I think I take offence to the over use of 'geek' as a derogatory term!
Yes, I am a geek, but I also have some social apptitude and awareness of my surroundings! So tarring all members of the BVS with one foul swoop of your streotyping brush seems a bit harsh!
I have read your blog, and applaud your courage in going on an all out one (wo)man offensive to change the world. However, I am inclined to agree with people's comments that the infrastructure you suggest is over simplistic and ideal. To expect a world and soceity that revolves around oil to change in just 10 years is optimistic.
Even if all new vehicles in 10 years time were powered by electricity, the power needs to be produced somewhere, somehow - oil, gas and coal. And this will be the case for a long time.
Its far easier for an individual to buy and electric car than a government to change its policy on power generation, forcing companies to find envirnmenally friendly alternatives that will not only need the capacity to produce 100% of our domestic and industrial requiremnets, but in addition, the power for our travelling needs too; which by some figures I have seen is a further 35% for domestic applications only.
Actually, that would be an interesting study - if all vehicles in the UK were electric, what would the extra pull be on our power stations - I guess at least a two fold increase? Then if all that power were from renewable sources, how big and how many wind farms, solar arrays, hydroelectric stations and NUCLEAR POWER stations would we need?
But this is on a macro level, maybe we should be thinking micro, self-sustanance?
By the way, I have made my own EV through re-using and recycling an old ICE car and forklift parts which would have otherwise been scraped. But I am also aware of the damage caused by digging up the world for the lead and copper involved in the production of the batteries and cables, and the fuel costs of transporting these components half way around the world.
My oh my, and geeky engineer with a heart. How very strange!