stop and refuel.

This sort of thing will happen eventually for electric cars. Yes, for now a "quick charge" means 30 minutes, but it's a problem that is still in its infancy. Who know what kind of progress we'll make over the next 100 years?

My dad is violently opposed to electric cars because of range anxiety. I asked him how far he travels in a day and he said around 40 miles. I told him that an electric car can easily serve 95% of his driving needs. He said he hadn't thought of that.

I think the future is going to be electric cars that have the ability to tow a genset (that you rent from U-Haul or wherever) for the times when you need to travel long distances.

I can imagine a future where I own a family-sized (think small SUV) electric car that can carry my family. It'll run for 100 miles or so on a charge. For family vacations, I'll have a small trailer for our luggage that includes some sort of generator (gas? diesel? fuel cell maybe?) that will boost our range to 500+ miles.

I, for one, am excited about the future.

I agree that is sounds a little bit too "propaganda-y", but without reading the full report, it sounds fairly reasonable considering that people really don't change very fast. Especially something as entrenched as personal transportation.

I wish that it would be just like flipping a switch and have everyone moved over to electric cars, but that's not going to happen. It's a slow process, especially since cars stay on the road for a long time.

For instance, 20-year old cars are common on the road today. With electric cars just coming out, it'll take 20 some odd years before the current cars get replaced with the brand new cars of today.

It's a slow process, but one I hope happens quicker than 2050.

@TheBosZ

Yep, I'm just blind. Middle left.

What?!? No Metroid?!?

(Or am I just blind?)