I saw that Chevy is coming out with an "all new" Volt in Jan, or there about. I was impressed with the design of the Volt drive train - but not with the price, hence I didn't by one. The new one is rumored to be less expensive - too bad that I've already purchased my (hopefully) last new car. A buddy does have a nice Porsche 944 Turbo for sale that is sorely tempting me though . . . . .
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Its not like everybody could run out and buy a new car tomorrow anyway. As > load ramps up our electric utilities will be forced to add line capacity. > Around here theres a LOT of solar coming in which will reduce the load on > the heavy wire grid by making neighborhoods more self sufficient. Within a > block of my house I bet theres 2-3 killowatts of solar. Within 10 miles of > where I sit theres 4.5 megawatts of windpower. > > During the day you produce solar which powers Northfield mountain to pump > water from the Connecticut river up into a huge lake where the took the top > off the mountain. At night the water flows back down and makes electricity. > Essentially a huge battery... > > -Curt > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
