Electric cars/hybrids - a dead end?

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So the national press are reporting that the UK will need 20 new Nuclear Power stations in the coming years if there is a wholesale switch to electric power. Yes, finally people are realising that electric power isn't without its problems......

Then there are hybrids with the costs involved in producing the batteries and the environmental consequences of these.....meanwhile if you drive a diesel you may as well walk along in front of it ringing a big bell shouting "I am a leper".

...it seems everywhere we turn, our need for personal mobility creates an environmental problem. I've never understood why Hydrogen hasn't been investigated/developed more thoroughly...couldn't this be an answer to our need for emissions free power both at the tailpipe and the power source?

Am I the only one thinking that the electric car isn't necessarily our saviour from ecological disaster?!