Woolsey also made a pitch for new battery-powered, flex-fuel cars that could be recharged during off-peak periods of electricity costs...That's a great idea. How 'bout you perfect that concept in California and then get back to us on that, eh?
Seriously, what amps are necessary to "fuel" all of these vehicles throughout an average subdivision (let alone an urban area)? Can California keep the lights on 24/7/4.3/12 as things are? Even so, electric cars are purported to be a good thing though, eh?
The average American doesn't even know how many dimes there are in a dollar, never mind expect them to figure out that one of those cars with a 180 volt, 1200 amp/hr output battery would really dim the lights if they tried to charge that up in less than 8 hrs.
They think they can buy one of those solar chargers you buy at costco and plug into the cigarette lighter and it will charge that baby up.
I saw a news report a week or so ago where these 'brilliant" univercity engineering students were replacing a prius battery with a dry cell Nicad type battery so they could plug it in at the student parking lot and charge up the battery (for free) while they were in class, so the engine wouldn't have to run at all driving to school and back home every day.
Imagine a student parking lot full of prius's all trying to charge their batteries from the service in a parking lot, (which is on a 35 amp breaker) and expecting to get that juice for free.
Idiots.
I bet when they found out their lame brain idea wouldn't work, they were awfully embarrassed that news story aired.
While I agree on the need to destroy the strategic importance of oil — mostly by removing the US from the world market — without a replacement for the nice, portable energy source it represents, we can’t do that. His ideas on how to accomplish the need are all just partisan shilling. :’)