I don't believe in fairy tales. I never have, never will. A born skeptic, I even challenged good old Aesop-- show me this goose that lays the golden eggs and maybe I'll believe you about the boy who cries wolf. Funnily enough, my teachers would broach no debate. To them I was just being difficult.

Not much has changed, though the people now requiring belief seem to be selling electric cars. More accurately, the claims that really set my blood boiling have nothing to do with the electric car itself --it is ideally suited for its limited role as urban runabout. Instead, my problem is with the huge infrastructure that will be needed to recharge the electric car lest we venture further than the corner store.

If you've spent any time reading up on the subject, you've heard tales of an incredible new way by which we're all going to power up our electric cars, usually accompanied by a profile on a company called Better Place -- a leading "mobility operator" -- which has signed an agreement with the Ontario government.

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