I'm just catching up after vacation... I agree with you entirely, transition is never easy. You can look back and see plenty of times people said stupid stuff.
Such as: Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895 I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. - IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. - Ken Olson (President of Digital Equipment Corporation) at the Convention of the World Future Society in Boston in 1977 No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer. 640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in 1981 Henry Ford supposedly said “If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster horse!” he was a visionary, as was Steve Jobs. I wish Steve had worked on an electric or hybrid car. He knew how to sell things... Anyway I agree there are problems with the electric car but to say nobody wants one or that they will never sell or that they are stupid is short sighted. There will come an end to oil, maybe not in my lifetime but I'm convinced that theres a finite amount of the stuff and the rising price seems to fit with that. We could wait until that happens and then start looking for alternatives or we could start working on them now. Plenty of people say "When prices rise alternatives will be found" but what they neglect to take into account is that you don't just pull new technology out and use it, it takes years of development and trials, the easiest way to trial something is to sell some and get people trying out the technology. People will do the dammedest things that you can't even imagine when designing something so that real world testing is important. What we're seeing now is the very early stages of the next thing. What will the next thing really be? Nobody really knows yet and anybody that says they know is talking out their ass... -Curt Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 21:26:37 -0700 From: John Freer <mbfo...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] Electric cars Message-ID: <679b8f9b-a4ec-43f5-af0a-1ebc18b96...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii OMG Myrtle, there's one of those horseless carriages....it's the end of the world! I am remained of that after read some recent posts. After one month and 400 miles I have used ZERO gas and electric bill was less than 15 bucks in my 2013 Volt. I spent days doing research and analyzing my personal car needs. 99 percent of my daily driving is 30 miles or less round trip to the Dr., medical center, Trader Joes, Costco and casino. Yes, I am retired! My Suzuki Grand Vitara was on its last legs and I had a 300.00/month budget. Wouldn't buy a Volt but the lease program is great. After a trip, just plug it in my carport and 10 hours later, I have a full tank of "fuel" at a cost of about 1.25 and ready for the next trip. Would I take the Volt on a long road trip? No, because that's what the 07 S550 is for. But, unlike the Nissan Leaf and Focus EV, I could if I wanted to in the Volt. Why not the Prius plugin? Only has a pure battery range of 12 miles vs. 32 miles with the Volt. Actually got 42 miles today with the ac off. So, the Volt scenario fits only a few consumers like myself but don't call me dumb or not understanding what I was getting into.....I did my homework Dad! John Sent from my iPad _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
