Thanks for the link Peter.
Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? >Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:03:16 -0500 > >Read here, 1902 early enough for you? > >http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarselectrica.htm > >Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > >> Electric automobiles of the early 20th century were "ladies" vehicles, > >> they didn't need a crank starter and a woman could turn one on and >drive > >> around town. They suffered from the battery technology of the day, > >> energy density was relatively low, range was limited, and they were > >> relatively heavy due to the lead-acid energy storage. The same battery > >> that made these vehicles viable at all, also made the starter motor > >> possible. Which meant that a lady, with less upper body strength than >a > >> man, could simply flip a switch and start the gasoline engine. That > >> pretty much sealed the fate of the electric car. > >> > > > > P.J. I do apologize here, but in *early 20th century* no electric > > automobiles were in existence. Have you experienced close encounters > > with time distortions lately? > > > > ;-) > > > > Boris > > > > > > > > >-- >Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > --Albert Einstein > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
