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- It''s satisfying to see your comments, socrates, chevyvolt, sparks224, ToolMangler, emma915, and the others that realize the huge potential of EVs.
But woodelf5, kesac4650: who do you work for? Big oil, perhaps? Or maybe you''re mechanics that depend on all the expensive maintenance on ICE cars? There is no reputable data to back up your misinformation-- the exact opposite is true, and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has proven that EVs reduce pollution-- you''re busted, bad boys, so stop with the lies.
As for the idea that EVs would cause blackouts, you obviously have not done your homework, or you are just grabbing at straws to attack EVs. Blackouts happen in the early afternoon due to excessive use of air conditioners, not EVs that are typically charged at night when there is a surplus of power.
V2G, (vehicle to grid... google it) is a program that power companies use to make use of EVs to AVOID blackouts. When EVs are plugged into the grid when there is a danger of blackouts, the power company can stop the charging and REVERSE the flow of energy, using EVs to help avert such power crises. So, no, EVs will not CAUSE blackouts... they will help PREVENT them. (In exchange, EV owners are paid for the charge their cars provide in such emergencies. It''s totally win-win.) (to be continued) - Reply to this comment
- The problem with nuc''s is that they are unfortunately susceptible to terrorist attack, with the nasty effect of causing a chemical explosion of the nuclear fuel [think big dirty bomb like effect]. Despite the so-called increased security since 911, nuc''s are still way too vulnerable. When I worked on this issue in a classified project many decades ago, I was appalled at the vulnerability of our nuc''s. Until all current nuc''s are replaced by the more fail-safe designs that are unfortunately only on the drawing board at this point, reliance on nuc''s is foolish in the extreme.
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- While there is no question that an electric, or electric hybrid [small engine to charge batteries when batteries begin to run low], cars would be a major step forward, a key question is going to be the source of the electricity. If we expand our reliance on coal, we will come out ahead, but not nearly as much than if we begin to move to a more environmentally friendly generation source.
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- I recently read about a company which just patented a technology to produce a electrical storage device that will allow for a truly practical electric car. They are teaming up with a small manufacturer that already produces electric vehicles to develop an affordable car that goes five hundred miles on a charge. It will also recharge in about five minutes. The device is not a chemical battery and should be long lasting. If this works, I believe it will make the internal combustion driven car obsolete.
You could have been the one GM. But, you dropped the ball and you are becoming a dinosaur. You and the other big car companies that suppressed energy conserving technologies may not have such a sunny future. - Reply to this comment
Here is another relevant video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F_Q7Z4L21E- Reply to this comment
USAyesterday,
I knew that I could find something to disagree with you on;-)
Nuclear power is very expensive, takes a lot of energy input to produce, is dangerous to operate, provides a feedstock for nuclear bombs, (plutonium), and we have no idea how to handle the waste, which is piling up, and which remains extremely dangerous for thousands and thousands of years.
Nuclear power is the desired alternative of the corporatists, because there is a lot of money in it for them. I am opposed to it.- Reply to this comment
- All of this "Save the Earth" stuff will never be allowed to happen. At around 46 cents per gallon tax at the pump the government would go broke before first break monday morning if they lost even half of that. We have had folks come up with excellent fuel conservation ideas that work.......And POOOOF! They''re gone.
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This is an interesting idea. Zero to 60 in 4 seconds, with a 200 mile range?
One could certainly run over a lot of neo-fascists with such a machine.- Reply to this comment
- http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_hybrid_mini.php
Read the article Jowand. And remember Clintons famous campaign promise to convert all vehicles to natural gas in 92? - Reply to this comment
- What are you going to plug them into for the electrical source? Electricity produced from what? There is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine.
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