@Eric Charles. At the risk of making this thread longer. Indeed. I'm starting to think an Electric car is would indeed be a shocking experience.
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Eric Charles <[email protected] > wrote: > Well, look... the original ranter is clearly right about some things and > wrong about others. > > IF you wanted to really gain the minimal cost-per-mile on a cross country > drive in an electric car, it would take you a ridiculously long time to get > across the country. Also, the amount of time it takes to hit the tradeoff > in cost between electric and gas (higher up-front costs vs. cheaper mileage > cost) is way longer than most people think. > > That said, the car isn't optimized for cross-country drives, it is > optimized for modal driving habits, i.e., daily commute and errands, parked > overnight. Further, as many have pointed out, electric and hybrid personal > vehicles are still at the tail edge of tehir "early adopter" phase. Thus, > it would be unsurprising to find that many people are making the purchase > "because they want it", even if it is not a superior dollar-for-value > investment. > > Eric > > > > ----------- > Eric P. Charles, Ph.D. > Lab Manager > Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning > American University, Hurst Hall Room 203A > 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. > Washington, DC 20016 > phone: (202) 885-3867 fax: (202) 885-1190 > email: [email protected] > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Gillian Densmore > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The volt offers a house current level charger as well as a more >> industrial one. As does Tesla, and the EV. He didn't say wich one he was >> using, that'd impact his recharging time. I'm wondering why a solar >> charger isn't offered as well. >> >> >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Gillian Densmore >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Energy production cost is a pipeline issue. The NIMBI's: Breeder >>> reactors, recycling rods, Hybrid Fusion/Fision--or on the more extreme >>> scale Matter-Anti-Matter.Are slightly cheerper. (reduced bucks per KW) >>> Though do have there own issues.Somewhere in the middle are ways to >>> leverage the big ass rock covered in gasses eletical properties. >>> PopularScience,Nature, and I think Popular Mechanic have (and had) a >>> re-accuring test run of inductive chargers that you can put on some >>> electric cars. >>> I don't understand the science entirely, the article I'm thinking of had >>> one with with what looked like antenas on it. such that when the car was >>> idle for some period of time the baked in recharing mechanics would kick, >>> but somehow- these dooddads would get just enough more particles from >>> someplace to extend it's range a bit. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Marcus G. Daniels >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 13:16 -0600, Steve Smith wrote: >>>> > I'm a member of an EV group in Northern NM and I find the discussions >>>> > about EV viability always to be pretty much religious ones. >>>> >>>> When one consciously spends more to advance the market for progressive >>>> technology, it is annoying when cretins lie about the facts of the >>>> matter. So yes, sit him down in front of a nice tail pipe, and tie him >>>> to the bumper too. Useless. >>>> >>>> Marcus >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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