"Don't Tase Me Bro," or, "An Exploration of Electric Cars"

Earlier this week, Nissan was hit with a major class-action lawsuit. The focus of the litigation? The range of Nissan's electric Leaf. After paying almost $37,000 for a plastic box that can travel a smaller distance that a paralyzed cocker-spaniel, it seems as though several drivers felt as though they were duped.

At least it looks goo-.....wait...no. That's a lie.

Let me preface the following post by stating that I really feel no sense of pity for these people. Fully electric cars such as the leaf are useless vanity pieces for people who now believe that the Toyota Prius is "too mainstream." These people generally have beards and listen to bands like Grizzly Bear while snacking on overpriced granola. I have no patience for these people and I have no patience for the Nissan Leaf.

But it's like, totally sustainable!

For starters, let's be honest. Electric cars do not work. Let me repeat that. They. Do. Not. Work. They take half a day to charge and then run out of juice after you make it thirty miles down the road. Once the car dies, you will have no means of charging it up, as electric car charging ports are not what one might call "plentiful."

"Ah," you might say, "but the you love the Chevy Volt, and its an electric car!"

Not so. The Chevy volt is, for all intensive purposes, a hybrid. It happens to be the best designed and least offensive hybrid on the market, and it's magnificent. It is not an electric car.

Saving the earth, Michael Bay style

Please don't misunderstand the purpose of this post. I truly believe that we need to reduce our dependence on oil and that the automotive industry will have to switch to a more sustainable fuel source very soon.

With that said, electric cars are a pipe dream. Hydrogen is, for the time being, the only reasonable alternative to gasoline and diesel.