Posted on 06/22/2010 5:18:29 PM PDT by upchuck
Oh great, lets all go to electric vehicles and crash the grid and force more coal power on America.
The buyers of electric cars don’t need incentives. They just need available cars.
But the problem with electric cars, are many. Heavy expensive batteries that discharge rather quickly and charge quite slowly. The life of the batteries is also a problem posing a $5000 + investment every 6 or 7 years, and of course the recycling of them. The limited range is probably not a big problem for most users. Those who have longer commutes will not buy them.
Additional problem; Quick charge solutions will add to risk and potential explosions of the batteries. And will also reduce battery life.
Are any battery technology breakthroughs on the horizon. I don’t see any. The batteries convert electrical energy into a chemical reaction, and then convert it back to power the vehicle. Regardless the actual power which comes from the batteries must first be delivered from the power grid.
Free ammo for all. Kinda like free beer for all :)
OK—but not OPEC’s.
It isn't "green", it's a death warrant.
Your reasoning is good. In addition, consider what might happen to that "chemical reaction" in a bad accident.
Fellow FReeper 60gunner, an ER nurse, wrote an excellent vanity about this. Amusing.
Duhhhhh.....
And don't forget, kiddies, the coal won't be mied here, but in one of the three fine deposits from the Clinton era--in Kosovo, under the Escalante Staircase National Monument (oops, out of play!), or in Indonesia (Low-ash, low sulfur lignite).
Of course, the hardworking folks at the UMW won't be allowed to produce enough.
But, but, but - doesn’t the wall make electricity? That’s why it’s got that little pluggie thingie...
I've been driving the same Ford F150/300cui/6 cly truck for 15 years. 6 or 7 years $5000 reinvestment.....NOT!!!!
I could see where families would have cheapo electric cars....Second cars, for hops around town. Burn coal to run electric cars....This would fill in some gaps. Get fleets burning CNG.
& I have a 24 year old Toyota, pennies on the dollar to any golf cart in this century or the next!
Let me add,,, I HATE OBAMA and everything he represents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you drive it 50 miles everyday like I do on my F150? Just curious.
Long term, the socialist goal is to make new cars too expensive (via regulated complexity) and force old cars out (via emissions and safety inspections).
Mass transit is a huge priority with leftists because it allows govt to control movement.
Do they have an electric vehicle that will survive the winter in a northern-tier state and pull a 35’ 5th wheel?
From my cold dead hands do they take my Ford!
I once heard some liberal schmuck advocate for electric cars. And there were others who heard him who thought it was a pretty good idea. (This was ten or more years ago.) So I asked one of them where he thought the energy for the electricity came from. I asked him if he would like to burn more coal. The guy was Harvard educated and pretty smart, but he told me he never thought about that.
ML/NJ
I drive 50,000 miles a year. That’s 1,000 miles a week.
I’m going to need a very long extension cord.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.