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How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America's Drive for Energy Independence

John, there's an interesting article from LiveScience.com, reprinted by Yahoo News
news.yahoo.com/s/lives...
It peretains to the health care debate, but is equally pertinent to the EV/Battery debate. Here's an excerpt:

<"Irrational thinking

A totally rational person would lay out - and evaluate objectively - the pros and cons of a health care overhaul before choosing to support or oppose a plan. But we humans are not so rational, according to Steve Hoffman, a visiting professor of sociology at the University of Buffalo.

"People get deeply attached to their beliefs," Hoffman said. "We form emotional attachments that get wrapped up in our personal identity and sense of morality, irrespective of the facts of the matter."

And to keep our sense of personal and social identity, Hoffman said, we tend to use a backward type of reasoning in order to justify such beliefs. >

Thanks, John, for your efforts in keeping the discussion fact-based.

Axion’s Lead Carbon Batteries: Sweet Spot for Micro-Hybrid Vehicles?

Would be nice if SA left a place marker with a "posting removed" message. I've responded before to a "message above me" and gotten thumbs down when that message no longer appeared above me.


On Jun 18 04:22 PM John Petersen wrote:

> I responded to a comment and then reported it as abusive. Apparently
> the moderator team agreed with me.