Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario
Howdy Harry, Electric cars sure make sense. When I was a kid there were still a few around. Almost trouble free performance. BUT.. we had a surplus of electric generating capacity.. TODAY we are bumping our head on the ceiling of capacity. This summer should give us a real shock across the USA with brownouts. This poses the question.. IF electric power shortages begin to become serious this year... AND.. Nuke plants take min of 9 years to build.. and BO willl tax coal plants outa business.. and gas turbine plants are too expensive to compete.. Where the heck are we gonna get the electric power to re-charge the electro-cars? Richard
Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario
R C Macaulay wrote: BUT.. we had a surplus of electric generating capacity.. TODAY we are bumping our head on the ceiling of capacity. This summer should give us a real shock across the USA with brownouts. This is not a problem. Most electric cars will be in use during the day, and they will be recharged overnight, when there is tremendous unused generator capacity. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:45 AM, R C Macaulay walha...@cvtv.net wrote: Where the heck are we gonna get the electric power to re-charge the electro-cars? At night, wholesale power is free due to excess capacity as Jed points out. During the day, we will do like the Fed, and simply print power: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9972306-54.html Terry
Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario
But so far, electric car manufacturers have been a disappointment: http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/13/electric-cars-disappointed-in-2008-and-2009-wont-be-different/ Terry On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Harry Veeder hvee...@ncf.ca wrote: Grand plan for electric cars takes shape in Ontario Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 12:45 PM ET Comments129Recommend83 CBC News A U.S. company that promotes infrastructure to support electric cars is going to open a site in Toronto to demonstrate the vehicles, Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Better Place, said Thursday. He called the joint announcement with the provincial government the all-important first step in an expected electric car charging network rollout for Canada. Ontario is supporting the plan by studying ways to speed up the introduction of electric cars to the province, said Premier Dalton McGuinty. The study is scheduled for release in May. It will look at financial incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles, giving such cars preferred access to the transportation grid, having the government buy electric vehicles and promoting them... http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/15/ontario-electric.html
[Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario
Grand plan for electric cars takes shape in Ontario Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 12:45 PM ET Comments129Recommend83 CBC News A U.S. company that promotes infrastructure to support electric cars is going to open a site in Toronto to demonstrate the vehicles, Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of Better Place, said Thursday. He called the joint announcement with the provincial government "the all-important first step in an expected electric car charging network rollout for Canada." Ontario is supporting the plan by studying ways to speed up the introduction of electric cars to the province, said Premier Dalton McGuinty. The study is scheduled for release in May. It will look at financial incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles, giving such cars preferred access to the transportation grid, having the government buy electric vehicles and promoting them... http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/15/ontario-electric.html
