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Article #1757Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?
From: John Larkin
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 04:07
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 04:07
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On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:21:51 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen" <pstech@smart.net> wrote: > >"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:ieidnSvlPKQURrDVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@earthlink.com... >> >> Reality. There isn't enough generating capacity to convert to electric >> cars. > >It may not exist at the moment, but the switch to electric (as well as >other more efficient vehicles) must be accompanied by an overall reduction >in our total per-capita energy consumption. Even if new electric power >plants would be built, using the same fossil fuels that now power >automobiles, they would be much more efficient and cleaner than millions of >individual cars and trucks being driven in stop-and-go traffic. But the >ultimate resolution to this problem will involve people changing their >lifestyles, using more public transportation, living closer to jobs (or >telecommuting), and generally becoming a more cooperative society living >and working closely with other people, rather than isolationism, needless >competition, and broken families. Non-competitive paradises like Cuba and North Korea? They certainly aren't suffering from glutted super-highways or packed shopping-center parking lots. And they have excellent energy conservation techniques: the power is only on a few hours a day. John
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