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In article <4crkph$i6v@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, will1000@ix.netcom.com (Will Stewart ) writes:
>>more than, say, 90 miles or so, without a "refuel" that will take
>>several hours.
>Who is the 'WE'?  There are batteries in development that have shown to
>have ranges over 200 miles for Taurus-sized vehicles.  Recharges are
>also shown to be less that 90 minutes with many batteries.

Would you mind telling me which batteries have an effective 90 minute recharge.
The Horizon battery is very favourable, but what others? Batteries which are able
to be recharged very quickly have to be very conductive, lead is indeed very conductive, sulphuric acid is for an electrolyte, but lead sulphate is a very good
insulator. This means that if a lead-acid battery is deeply discharged, it will
take a long time to recharge. If however it is not deeply discharged, then it
is possible that it can be very quickly recharged. Also the faster a battery is
recharged, more heat is generated etc.

>>>Besides, as soon as the battery is more than a few months old, you
>>can no longer rely on any device to appreciate, at a given time, how
>>many miles can be driven before running out of power. 
>
>This sentence is a little unclear; what are you claiming here?
I'll help. The older the battery becomes the less charge it can hold, hence
the less distance you will be able to travel.
>>Besides, EVs, if produced at a large scale, will boost up the
>>implementation of more nuclear plants... for, indeed,
...
>>would produce as much CO2 (greenhouse effect, global warming) and
>>other pollutants as gasoline does...

>What are your sources?  What pollutants do you think are emitted by an
>ICE? A coal-fired plant?  
What do you mean here. Are you trying to say the internal combustion engines
and coal fired power stations emit little or no polutants? I know I'm turning
what your saying around, but it sounds too me that your being very pedantic.

>Please provide your references ('I read it in a news post' does not
>count for much).
Do you really want references to tell you that a coal fired plant emits polutants.
>Will Stewart
>
Geoff