Thanks for the new term: eco-weenie. LOL http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eco-weenie
Regards, LelandJ On 08/02/2010 04:21 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > It won't be too bad if the charging is done off-peak, but charging millions > of cars on a summer day can choke the electrical grid. > > Until you can charge a car in 5 minutes and drive for 300 miles on a charge, > forget about these cars being attractive to the average American. > > For me personally the Chevy Volt design is better since it has a backup > gasoline recharging system, but the car will only appeal to Ecoweenies right > now. > > > >> Don't get in to big of a hurry. The electrical grids >> currently in use >> around the world are in many cases already maxed out. >> Replacing the >> petrol engine with the electric engine running off >> batteries will >> greatly increase demand for electricity and will require a >> huge >> investment in new electrical lines, (eg the electrical >> grid). >> >> The new lines will need to be laid between major >> metropolitan area so >> new power plants running on solar, wind, natural gas, coal, >> petrol, >> water, and other type of energy can connect to them as an >> outlet for >> their electricity. A single electrical line of a >> given dimension can >> only carry a finite amount of electricity before it's >> full. Once a line >> is full, an addition line must be laid to increase >> capacity. >> >> It could take decade to make the transition in any >> significant way to >> the electric cars, and the electric motor is not well >> suited to >> transport by air, ship, rail, and 18 wheelers that do the >> heavy lifting >> in commercial transportation of goods to the consumer, >> which is the >> heart and life blood of an economy. I don't see a >> total transition to >> the electric car. I think the electric car will >> become just another >> option like petrol or diesel cars. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4c573941.8030...@mail.smvfp.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
