On Jul 10, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Robert Seeberger wrote: >> >> For commuters, the future is electric. We are approaching a cusp >> where batteries (often coupled with super-capacitors) have energy >> densities that allow for ICE-like performance at a price that >> doesn't call for a mortgage. I suspect that after a few years one >> will see prices similar to what one finds in typical ICE vehicles. >> > And how do you generate the electricity that fuels the electric > car? By burning coal?
Or by wind or water or natural gas or nuclear reactions or ... Some of them pollute more than gasoline. Some less. It is possible that large-scale electricity generation, transmission, storage and use in an electric car is more efficient than the equivalent process for hydrocarbon-fueled cars, but I wonder whether it is possible to convince someone living in a country whose economy is so tied to petrochemical production? > Who killed and kills the electric car is that electricity is > much more expensive to propel cars than gasoline. So far. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
