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From: grep@cris.com (George B)
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Subject: Re: Was the California EV Mandate a Success?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 01:14:37 GMT
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hatunen@netcom.com (DaveHatunen) wrote:

>The batteries weigh near half a ton.

GAD! A fuel tank that weighs twice as much as a conventional engine!
Plus all that copper wire in the motor ... hmmm, I wonder how it will
handle in a skid on an icy street .... about like a hocky puck is
seems.

> How do you remove and replace such
>a heavy object in a very short time? 

I would design a system where a hydraulic thingamajig pushes the
battery pack out of the vehicle and pulls the new one in.

But here is the kicker ... EV's WILL happen eventually and they WILL
be powered by nuclear energy, there is no doubt. Petroleum IS a finite
resource and it, at SOME point will become to scarce to burn up if we
want plastics, paints, computers, and bug spray.

As the economy expands we will need more energy than even the sun
provides, we will build our own suns or die when the sun does. 

I just think that we will be a little dissapointed in EV performance
for the next hundred years or so.


George Bonser
grep@cris.com