JK. :cool:
its not folk though.

folk is a hard genre to describe.
think Dylan, The Byrds, Kingston Trio, America, Simon and Garfunkel. thats the only folk I really listen to. some of those even being folk could be debatable.
its a kinda big genre, but lyrics are very important. the singer/songwriter types.

...anyway, that was a digression not really important to the original topic.

I feel like if you buy an electric right now, you'll instinctively be like, "HEY! this is easier and cooler to play! forget acoustic!" ...that was kinda how I was when I first bought an electric. the thing is, you gotta know your basics, and the best way to learn those basics are on acoustic. to me at least, the electric is sort of just a fun toy. Its awesome to pull out for some sweet leads or CHUGGA CHUGGAH rock chords, but you lose a little bit of the expressive feel of an acoustic. with an acoustic, you can really groove out playing chords or little runs and such, and plus its portable. theres nothing cooler than sitting around the campfire jamming with some boys on an acoustic.

*shrug* to each their own. I personally say get everything down on acousic, all your chords, and powerchords, and scales... and once you have that all down SOLID, then move to electric. you'll find that at that point you'll have a good enough grasp of the guitar that it will help you immensely with both acousic playing and your electric playing.