I saw a news story or show, can't remember which now, that showed a
country, New Zealand, Iceland or someplace like that, who've determined to go
totally green when it comes to electric cars. Instead of "gas" stations they
have battery stations. The country requires that the batteries be standardized?
I don't remember exactly how it works. But instead of stopping and recharging
your battery, you swap out your battery with a fresh one. Much like you'd swap
your propane tank for your back yard barbecue.
I think this is a great idea. You're only there long enough to swap
batteries. Hopefully that only takes as long as it would take you to fill your
tank anyway. Probably would create jobs as well. Teenagers running back and
forth swapping out batterie
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On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
> At 08:36 PM 1/19/2010, Art Clemons wrote:
>> The truth is that we need some method of rapid charging said batteries on
>> the go. Ten minutes charging for let's say 200 minutes of driving would be
>> reasonable presently (not much longer than filling up with gasoline), but we
>> as a nation don't have the electrical distribution for either battery
>> exchange or fast charging, leaving electric cars as something for local
>> commuting.
>
> But if the electric car is only good for local computing, it then must be (in
> most cases) economic as an _additional_ car, not as a replacement for a car
> currently owned.
>
> Liquid fuels aren't going to go away for a long time yet.
>
> Fred Holmes
>
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