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Superstorm Sandy highlights Achilles' heel of electric cars(E-Car no worky)
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| November 05, 2012
| John Brandon
Posted on 11/05/2012 6:20:53 PM PST by AmonAmarth
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Electric cars are still years away from being practical.
To: AmonAmarth
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:22:08 PM PST
by
bgill
(Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
To: AmonAmarth
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:22:38 PM PST
by
foundedonpurpose
(It's time for a fundamental restoration, of our country's principles!)
To: AmonAmarth
All Bambi needed to do was skylift some solar panels in there.
Problems solved right?
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:23:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: AmonAmarth
the storm has revealed the one major vulnerability Correction: "Yet ANOTHER vulnerability."
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:23:28 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: AmonAmarth
Why can't they just drive them somewhere to charge them?
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:23:39 PM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
To: AmonAmarth
I live in an area of flash floods where motorists are frequently trapped on top their car. Seeing that parking lot of Fiskers that exploded when submerged by Sandy has got to be an eye opener.
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:24:32 PM PST
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: AmonAmarth
That’s why every Pious...er...Prius should come with a bicycle taped to the roof.
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:25:46 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(With (R)epublicans like these, who needs (D)emocrats?)
To: HereInTheHeartland
It aint easy pushing a giant heavy battery around looking for a charger...
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:26:01 PM PST
by
AmonAmarth
(If Tim Tebow has a thought, is it a Christian Ponder?)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:26:06 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: AmonAmarth
We will need to address the issue of electricity shortages if we want to have a growing share of EVs. You betcha! One way to start is to have the EPA accelerate the closing of those coal-fired electric plants they're planning to shut down. /s
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:26:11 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: AmonAmarth
“It aint easy pushing a giant heavy battery around looking for a charger...”
They should just drive....
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:29:02 PM PST
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HereInTheHeartland
(Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
To: AmonAmarth
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:30:13 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: HereInTheHeartland
Not if the battery is dead, or there is not enough juice to go far enough to the nearest charger.
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11/05/2012 6:31:43 PM PST
by
AmonAmarth
(If Tim Tebow has a thought, is it a Christian Ponder?)
To: AmonAmarth
I think everyone should purchase what works for them. Also, I think that the government should not pick and choose the winners in business.
However, to add one small point on EV’s side... I think we are seeing that having no electricity is a problem for both types of vehicles. Gas pumps work on electricity also.
I’ll never get an EV, but no option is perfect.
To: dgcoronado
Gas pumps no longer have a manual back-up pump inside the case?
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:34:16 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: AmonAmarth
Gasoline is tough to compete with.
If a R administration got it back in the $2/gallon range via increasing supply, it’s even more competitive.
If nat gas starts taking a decent slice of truck consumption, that’s another drag on oil prices.
I do forecast that a significant percent of golf carts will remain electric powered.
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:36:14 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
To: AmonAmarth
Electric cars are NOT green!
They use electricity generated by a power plant nearby.
And 95% of power generation currently uses fossil fuels + Nuclear.
Wind power is also no good after a hurricane. They would be severely damaged by a direct hit. Another fact no one talks about.....more workers have died working on wind turbine towers than all the people killed in man made nuclear power accidents in the non-communist world.
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:37:42 PM PST
by
entropy12
(The radical socialist from Chicago and Acorn lawyer must be defeated! VOTE him out!!)
To: Army Air Corps
Those went away when they went away from the mechanical dial type volume and price indicators.
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posted on
11/05/2012 6:38:01 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
To: Army Air Corps
I don’t think so... Isn’t that the reason there are so many issues in NY/NY? Unless I’m misreading, I thought it was lack of electricity more than lack of gas.
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