>> It's the nature of electric motors to be very reliable anyway - the
extreme. <<

Absolutely.  When we go to electric motors all we'll ever replace is
bearings and brushes.

>> The Age Of Oil.............
Let's just say the 'glory days' are probably going to be winding down in the
coming few decades. <<

Agreed. Once they perfect the battery for long trips and fast charge the gas
motor is dead. BUT, that means future cars will be electric and the
remaining dwindling oil will be used to power our older gasoline engines
until we replace them with electrics.  Supply and demand will keep gas
cheap. Sure, the supply will get lower but the demand is going to get lower
too.

>> And Toll Bridges and Roads.........just stopping for tolls alone wastes
billions of gallons of fuel.   <<

Geez, whole other topic altogether. Why doesn't everybody have EZPass?

Bryan