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In article <3A63DE1A.A429E2DD@home.com>, Michael Lodman 
<jlodman@home.com> wrote:

>Ain't it amazing? Imagine if we all had electric cars! I don't think this
>is exactly going to incentivize people to get them.....

I don't think battery operated cars will happen for another decade at 
least.  The problem with batteries is that they store the complete 
chemical reaction.  The better you make the battery, the more violent 
its destruction will be.  Lithium batteries already have a good enough 
power/weight ratio to violently explode when damaged.

Fuel cells or radical new hybrid designs are more likely to come along 
first.  Fuel cells work like a battery but half of their chemical energy 
comes from air.  Some busses are already running off fuel cells.  They 
should appear be in more cars once the manufacturing is figured out.

(The fuel cell busses look cool.  They have a tailpipe just like normal 
buses but they blow out pure white steam.)


>Net wrote:
>> 
>> What are the current rates in the area and is the shortage problem near
>> resolution?
>> 
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