Gruss Gott wrote: > Yes and this is because it requires modifications at every level of > the production chain to operate: > > electric: > ---------------------------------- > requires new car design > And why is this a bad thing? > requires new engine design > Or this? > requires new battery design > Or this? > requires new existing engines OR new power delivery and further battery design > Still needs power > Or this? > Diesel > ----------------------------------- > bio-diesel requires fuel design, but we have to do that anyway I would argue we need to do all the above eventually anyway. The only point I see in your argument is that bio-diesel maybe a quicker first step. Ok it is a great first step that can be argued was made decades ago, why is it such a bad thing that further steps are taken? Why would new car, engine, battery and power delivery knowledge be a dead end just because it was developed for gas-electric hybrid vehicles. How many technologies in the past have jumped from the original problem to which they where applied to other, sometimes radically different, problems.
By this argument, carbon-fiber bodies for cars is a dead end because it will take massive changes and re-engineering of automobile manufacturing processes. So is that a reason not to pursue a technology that could greatly enhance fuel economy, no matter what power plant is used in a vehicle? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
