Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-05-08 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jeff Fink's message of Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:38:58 -0400: Hi, [snip] 'There are old pilots and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.' ...but plenty of auld bald pilots. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.

Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: You can see that in California, where coal is hardly used, PHEV would greatly reduce CO2. Not green enough... and a potential liability. Why not green enough? As shown in Fig. 3 of Minnesota study, with the power generating system in California today, PHEV would reduce

Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Cars and trucks often catch on fire; I have seen many, but I have never seen a battery burn. LOL! More people have been killed by Ford Pintos than Dell laptops. Well, naturally a burning automobile is more dangerous than a burning laptop, because there is so much fuel

RE: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jeff Fink
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:00 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution Here's another good one Jed: It is better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, than to be flying and wishing

[Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-26 Thread Jones Beene
Jed Rothwell wrote: You can see that in California, where coal is hardly used, PHEV would greatly reduce CO2. Not green enough... and a potential liability. Without the bettery the PHEV is not a good solution anywhere. Lithium batteries are still having too many problems to be considered