Comments on: San Francisco: Electric car city?

Venture trying to get all passenger vehicles in Israel to run on batteries rather than gasoline could extend its plans to the city by the Bay.

[theBike45]

Mayor Newsome is simply pandering to his constituents and trying to be the big hero. He's a fool. He can't do anyhting himself to revive the electric car - that is happening via the Chevy Volt and probably the EEStor capacitors. Anything he does now to avoid those soultions will cost San Fran dearly - there is simply no need for heroics when a solution like the Volt and possibly the EEStor are at hand and will apear long before any braindead scheme like Project Better Place gets started in San Frans. The mayor is a technologically challenged person who has no right to make decisions about a subject of which he displays so little knowledge. Lets get rid of politicians like Newsom who are loose canons out to get reelected by screwing the consumers. Better Place makes no economic nor environmental sense, even in a postage stamp like israel. I can just imagine travellers having to swap batteries 5 ot 6 times a day and maintain 5 reserve copies of those very expensive battery packs to support their travel. It is the ultimate boondoggle. Fortunately, it will never be built. And having Better place in a tiny place like San Fran is absurd - don't your people ever want to leave the county? Or the state? How are they going to do that?

[djacobsonw]

I think it is GREAT that Mayor Newsom and Richard Daley in Chicago are so supportive of green technology and want CHANGE. The comment above reeks of jealousy.

[djacobsonw]

I think it is GREAT that Mayor Newsom and Richard Daley in Chicago are so supportive of green technology and want CHANGE. The comment above reeks of jealousy.

[rlugbill]

TheBike45 is likely an oil industry lobbyist. They have hired someone who searches the net every day for any article about electric cars and especially Project Better Place and then he writes these kind of rants saying what a bad idea it is, etc. They lie and use fake names and try to come across with some "facts", but they still want to sound authentic. I have seen similar posts on other articles- they are usually the first ones to post. This is their job to look for articles like this, then cut and paste their standard diatribes on the comments.

It is interesting because this is something the oil and gas industry really fears. This Project Better Place must be on to something or else the oil and gas industry wouldn't be so afraid of it.