To bad we're all in the same boat. How about those SUV's with the flag on the antenna. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 9:30 AM Subject: Re: european way of thinking
> On 7 Oct 2002 at 10:53, 1sclunn wrote: > > > As a EV want to be builder I am always asked how fast will it go first. > > Yep, me too. I've had gasburners tell me that because my Force will barely > break 60, I'm driving a dangerous vehicle. The usual mantra is "Around here > you get run over if you drive the speed limit." > > Well, gang, I refuse to waste energy. I drive the speed limit no matter > what I'm driving. > > I stay in the slow lane. I get passed. So what? So do the slow trucks. > > In rush hour, which I admit I detest and try to avoid, I'm going so much > slower than the average speed that most drivers see me (or they see the SUVs > streaming around me) long before they get to me. While I do get tailgaters > now and then, usually because they are waiting impatiently to get to their > exits, most give me a wide berth. > > If I tell the gasburners who complain about my car's top speed that there > are plenty of fast EVs, they'll find some other reason that EVs are "no > good." They're really just making excuses. I could show them an EV that > reached 100mph, achieved 60mph in 7 seconds, and ran 250 miles on a charge, > and it wouldn't be good enough for most of them. > > Face it, there are gasburners that we're never going to win over (at least > not without more effort than it's worth). > > Some of them are just not sufficiently evolved, and they actually ~enjoy~ > making noise and pollution. They ~like~ the idea that their vehicles can > crush small cars and kill their passengers. We can't do anything about > these people, except wait for natural selection to do its work. <g> > > Others aren't opposed to EVs; they think EVs are a great idea for the other > guy. But they are soft and pampered, and unwilling to give up anything for > the sake of the future, theirs or their kids'. You can't even get them out > of their SUVs and vans and into mid-size gas hogs, much less into EVs. We > can write these people off, too. > > That leaves a few well-educated people who are good EV candidates. They are > the ones buying hybrids, the bone which the automakers have thrown them. > Many of them could probably be switched to EVs in the right circumstances. > > Unless they're forced to switch, probably by legislation, the rest aren't > likely to budge until they absolutely have to. I'm afraid "ciivilization" > is just gonna keep going like this until the oil is gone. But you might > want to start thinking about anti-theft devices for your EV, for the day > when a lot of people ~really~ want one, and can't get one. > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Want to unsubscribe, stop the EV list mail while you're on vacation, or > switch to digest mode? See http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > 1991 Solectria Force 144vac > 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc > 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc > 1974 Avco New Idea rider 36vdc > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Thou shalt not send me any thing which says unto thee, "send this to all > thou knowest." Neither shalt thou send me any spam, lest I smite thee. > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >
