and even if those air machines got off the ground...where would they get enough fuel?
On Monday, November 29, 2010 at 11:16:39 AM UTC-8, euwe wrote: > > Here we go again with the flying... how high can we actually fly > before catching fire? Will there be enough room above the trees? > > On Nov 29, 11:27 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > | First Electric Cars Have Power Industry Worried > > | from the they'll-find-a-way-to-charge-double-for-it dept. > > | posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 28, @08:15 (Power) > > |https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/28/0248212/First-Electric-C... > > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > [0]Hugh Pickens writes "Jonathan Fahey writes for AP that as the first > > mass-market electric cars go on sale next month, the power industry > faces > > a huge growth opportunity, with SoCal Edison expecting to be charging > > 100,000 cars by 2015 and California setting a goal of 1 million electric > > vehicles by 2020. But [1]utility executives are worried that the > > difficulty of keeping the lights on for the first crop of buyers — and > > their neighbors — could slow the growth of this industry because it's > > inevitable that electric utilities will suffer some difficulties early > > on. 'We are all going to be a lot smarter two years from now,' says Mark > > Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America. When > > plugged into a [2]home charging station the first Leafs and Volts will > > draw 3,300 Watts and take about 8 hours to deliver a full charge, but > > both carmakers may soon boost that to 6,600 Watts. The Tesla Roadster, > an > > electric sports car with a huge battery, can draw 16,800 Watts. That > > means that adding an electric vehicle or two to a neighborhood can be > > like adding another house, and it can stress the equipment that services > > those houses. The problem is that transformers that distribute power > from > > the electrical grid to homes are often designed to handle less than > about > > 12,000 watts so the extra stress on a transformer from one or two > > electric vehicles could cause it to overheat and fail, knocking out > power > > to the block." > > > > Discuss this story at: > > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/28/0248212&from=ne... > > > > Links: > > 0.http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/ > > 1. > http://www.pressherald.com/business/opportunity-has-power-industry-sc... > > 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
