Charles Robinson wrote: > On Nov 24, 2006, at 14:19, Adam Maas wrote: > > >>The Documentary on the subject (Who Killed The Electric Car) >>essentially ignores the real issues in favour of a love-in for what >>was at best a second vehicle for rich people. >> > > > I know it's biased... but it is still interesting viewing! > > >>You'll note that automakers are jumping on the Hybrid bandwagon as >>fast as they can. With essentially unlimited range and much better >>performance than an EV1, hybrids are a breakout success, although I >>would like to see the capability to charge them from the mains as >>well as from the engine. >> > > > The so-called "plug-in hybrid" seems to be the best combination so > far, when it comes. > > -Charles >
The plug-in idea is quite good, but it will actually increase pollution anywhere that uses a fair amount of coal power (which is incredibly dirty, especially if eastern coal is used [which can be rather radioactive])/ -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
