After reading Katya’s post about the seldom talked about danger to the environment that electronic cars pose I was shocked and actually upset by some of the statistics. Clearly this was new information to me and I began to question the ethic of positioning certain brands like the Chevy Volt (pictured below) as Good Samaritan cars.

Having said this I do believe that companies that produce electronic cars have in their business models the desire to provide customers with an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cars. This is why I believe that throwing innovative solutions to our society’s troubling reliance on gas under the bus is not an appropriate response.

Instead we should be funding research to iron out these kinks like the use of hazardous materials so that in the future we may be able to come up with an efficient and effective way of getting around without sacrificing the environment.