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I like the idea. A lot. Agassi has created a vision. An idea that is apparently appealing to a lot of people. And he has convinced two countries that are willing to put his ideas to the test. Who knows: this thing just might work!

Ethanol, Hydrogen, etc. etc. all need new distribution networks. Electricity is "everywhere". In a country like The Netherlands almost every km of highway has lamppost along the road. A city has electricity cables running everywhere. It should be easy to install a lot of those charging stations.

In Europe a lot of cities have high parking fees. What if you would lower the parking fees for electric cars? By installing charging stations at those parking spaces the city council would get a percentage of the charging costs to make up for the "loss" in parking fees.

There are however potentially other problems. If this plan makes electric cars cheaper or more economical than normal cars people will be using their cars more. And that is huge problem. Cars take up space. A lot of space. And because of the high fuel prices people were finally cutting back on their car use.

Portugal has also signed up! The third country. See: http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/06/30/af...

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