While I desperately could use a new car (OK, it's fine and I barely drive, but my ego could certainly use it), I have a hard time buying into any technology in the auto market. Gas prices are only......

Petroleum dependence. Air pollution. Resource depletion. Global warming. These are not problems that have snuck up and hit us all of a sudden. We've been warned about this for decades, and Californians have been so concerned about these issues over the years that our state environmental standards ar...