Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario

2009-01-16 Thread R C Macaulay
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

Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario

2009-01-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
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

Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario

2009-01-16 Thread Terry Blanton
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:

Re: [Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario

2009-01-16 Thread Terry Blanton
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

[Vo]:grand plan for electric cars in ontario

2009-01-15 Thread Harry Veeder
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