Oh yes this is dramatically better. So I wonder if he thought about how that energy was generated, and then there is the little issue of just what happens to "the peak period" when everyone's car is plugged in the grid every night. Sheeesh. I thought rotating blackouts was already a problem.
Joe > >But we can do even better – dramatically better – with the plug-in hybrid >that is just now on the threshold of commercialization. ...Plugging in your >car during off peak hours –when power is in surplus and cheaper – would >soon just become part of the modern daily routine, like plugging in your >cell phone or PDA before you go to bed. And off-peak electricity can be the >equivalent of 50 cent a gallon gasoline. > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/