(July 22, 2016 at 3:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Until we make cleaner pv cells and get a cleaner source of power -at the point of origin- it's polishing brass on the titanic. Right now, electric cars...like most "green tech" are consumer products, not solutions. In the long run, if being a consumer product is enough to draw down cred (see: hype)...they'll just continue to be consumer products rather than solutions.
I believe what Musk is doing is much more powerful than that.
Recommended reading: WaitButWhy's series of blog posts about it.
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-...-life.html