But annoying government regulation may actually mean what-ever lobbying industries for corn/ethanol/E85, biofuels, & CNG, that take away government funding for incentives to grow the EV’s/plug-in hybrid markets. I would be the first to say EV’s & plug-ins are not perfect & much improvement to solar, wind, & title is needed but I think negative regulation is more about annoying short-term interest groups that want to make a quick buck & take tax dollars away w/ them.

I wonder what the ExxonMobil’s of the world are doing investing in small EV companies like AltCar? Not sure if they want to control the rate of progress in the EV/battery (technology) market or do they realize that they need to expand into other forms of energy to stay viable in the long-run (meaning they actually compete & fund advancements fully). Right now I suspect they would love to stretch out the supply of oil to reduce price spikes & have better control over their products w/ less incentive to switch to EV’s. That is why to me they love vehicles like the Prius but maybe at this point they are trying to deal w/ Volt & Plug-in type vehicles. The Big Oil companies can compete in the battery or renewable energy markets but to my point I hope the Federal Government does not lay down & let them control patients/production of batteries & give them huge subsides w/ tax breaks if they decide to take the control approach. Regulation can be good as long as Federal Government actually creates incentives that don’t reward monopolistic self-serving companies that do little to genuinely advance technologies.