Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Eckhoff via EV
Hello Mark, My contention was not to w(h)ine but to point out the technical deficiencies that needed to be addressed. Have they been addressed??? In reading the latest ad from Toyota on their 2015 FCV, the tanks will store hydrogen at 70 mega-pascals which converts to slightly over 10,000 p

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Martin WINLOW via EV
Mark, Please stop wittering on and actually address some of the points the anti H2 FCV commentators have made here. Principally, please explain how you believe H2 FCVs will work in terms of efficiency Vs (real ie plug-in) EVs? MW On 26 Jun 2014, at 01:52, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: > The

[EVDL] EVLN: Driving from Kung-Fu I passed a gas station & had an "EV moment"

2014-06-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
'Unplugging the other car triggered an alarm which made me jump' http://scholarsandrogues.com/2014/06/21/two-weeks-of-owning-an-electric-car-renewable-journal-for-6212014/ Two weeks of owning an electric car - Renewable Journal for 6/21/2014 By Brian Angliss [image http://scholarsandrogues.fi

[EVDL] EVLN: Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Degrade Over Time

2014-06-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1092854_why-lithium-ion-batteries-degrade-with-repeated-charging Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Degrade With Repeated Charging By Antony Ingram Jun 20, 2014 ht2 Alex Salvador [image http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2014-chevrolet-spark-ev-prototype-sausal

[EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Eckhoff via EV
The purported cost of the Iraqi War so far has been $1.7 trillion (1.7 x 10^12).Whether this is war was worth it is **not** up for discussion here. This is strictly an exercise in examining what effect those funds would have had if applied differently. I would appreciate your vetting the though

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2014-06-26 Thread brucedp5 via EV
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Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Peter, You are very generous with install cost of $5 per Watt and I think that cost level is old. Today's solar panels are all under $1 per Watt with few exceptions and installation typically doubles or triples that with the man-hours and the inverter & installation material costs. What I have hear

Re: [EVDL] East Bay EAA meeting - Electric Sportboats - Sat June 28, 10-12 in Alameda, CA

2014-06-26 Thread Ed Thorpe via EV
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Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested (emissions free travel forever)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Remember this solar investment is the upfront cost. From then on, it has paid for free transportation energy for emissions free EV's forever... Lets try this $1.7T divided by $3.30/Watt cost of solar = 500 BWatts of capacity. In Maryland each kW of solar capacity delivers about 1200 kWh of

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Driving from Kung-Fu I passed a gas station & had an "EV moment"

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> The accelerator pedal needs a shorter name for electric cars ... Its called the GO pedal? But, with EV's with strong regen (like the BMW i3) it’s the GO/slow pedal. But when pronounced, no one wants to think of an EV as being driven with a "go slow" pedal, so maybe it is a "go/stop" pedal?

[EVDL] power lines, fule cells, pipe lines?

2014-06-26 Thread Electric Blue auto convertions via EV
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Re: [EVDL] gas tax (EV transmission lines, not oil pipelines)

2014-06-26 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (relax)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Folks, EV's and Hydorgen fuel cell cars are NOT in competition. (except in Toyota's fantasy dreams).. There is no need to get worked up. EV's are far, far better for local travel and daily commuting (80% of our miles). But in the long run, when all the oil is gone, we will still need the densi

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Driving from Kung-Fu I passed a gas station & had an "EV moment"

2014-06-26 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
How novel, a gas station being built :) I don't think I've seen a new gas station in years. In fact a number of them have disappeared over the last 10. Some of that is due to consolidation but demand is going down! Peri -- Original Message -- From: "brucedp5 via EV" To: ev@lists.e

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
m my iPhone > > > On Jun 25, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Cor van de Water via EV > wrote: > >- this is news to me. Care to elaborate? > > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/at

