Two miles.
Posted on 11/25/2010 9:30:47 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Like I said, for now the hybrid is the only viable alternative fuel vehicle. When there is a viable battery technology on the market, then the electric car will have a future.
Magic money from Obummer’s stash.
Yep. Ironic, no?
Yeah I can see homeless folks running portable heaters from these outlets to stay warm. And there’s plenty of room to set up a mini cooking range.
Fuel cells are a better way to go. long term. Only minutes to fill the hydrogen tank and no battery pack to replace. The trick is lowering the price of producing hydrogen.
Don’t forget natural gas vehicles. The US is awash in natural gas.
If they solve the problem of transporting liquefied hydrogen and they build the infrastructure to store it, fuel cell cars could be viable one day. Right now that doesn’t exist so its better for the auto industry to make a viable electric car. The Chevy Volt isn’t it.
Spot on. Imagine people returning to there cars thinking that they have been charging while they were at work only to find some homeless folks warming themselves with provised electric heating devices.
Fuel cells can also generate power from hydrocarbons. I read some industry journals a few years ago showing that a fuel cell can generate electricty from natural gas and gasoline. A stop gap measure while the industry develops underground storage tanks for hydrogen and the best means to deliver hydrogen to the fuel stations. The fule cell car is an electric car without the heavy battery pack and long charge times.
their cars, not there cars. Damn tukey induced sleepiness.
Not only that. All these electric cars ACTUALLY run on COAL......or nuclear power if the juice happens to come from a nuclear generating facility. I’ve seen the new GE commercials flacking these charging stations and singing their praises. Since GE has been in bed with the BHO administration, those charging stations, with a GE logo on them, will likely be paid for by you and me and our fellow-taxpayers; for which we get squat in return for our money......unless we want to buy a Dolt or one of the other electric vehicles!
Two miles.
Yeah, but I thought the coal powered electricity generating plants produced these emissions:
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Um. So where is the "free electricity" coming from and who is "donating" it? I'd like to get me some of that "free electricity" action. I was always taught that you don't get anything for free so this is new to me.
The best battery technology available for hybrids is lithium ion rechargeable batteries. No one bothered to check that the total amount of lithium mined each year in the world will support the manufacturing of enough battery packs to support 60,000 vehicles annually. That is assuming none will be available for other lithium ion battery users such as cellphones, laptop computers and other consumer electronics. It would also mean our DoD will not have lithium sulfur dioxide throwaway batteries constantly used by our soldiers to keep weight down and operate in extreme cold temperatures where battery chargers/AC is not gauranteed to be available. Technologists tend to not grasp the concept of logistics and commodity data in their business models. That is why many green technologies fail to come to fruition or mass production.
I have seen that same commercial. I am amused by the part where they plug in their car outdoors during a rainstorm.
Bingo. Also, Lithium mining and processing aren’t exactly “green” activities.
Liberals believe batteries are somehow superior to fossil fuel as an energy source. This isn’t based on science but on an emotional belief that electric power is “cleaner” than a fossil fuel derived one. Ironically enough, fossil fuel is a natural resource, a concept liberals have yet to grasp.
Indeed. Also, fossil fuels are about as organic as it gets. Old dead trees and algae.
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