With every zero-emissions car, Nissan will throw in a handsome coal-fired steam-engine home generator for nominal fee.
Posted on 11/28/2010 5:18:31 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Edited on 11/28/2010 6:07:20 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
When the whole block goes black, nobody will be consuming grid energy. Therefore, energy savings are imposed through the greenies' dreams.
Until they buy personal generators to take up the slack...
But the irony is: everyone else will have transport, the greenies will have to walk. Be good for them.
And dangerous too.
A lot of people are going to get killed in house fires caused by charging electric cars in homes with old or sub standard wiring.
Went to the LA Auto Show yesterday and spent some time at the Southern California Edison booth. I don’t promise that their info is correct, but it’s interesting.
1. They want people to install the charging stations.
2. They will put the charging stations on a separate meter.
3. Most cars should charge in 4 to 6 hours via the charging station.
4. If you only charge the car after 9 PM, they will give you a price equal to 2.5 cents per mile.
Gas today (at my local Costco) was $3 per gallon. For the two to equal out, I’d have to get 120 mpg.
One issue, there seems to be a lot of disagreement about whether one charging station will work on any electric car. Some say yes, some say no.
First, surgically remove all testosterone...
With an electric car, the upside is no annual maintainance costs. There are no moving parts that wear out or have to be replaced. And of course there are the savings from not having to fill up with gas every couple of round trips.
All kinds of reasons not to have a plug-in electric car have been presented here, and not the least of which such a vehicle simply would not be supported by existing infrastructure.
I guess if you want “economy”, you are going to have to pay for it.
With every zero-emissions car, Nissan will throw in a handsome coal-fired steam-engine home generator for nominal fee.
“There are no moving parts that wear out or have to be replaced.”
Just stationary parts like a $15,000 battery?
Like I said with Murphy’s Law, that battery is going to be vastly improved and cheaper by the time its necessary to replace it.
Don’t waste your time or money on this gamble.
The advantage of the Chevy Volt is that the Government's push to get GM to go green will mean Union workers will be able to make a "Green" automobiles that will enable GM to pay back the American taxpayer...
Its an almost perfect plan except for one minor "hitch"...
The Chevy Volt is twice the price of "greener" non-electric high MPG gas powered cars so the "Volt" is not going to be a "high demand" car.
Bottom line, there is no advantage whatsoever for these new electric cars. (Its because of the time involved to recharge the unit and the battery life issue)
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thetruthaboutcars ^ | November 28, 2010 | By Bertel Schmitt
Posted on November 28, 2010 8:55:32 PM EST by Jet Jaguar
1.21 gigawatts!!!!!!!
The distribution pattern will be radically different, with increases in the residential and rural areas.
The generation might be there (if the EPA doesn't force too many coal plants off-line), but distribution will be a problem in some areas.
If a battery is developed that can be recharged in 30 minutes, the power load on transformers should be cut substantially.
But that heat is not necessarily wasted. Here in the PNW, where electric heat still exists, the heat emitted by incandescents in wintertime provides additional heating that the electric heat doesn't have to provide.
These are things that designers of "green buildings" learn (or used to learn) to factor in.
I like my CFLs, but folks should have the right to use "heat-bulbs" if they want. Congress is WAY out of control!
AP articles have to be excerpted, unless you want to personally foot the leagal bills.
How will you power the Honda generator?
LOL, I think I just figured out the difference between liberals and conservatives. Liberals believe fairy tales are true and conservatives know that they are pleasant imaginings.
JimRob will do emergency surgery.
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