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Postal Service Set to Lead the Way in Deploying Electric Fleet

Anything to cut oil imports. This is indeed an exciting prospect for a large trial. It is interesting that the successful use of natural gas vehicles for years has been ignored in debates about our possibilities for energy independence and pollution goals.
For the record, the USPS is not government; they are run as a business. I believe it was Richard Nixon who started us down that road. However, it is a national resource and using it for a proving ground is a great idea. I believe that the thorough record keeping of the USPS will enable evaluation of the batteries b;y manufacturer.
jerrydd is right about the assumptions. Oil is going up, probably dramatically. The main thing is that there will be a test. We don't really need to justify testing on an economic basis within the USPS, the larger application makes it a great idea.

Alternative Energy Storage Is an Investment Tsunami

The good thing is that so many people who are investors recognize the need for an alternate energy future to keep us afloat as a nation.  The the investment ideas are secondary in the reader responses.  
(It appears that the last administration was unable to grasp the significance of these problems.) 

As to the cost effectivness of alternate energies, subtract the subsidies from oil and the economic viability of alternatives is instant, not future. Remember, you and I paid for the subsidies to big oil through our tax dollars.

Thanks for this important article.