Can we all say “how UNEXPECTED” this all is to liberals...
Great news for the two electric car owning idiots in town, it’s forecast to be -19 F Wed. morning. /sarc.
I remember a guy from the mid ‘90s who had one of those electric car conversions. He had about a 10 mile commute. One cold AM I saw him crawl through an intersection at about 15-20 mph in a 45 zone. He couldn’t get that car over 20 mph. At least it was a multi-lane boulevard. I have to wonder how much he lost from the cold battery and what was probably a minimal heater/defroster but it was obvious that whatever juice was left over was barely sufficient for a suburban road.
Shocking news.
In the UK the windmills were stilled during the recent cold wave. There was no wind just when UK electricity demand was peaking
Solar and wind do not provide base load electricity (look it up) That is what coal does and the jug eared Kenyan does everything he can to put up obstacles to coal.
MO, who’s backside is as big as a barn, is the food police. Now Hussein is praising electric cars, yet his slew of black presidential SUVs run on gas. I couldn’t make a round trip to the grocery store with one battery charge even in warm weather, so I’ll thank him to not come preaching to me.
I'm shocked.
That Physics thing ought to be against the law.
In the summer time (before all these green technologies kick in, and the Earth cools to a balmy 72 degrees), most people would like to have a way of keeping cool. Sure, it doesn't have to be cold enough to make igloos, but it should be cool enough to manage a drive into the office without sweating and sticking to your seat. Otherwise, we're going to have some smelly offices.
In addition to air coolers of some kind, it rains in many locations, and windshield wipers are needed. In heavy rains, wipers must be set on high, to whisk the water away quickly.
Finally, it might occasionally be nice to be able to turn a radio or stereo on while one is driving. For news, weather, a little music perhaps, or God forbid, a talk show. These aren't essential to travel, I know, but they are very useful and appreciated by travelers.
Unfortunately, they too, all require additional power from an electric car. Precious power most likely not factored into the overall MPG for the car itself.
Global warming arrived just in time to save the day!!
General Motors is going to lose its shirt on that stupid $40,000 piece of junk called “The Volt”, it and POTUS Obama conjured up!!! And....GE will go the same way. Anyone that listens to anything Obama rants about industry, energy and economic growth is either dumb, a fool or smoking too much reefer!!!
Don’t worry... High speed rail will pick up the slack!
Sheesh! Bunch of self centered hogs! Just keep a plastic Obama on your dash boards and keep those hope and change thoughts. Obama will pull a charge out of his stash and send it into your Volt and up your legs, all the while those high sped rail commuters will be moving along and that will keep your spirits up!
Why don’t they try out their electric plug-in schemes with once-a-week-needed riding lawn mowers and eliminate that small segment of the evil oil/gasoline dependency? Or a solar powered once-a-week-needed battery operated riding lawn mower? Just think of the money the consumer could save on gas and the benefit to green technology. That mower should cost less than half the price of a gas powered one. Why aren’t THESE easy to dictate fuel economy standards implemented by our savoirs at the EPA?
Hey, you know what might be *really* efficient?
Instead of burning fuel at a power plant then converting that into electricity, then losing some in the power lines, then converting that electricity back into heat, why don’t we just burn fuel in the engine so that we can use the waste heat of combustion to warm the interior!
I wonder why hasn’t anyone ever thought of doing...oh, wait.
As Rush says regularly, with Libs it's never about results--or unintended consequences--but all about their "Good Intentions," dontcha know?
Anyone who has ever lived in cold climes and was over the age of reason, could have figured that one out.
Even with a BRAND NEW (2 mos old) battery, last week when it was 20 below here in the Socialist People's Republic of Utopian Moonbats (VT) my ride turned over....as all of my vehicles I've owned for the past 50 years...velllllly slowly before finally catching and starting and the service stations were so inundated with calls re: cars not starting, there was a 3 hour waiting time for service calls.
I can just imagine what this kind of weather would do to an electric car.
Never mind, cuz I'll NEVER know...at least personally.
Now for the Einstein Award, I nominate.......!
Wow, for a moment I thought the moderators were charging this thread with conductive criticism...
A post yesterday boasted of an all electric car in England made a trip in 4 days with 9 - 10 hour recharging stops, the same trip was 2 days in a stagecoach.
Gee, you mean like regular car batteries have been doing for, well, since we’ve had regular car batteries?
Not that I would buy a Volt, but just to be fair, the Volt underwent extensive very cold weather testing.
http://gm-volt.com/2010/02/23/chevy-volt-cold-weather-testing-update/