Let the price of a recharge vary inversely with the time one is prepared to wait for a recharge.
Harry Mike Carrell wrote: > In this bloom of optimism about ultracaps as energy storage for cars and a > theoretically high recharging rate, do a reality check on the power > involved. You fill a gas tank in avout five minutes with enough energy to > drive a car at 70 mph for several hours -- and you are going to charge the > capacitor with that energy in minutes? The power is in the hundreds of > kilowatts -- do the arithmetic yourself. The 'gas' station may have to > service a dozen cars at the same time on an expressway in the middle of > nowhere -- you need a major transformer substation to supply the peak > demand. > > Mike Carrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Vo]: "Bettery" on-the-way? > > >> In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:51:01 -0800: >> Hi, >> [snip] >>> The Better-Battery, or bettery - might be a reality in 2007 - Finally! >>> (if you can believe press releases) >>> >>> http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=204515 >> >> At 15 kWh/100lb it has about 8 times better energy density than a >> conventional >> lead acid battery, and being an ultracap, it should be rechargeable, at a >> "gas" >> station, in about the time it would normally take to fill the tank with >> gas. >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ >> >> Competition provides the motivation, >> Cooperation provides the means. >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> This Email has been scanned for all viruses by Medford Leas I.T. >> Department. >> >
