Re: "All fossil-fuel vehicles will vanish in 8 years..."

On 05/18/2017 08:56 AM, Steven Schear wrote:

With the maturation of additive manufacture (for more structural plastics and metals using laser sintering and electron beam melting) parts for autos (and other appliances) will become practical and economic.

Yeah, and absolutely non-recyclable ... from the HUGE TOXIC BATTERIES to the ALLOY METALS AND COMPOSITE PLASTICS that these shiny pieces of JUNK are made from, unlike my Travelall that became a 2 ton cube of reusable steel. All you're asking for is the "Backloading" (mutual fund term for 'pay the fees at the end') the environmental destruction, and passing it on to your children, who should slaughter you while you sleep. If you're capable of breeding. Rr