One of the things I’ve heard of late and agree with is that the infrastructure to support charging at a scale that some are attempting to envision just doesn’t exist and probably never will.
-D > On Jul 2, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Am I being too simplistic to wonder what will happen when all the cars are > electric (green wet dream) and all other consumer electronic/electrical > devices depend on plug in 110v for charging? Seems to me, when that kind of > demand hits, the solar and wind farms will be woefully unable to > adequate;'fill the need? > > tia, > Larry > 06 S350...... > > On 7/2/2021 8:07 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: >> No, the freight rail issue was the railroads trying to get a monopoly and >> shut everyone else down. Huge shipping rate wars resulted in the collapse >> of the rail beds and operations because they weren't making enough money, in >> spite of being able to legally cooperate on setting rates. Corporate >> stupidity. Bankrupted the New York Central after they bought everyone else >> on the East Coast, leaving the nation with NO freight rail until the Feds >> stepped in, and killed the passenger service. We got the grossly >> underfunded AmTrack instead. >> >> The rail system should have been nationalized during WWi and operated like >> the highway system, with the rail companies operating the trains and the >> rails being owned and operated by the Federal government (like highways). >> Rail companies paid highway fuel tax on diesel fuel into the 1980s, directly >> subsidizing their competition. >> >> To give you an idea of how crazy the rail system is, the 20th Century >> Limited from New York to Chicago passed over the rails owned and maintained >> by something like 175 railroad companies, some of which owned less the 20 >> miles of track and had not owned equipment since the early teens. >> >> Shear lunacy. This includes the fact that for many years going west of the >> Mississippi River required going through Chicago, even if you were going >> from New Orleans to Alberquerque. All the rails were laid by private >> companies for whatever they were doing in the mid to late 1800s, and in >> those days everything in the West (since it was almost all cattle being >> shipped for export) went to Chicago. Once the local companies serving >> smaller cities dropped passenger service you have to take one of the big >> lines (if they still had service) and they all ran through Chicago. Take a >> look at the railroad maps sometime if you don't believe me. >> >> If I could take a train from Evansville to St. Louis I'd get to visit my >> niece and nephew a lot more, and could have take my Mom some years longer >> than we could in a car. >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
