When the government gets involved in manipulating the market they always do damage. Unless Rep. Dian Slavens has some sort of psychic power to determine future events better than the market place, this bill should be dropped like a hot potato.
Electric car like the peapod car can hugely decrease CO2 emission and usage of gasoline. However, there is a good point about it. Using electric car can only make a part of what we think can resolve our environmental issues. What better way to consider is the widely use of rails that can carry a hundred or thousands of persons perhaps in one time but in a lesser time and lesser energy use or using non-gasoline mode of transportation like bicycle especially in cities like New York and Los Angeles. There are still a lot of alternative means to resolve our unhealthy transportation ethics and we just need to find it out sooner.