12-08-2008, 02:28 AM
I find it hard to believe that using diesel to generate electricity, then transmit that electricity miles, then store it in batteries then release the energy to move a car is more efficient than using the same diesel moving the car.
to many power conversions that cause the loss of energy.
The hybrid is more realistic.
Check out VW, they have a prototype that get almost 300 MPG, that beats all the competition, hands down on efficiency amd is not even a hybred.
I see the problem like the Plastic Bag issues in the making. In my younger days I lived they the "paper bags are depleting the forests" days, a lie, but it got people to switch to plastic bags... I see the same thing coming with electric cars. 10-20 years from now (with luck sooner) the fad will be over and reality will set in.
Transplanted Texan
"I am here to chew bubble gum and kick some *** ... and I'm all out of bubble gum"
to many power conversions that cause the loss of energy.
The hybrid is more realistic.
Check out VW, they have a prototype that get almost 300 MPG, that beats all the competition, hands down on efficiency amd is not even a hybred.
I see the problem like the Plastic Bag issues in the making. In my younger days I lived they the "paper bags are depleting the forests" days, a lie, but it got people to switch to plastic bags... I see the same thing coming with electric cars. 10-20 years from now (with luck sooner) the fad will be over and reality will set in.
Transplanted Texan
"I am here to chew bubble gum and kick some *** ... and I'm all out of bubble gum"
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I do not believe that America is better than everybody else...
America "IS" everybody else.
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I do not believe that America is better than everybody else...
America "IS" everybody else.
The Wilder Side Of Hawaii