Also, it was quite obvious that the report was focused on "finding a way to keep the gas tanks full" and little else.
No mention of conservation.
No mention of efficiency.
No mention of mass transit.
No mention of wind, solar, wave, tidal,
or nuclear. Either because, like the Hirsch Report, they are not considered viable mitigation wedges, or you can't put electricity in a gas tank.
Or, as I have been pointing out for over two years on this site; the
lack of transmission capacity.
Officials told us that plug-in hybrids face infrastructure challenges, such as the capacity of household electric wiring systems to recharge a plug-in, and the capacity of the electricity grid if plug-in hybrids are widely adopted.
We will
never have the
possibility of a fleet of electric vehicles powered by the
grid until we rebuild the
transmission grid; the substations, powerlines, transformers, etc.
Cost? Trillions.
It did do a pretty good job of trashing the current alternative fuel candidates as unscalable, very costly, or in "developmental" stages, not to mention the huge costs and time frames for the supporting infrastructure.
A Saudi saying, "My father rode a camel. I drive a car. My son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel."