stop lying to yourself, The hydrogen fuel cell Honda Clarity is a million times more capable in daily life. Your examples assume that people never drive over 50 miles away from thier home. Untill electric cars are able to refill in a couple minutes and drive 200 miles before needing said fill-up they just are not viable as a primary car.
Does everyone know that we are running out of oil? that's what scientists in teh 1930's were telling us. Scientists in the 1970's said we were heading toward an iceage. In no way do i think that cars should be as ineffient as the 60's but when we live under a government that allows a 600+ hp corvette on our roads yet handcuffs a company from brining over 50-60+ MPG diesel cars, there is something wrong.
this is where your view of the role of government is fucked up. The gov. is not there to make things profitable! The more government stays out of our lives the better. Government healthcare, does not work, no matter what Micheal Moore told you, government telling banks that they must lend to people, does not work! look around, that's what got us here.
In the real world we will change when we have too, or when companies can make money off of it.