Posted on 02/25/2013 8:17:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Between his parents and me he hopefully will not be a lib
Definitely a niche car, but what niche? If you live in the city any car costs a lot to keep because of parking fees. If you live just outside the city limits, but not in an apartment (no quick charging 240V station -- recharging the battery when empty takes about 22 hours using a 120-volt household outlet) this car might be barely functional as long as you only live 25 miles from work.
Electric cars are not ready for prime time, despite all the lies the government tells us.
Yes,I'm aware of hydroelectric power's existence and that,in the US at least,it's about the cheapest form of power to be found.However,according to wikipedia (yah,I know) coal represents about 42% of the nation's power generation while hydro represents 6.4%.In my statement I said "on a large scale".To me,42% is "large scale",6.4% isn't.
I did some research recently and found that Quebec gets a huge portion of their electricity from hydro.In fact I just looked it up (wikipedia again) and found that 95% of the power generated there is hydro.I've also read that Quebec exports a good portion of the power they generate to other parts of Canada and the Northeastern US and that Quebecers pay something like 5 cents per kWh for power.We pay 20 cents where I live.
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