I totally agree with Michael. If the government OR the oil companies gets ahold of any plans for cheaper or better gas, then they're going to go even more psychotically retarded then they already are now, and jack those prices up also.
There's a documentary called "Who Killed the Electric Car?", which goes into detail about the battery operated car. This documentary had proved that the electrcity it would cost to recharge your charge wouldn't make a significant difference on your electric bill. They had built a charge station, which would cost about half the price of gas. That was a few years ago, so it would probly cost about $1-$1.50 to charge a car, versus $4 a gallon of gas.
So who really killed the electric car? They'll say different, but I say it was the greedy government, and the oil companies!