Our France trip is starting to come together. Hubby booked a couple flights, but they are still yet to be confirmed by the online agency since we plan to fly into one city, but fly out of another. We're sticking to areas around five cities in the western part of the country, with Bordeaux the furthest south. We also reserved an electric car for our time there to save money. It wasn't really more expensive than gas cars, but it will require a bit of planning to ensure it's sufficiently charged all along the way. The infrastructure for charging such cars is pretty good in France, but certainly needs even more modernization if all people will be driving electric cars in the future. I have ideas on perhaps what that could look like. The charging speed will need to be ultra rapid. I could even envision a system where you get the fees as part of a monthly bill, like any other electricity usage. Or even better, further down the line, just have the sun charging all cars sufficiently with a monthly or annual fee either just for the infrastructure or as part of an automobile fee (as we pay for car insurance). Some charging mechanism could even just be incorporated into roads (or tracks of sorts) so "stations" wouldn't be necessary. I scratch my head how a few billionaires are mostly joyriding up towards space, but most of the rest of us are still driving nonsensical automobiles that pollute so much. If Musk wants to do more, I wish he'd further investment in that realm rather than stupid Twitter.