Re: [EVDL] gas tax (EV transmission lines, not oil pipelines)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> The AC and the DC losses can be equal in the best case > but if the AC is degraded then the DC will have less losses than AC. > I lectured on AC/DC basics... and worked with it for about 50 years... We may be comparing apples and oranges. Everyone since Tesla and Edison knows that AC wins over

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (relax)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
> On Jun 26, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > > Folks, > > EV's and Hydorgen fuel cell cars are NOT in competition. (except in > Toyota's fantasy dreams).. There is no need to get worked up. > > EV's are far, far better for local travel and daily commuting ... Except for the

[EVDL] High Water

2014-06-26 Thread Geoff Pullinger via EV
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Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested

2014-06-26 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Here's a parallel way to look at it, except with wind generation: According to the US DOE, in table 1: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/capitalcost/pdf/updated_capcost.pdf the cost to build a wind farm is $2213/kW to build + $40/kW-yr to operate. Add to that pumped storage of the same capacity: $5

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> Are you saying that the main problem with battery electrics > is also that most of the power it uses is not renewable? Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have SOLAR or sign up for 100% solar/wind from their utilities. It is -not- a coincidence that those who want to

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Jun 26, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >> Are you saying that the main problem with battery electrics >> is also that most of the power it uses is not renewable? > > Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have SOLAR > or sign up for 100% solar/wind fro

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread lektwik via EV
l.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-ev

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
t; > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 25, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Cor van de Water via EV > wrote: > >- this is news to me. Care to elaborate? > > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/priva

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
>> Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have >> SOLAR or sign up for 100% solar/wind from their utilities. > Very interesting and promising statistic. > Do you have a cite? Yes. Thanks for making me look it up. Its actually 60% in this study if you include those that wo

[EVDL] opps

2014-06-26 Thread Electric Blue auto convertions via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2014-06-26 Thread Monica Arman via EV
> > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Monica Arman > Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:12 PM > Subject: possible car donation for electric conversion > > Hello, > > My name is Monica. I am the owner of a > 2000 Hyndai Accent Hatchback GS. It has served me for 14 years and more > than

Re: [EVDL] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2014-06-26 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Driving from Kung-Fu I passed a gas station & had an "EV moment"

2014-06-26 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
gt; -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Driving-from-Kung-Fu-I-passed-a-gas-station-had-an-EV-moment-tp4670107.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > ___

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
BEVs will run on electricity you can make on your rooftop or back yard. Try that with an ICEV or FCV. It can be done (veggie van anyone?), but the cost and complexity can be daunting and it's not for the average guy. The big energy companies like the idea of FCVs because it preserves their ef

Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested (emissions free travel forever)

2014-06-26 Thread robert winfield via EV
"An average EV drives say 10k mi/yr at 3kwh per mile or 30,000 kWh per car" misplaced a decimal point Bob. appx 3,000kWh/yr, not 30,000 for 10,000 miles On Thu, 6/26/14, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: Subject: Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested (emi

Re: [EVDL] High Water

2014-06-26 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
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Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested (emissions free travel forever-corrected)

2014-06-26 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
[corrected! And results are 10 times better!] Remember this solar investment is the upfront cost. From then on, it has paid for free transportation energy for emissions free EV's forever... Lets try this $1.7T divided by $3.30/Watt cost of solar = 500 BWatts of capacity. In Maryland e

Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested (emissions free travel forever-corrected)

2014-06-26 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 06/26/2014 02:02 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: $1.7T divided by $3.30/Watt cost of solar = 500 BWatts of capacity. Around here, we are getting roof top turn key installations of around 5kw for about $2.25/watt before the income tax credit and without any local incentives. I've hear

Re: [EVDL] gas tax (EV transmission lines, not oil pipelines)

2014-06-26 Thread Michael Ross via EV
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[EVDL] Gasless on Greenwood Ave 6/28

2014-06-26 Thread Steven Lough via EV
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Re: [EVDL] $1.7 Trillion reinvested

