Electric cars a bad idea?

[RickOKC]

Strange, I looked at the traffic fatalities numbers, from 94 (thats as far back as it went) to 2006, traffic deaths went up almost 10%!!! Went from 36,200 to 39,200!

I wonder how that compares to the population increase.

I wonder if that is due to speed limits going to 70mph?

BITE. YOUR. TONGUE. No really, right now. We'll wait.

[Marlin]

I wonder how that compares to the population increase.


BITE. YOUR. TONGUE. No really, right now. We'll wait.

LMFAO, my tongue hurts now, thanks. As for the population increase(9% from 2000 to 2010), all those kids haven't started driving yet, so unless you are referring to illegals without driver's licenses or insurance, I doubt it

I rarely drive the VX over 50 mph, even on the freeway I am in the right lane.

The F250 on the other hand....it just rides so nice at 80mph and it still gets better mpg than the VX does at 45 or 50!!! I love my big diesel truck, gets better mpg than a mini cooper and I can haul a house with it. Definitely could haul some gold bars in the bed
Oh, I am on this mini cooper kick cause one of the guys at work bought one for his wife. She is only getting around 24mpg around town. They are pissed.
She says she takes it easy, but for some reason, I doubt that

[newthings]

Root problem -- Like Scott said, ”Too many people”. To political to tackle that one. Mother nature will fix, in her own good time.

Current battery technology is not suitable for competing with oil based gas as a car fuel.
Trying to justify electric power in a subsidized environment is like trying to quantify farts.

(Year old data) Honda has a program in SoCal, offering natural gas powered conventional cars for sale at normal unsubsidized prices. A low pressure house gas line is used with a compressor to give a partial fill up overnight. The cost of the compressor unit is about $2000.00. No one mentioned -- How about buying two compressors?”

Natural gas is the only thing that makes sense right now and for the next 10 years. We have a lot of natural gas. If the cracking extraction process does not get greedy and pollute the water tables and ruin the reputation of the product, we can get and distribute natural gas now. The natural gas stock market is slow and boring. The politicians do not champion natural gas. Politicians do subsidies and pay offs. They are not working for us.

Methane hydrate lays thick on the bottom of vast deepwater sea beds. That is natural gas and water under pressure. Rejecting that the human race will continue to breed infinitely, there is a near infinite supply of methane hydrate there for the picking. Technology is needed, but it is conventional not magical, like an unobtainable ideal battery. Sorry, the chemistry and physics just are not there.

Look at all of the quickly improving technologies we are use to. Batteries have only improved in small increments. Even high temp batteries with lots of risky side effects, are not capable of the power densities and long life, need in cars. Pull the subsidies and you could not make enough 10 foot poles for the Volts and Leafs. Soon the Priususes will be needing to be re-batteried. Who will pay and how much? Top Gear drove a Prius hard and got about 6 mpg.

But don’t get me started.

Roy

[circmand]

Root problem -- Like Scott said, ”Too many people”. To political to tackle that one. Mother nature will fix, in her own good time.

Roy

Too many people driving but on the other hand not enough paying into social security.

Think about it. That is the main problem about solving problems. One only looks at one issue and how to solve it. That translates into causing other problems usually just as bad or worse than the initial problem. Frankly it isnt too many people it is too many stupid people. There should be a law that limits who can breed.

And for those who say that would be wrong or violate their rights I say who cares. What about my right not too be unduly burdened by morons.

[Stephen Biko]

And for those who say that would be wrong or violate their rights I say who cares. What about my right not too be unduly burdened by morons.

Nothing wrong with it all! I vote you and your gene pool to be the first.

[circmand]

Nothing wrong with it all! I vote you and your gene pool to be the first.

Fix me at let me at em I am more for the motions than the results anyhow. Just make sure my social security is covered.

[Scott Harness]

Just make sure my social security is covered.

Social Security is neither!