electric cars as the ultimate nimby refusal to deal with underlying issues

Coyote blog makes the best point about how people just don't get the issues involved with electric cars (I mean, aside from the fact that my commute and recharging would pretty much require me to stay overnight at my job every other day):

Press responses from Fisker Automotive highlight the problem here:  electric vehicle makers want to pretend that the electricity to charge the car comes from magic sparkle ponies sprinkling pixie dust rather than burning fossil fuels.  Take this quote, for example: