Karl I do hope you are correct, and the breakthroughs needed to fulfill the dream of that article arrive tomorrow. Decades ago I learned the reason that solar is doomed to a small percentage of our energy production: physics. Per square meter, the amount of usable energy in sunlight is many order of magnitudes less than what is needed for modern life. Ten minutes at a gas pump can provide enough energy to carry my family in comfort and safety for hundreds and hundreds of miles. Covering my roof with solar panels will never provide all the energy that my heat pumps require to keep my house climate comfortable. Perhaps someday we'll have sufficient power plants (fossil fuel or nuclear) and sufficient distribution to deliver power for businesses / homes / and transportation where needed, and someone will invent a capacitor that fits in a car and holds the same amount of energy as 16 or 18 gallons of fuel that can be fully charged in minutes, but solar and wind are doomed to providing just a small portion of that.
It really doesn't matter how elegant one part of the solution is (electric cars are simple and durable) if you can't solve the whole equation. ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ 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
