At 08:36 PM 1/19/2010, Art Clemons wrote: >The truth is that we need some method of rapid charging said batteries on the >go. Ten minutes charging for let's say 200 minutes of driving would be >reasonable presently (not much longer than filling up with gasoline), but we >as a nation don't have the electrical distribution for either battery exchange >or fast charging, leaving electric cars as something for local commuting.
But if the electric car is only good for local computing, it then must be (in most cases) economic as an _additional_ car, not as a replacement for a car currently owned. Liquid fuels aren't going to go away for a long time yet. Fred Holmes ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
