-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 13:19, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 09:34:29PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> Obviously that kind of change can't happen overnight. Its an ugly >>> problem, no matter how you cut it. >> And that doesn't even come close to talking about the problem that a >> purely electric car has no range at all. I once scoffed at Harley Davidson >> "touring" motorcycles with a 3 gallon tank. That's right about 100-120 miles >> if you run the tank dry. At the time I was scoffing I knew of some areas in >> the west where 120 miles wouldn't get you from one gas station to the next. > > Its a matter of what fits for you. It turns out that for my personal > situation (and actually, a large portion of the population) 40 mile > range gets something like 90% of the driving done just fine. Its a > matter of the right tool for the job. A short local hop, routine short > commuting, etc is ideal for the electric vehicle. Not only is it well > within range, it cuts local pollution substantially by 1) relocating > it (I know I know), 2) eliminating the very dirty first few miles of > burn in a gas car. It also saves wear and tear on the gas car due to [snip] > > I will say that range is improving, but I agree that it won't be the > ultimate solution. I imagine electric will never be more than a short > haul solution, but probably a good one for that.
What we (my family) needs *now* is a plug-in diesel hybrid *minivan*. Charge it up at night for the short-hop driving, and diesel for the long-haul weekend stuff. > > A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFF5h9lS9HxQb37XmcRAkSOAJi8Ihlc20zw360XMRdn8eQQljENAJ9knW19 k2BOV6ph8/I3F3uu9a9sjg== =MIz0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
