I can very well remember when I was a little boy in the early 1950ies, when the German Postal service used big electrically driven trucks to deliver packages. They had large open chain gears driving the rear wheels, visible from the back side, and were moving very slowly but completely soundless. And, between WW1 and WW2, there was a time when electric cars outnumbered the gas driven ones. Who, but me, can remember Grandma Duck's electric car with the steering lever from the 1950/60 Micky Mouse cartoons?
Of course, it's all a question of batteries. Leonardo da Vinci had invented airplanes, helicopters, armoured tanks and almost all of today's machinery, but they all lacked the essential motor power. Now, we are in a comparable situation: we have all the technology to drive electrically, but are lacking a suitable energy storage comparable with a tank full of gas. Wonder what will happen when that guy finally comes out to the public, presenting his perfect electrical energy storage device... Peter Am 01.05.2013 13:51, schrieb andy pugh: > On 1 May 2013 12:32, Pete Matos <petefro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> For all >> the doubters, just wait it is coming. The electric vehicle revolution is >> coming and some would say it is already here. > It already makes sense for fixed journeys, such as parcel delivery trucks. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
