Posted on 08/14/2008 8:32:27 AM PDT by wyowolf
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Larry Horsley loves that he doesn't buy much gas, even though he drives his '95 Chevy S-10 back and forth to work each day. Larry Horsley's pickup has a set of neatly arranged electronics where his engine once was. 1 of 2 Horsley, a self-described do-it-yourselfer, simply plugs his truck into an electric wall outlet in his Douglasville, Georgia, garage and charges it overnight, instead of buying gasoline refined from mostly imported oil.
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Thanks!
How does he think they produce the electricity?
I think a 427 Hemi in a Prius would be more fun.
Electricity from the grid, obviously; it’s easier to control pollution from a few big sources than a lot of little sources (or, better yet, avoid generating the pollution in the first place by using nuclear generators).
Personally, I really want a motorcycle (can't afford one right now, but I really, really want one! :^D ).
(I noticed that it's written by the 'Electric Vehicle Association,' which makes me wary of bias.)
And Hydro, Solar, Geo-thermal...
For a comparison of E and G to be meaningful the cost of conversion (in this case - in other’s the cost and production of batteries, etc.) ought be taken into account.
I suppose there might be some bias, just like there’s bias on the other side of the coin. Still, he lists 22 different sources for his info.
But on thing is true, the E motor is more efficient than it's gas counter part in converting its energy into work.
Thanks - it’s something we’ll just have to keep our eye on, and to make sure irrational ideology doesn’t get in the way (on both sides).
Whichever — the point is that electricity generation offers more options and more ways to prevent or avoid pollution problems.
True.
However, the entire system for gas engines is something like this: pump oil, transport, refine, transport to station, fill tank, burn fuel, work.
For the electrical car it's something like: pump or dig fuel, transport, burn fuel to produce electricity, transmit electricity, charge battery, run electrical motor, work.
The electrical system has more stages, each with its efficiency loss. The electrical system is still probably more efficient, but not nearly as much so as most people think. The relevant issue is how much of the fuel winds up producing work, not the efficiency of an electric motor, which uses electricity that has nalready been produced with its efficiency losses in the process.
all of which is why nuclear is thesolution. The wackos piled on artifical work to decrease overall efficiency andrun up costs.
No, a willingness to lose your freedom of mobility, and being gullible enough to spend a ton of money and end up with less than you started with are bigger keys.
Also the snooty ignorance of using electricty, the generation and transmission of which are grossly inefficient, and dirty, and overloading the power grid even further to boot, is an important key.
I’m a big fan of nuclear. In fact, I think that if I were appointed dictator I could have America importing zero oil in 5 years, largely by switching most electricity production to nuclear, allowing domestically produced liquid fuels to be used for transportation.
However, the demand for “Sherman for dictator!” has not exactly been overwhelming.
That mostly what they are used for today. Less than 2% of our electricity is generated by petroleum. Much of what is used is petroleum coke and residual oil. Those are left over products from Crude Oil after products like diesel and gasoline are removed.
U.S. Electric Power Industry Net Generation, 2006 
My plan was not completely laid out. It would include expanded conversion to electric cars, run on the new nuclear power plants, as well as vastly expanded drilling for new oil.
Since I’m conquering Canada and Mexico, their production will in future be classified as “domestic.” Chavez better watch out, or he’s next.
As dictator, I don’t have to deal with financial, political or environmental considerations.
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