2014-06-26 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Big mistake! (I knew something was wrong). US peak in 2012 was 1,000,000MW (not 1000MW). So, total build-out cost would be $7.5T. Ok, that exceeds the challenge. How about just looking at coal? US peak in 2012 (same table) was about 300,000MW. The build-out to replace coal would be:

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Thanks. ITS does lots of interesting stuff. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >>> Careful: Studies have shown that about HALF of EV buyers also have >>> SOLAR or sign up for 100% solar/wind from their utilities. > >> Very interesting and promisin

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:21 PM >> To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts >> >> >> >> Old news. > http://www.arb.ca.gov/planning/vision/docs/vision_for_clean_air_public_r >>

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
> On Jun 26, 2014, at 11:37 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV > wrote: > > BEVs will run on electricity you can make on your rooftop or back yard. Try > that with an ICEV or FCV. It can be done (veggie van anyone?), but the cost > and complexity can be daunting and it's not for the average guy.

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 26 Jun 2014 at 13:00, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: > Your premise is wrong. The big energy companies do *not* like FCVs. I suspect that they'd much prefer them to BEVs. > > Remember, hydrogen is not really a fuel. You can't pump it out of the > > ground. You have to make it from some oth

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
> On Jun 26, 2014, at 4:04 PM, "EVDL Administrator" wrote: > >> On 26 Jun 2014 at 13:00, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> >> Your premise is wrong. The big energy companies do *not* like FCVs. > > I suspect that they'd much prefer them to BEVs. > >>> Remember, hydrogen is not really a fuel.

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
> Yes, an energy carrier. I won't argue efficiency with you. But that is the biggest problem of Hydrogen and the reason that everyone who understands Physics draws the conclusion that there is no future in Hydrogen as fuel because it is worse than just using the source energy (that what is used to

Re: [EVDL] 1925 'T'

2014-06-26 Thread Mike Beem via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Mark Abramowitz, I finally did what I should have done when I heard you avoid the real topics about Hydrogen: I looked up your profile, because somehow your name sounded familiar from earlier discussions about this topic. You are board member of SCAQMD (Board Consultant to Governor's Appointee, D

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: >> Yes, an energy carrier. I won't argue efficiency with you. > > But that is the biggest problem of Hydrogen and the reason > that everyone who understands Physics draws the conclusion > that there is no future in Hydrogen as fuel beca

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Mark Abramowitz wrote: > If you are saying that using natural gas directly in an ICE as > opposed to converting it to Hydrogen is a more efficient use, > I would tell you that you are missing my point. That is exactly what I am saying and I love to hear your point. In contrast to you, I love disc

[EVDL] Congratulations, Mr. Van de Water

2014-06-26 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
Sorry, got interrupted and accidentally sent it. On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: >> Yes, an energy carrier. I won't argue efficiency with you. > > But that is the biggest problem of Hydrogen and the reason > that everyone who understands Physics draws the conclusion

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Ah, that clarifies a lot. So, you are saying that the laws that you are helping to craft will mandate zero tail pipe emissions, even if the consequence is that the total energy consumption increases due to the inefficiency of the conversion to Hydrogen? But simply the fact that natural gas combust

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
BTW, I *did* read that "old news" that you posted some time back. That vision paper for California clearly states that all types of low and zero emissions solutions are needed. So, the only reason that you are focusing and pushing the ZEV mandate can mean that you do not care about the best soluti

Re: [EVDL] Hydrogen/EV thoughts (EV emissions)

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > > Mark Abramowitz, > I finally did what I should have done when I heard you avoid > the real topics about Hydrogen: I looked up your profile, because > somehow your name sounded familiar from earlier discussions about > this topic. >

Re: [EVDL] Congratulations, Mr. Van de Water

2014-06-26 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
population, to further their "Secret Agenda." You > "Tenaciously, Ferreted Out," his true nature and exposed him to us all. We > Thank You for the Enlightenment ! > > *Dennis Lee Miles * > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed..