In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:06:40 -0400: Hi, [snip] >that has has been selected for the plug-in Prius+. This gives the car a 50 >mile range in electric mode, and it is only three times bigger than the >present batteries, which power the car for 1 mile. And the present >batteries are better than the 1999 models. See: > >http://www.valence.com/saphion.asp [snip] >And we have not even started to tap the potential of the plug-in hybrids >yet. I think they have a tremendous impact.
Jed, do you happen to have any figures handy re. the percentage of km traveled that involve distances of less than 50 miles (my guess is this would cover most commuting, and hence most travel). [snip] >If they were talking about drilling for oil they are both fools. There is >no oil below 15,000 feet, and we reached that depth in 1938, as I mentioned Untrue, according to http://www.lewrockwell.com/crispin/crispin11.html, though a quick goggle search doesn't reveal a great deal of supporting evidence. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk In a town full of candlestick makers, everyone lives in the light, In a town full of thieves, there is only one candle, and everyone lives in the night.
