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Likes electric cars.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
In the August 18 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN, Ed Hiserodt doesn't give electric cars a fair shake in his article touting algae as a principal energy source for the future ("Algae May Be an Energy Answer"). He neglected to point out the many ways electricity can be generated, and that batteries can be fabricated for rapid, easy switching; swap it out for a freshly charged one sort of like filling a gas tank. Improvements are still being made on batteries. Electric motors can be placed ...
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