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In Reply to: I have a minority opinion posted by Lee of Omaha on November 25, 2021 at 02:20:13:
and replace with what...electric cars that you have to pay the electric bill for? And if you recharge batts at work how much do they cut salary? Somebody has to pay. If you work with 100 people how do they manage 100 charging stations? Fast charging cuts battery life, and depending on miles to work and time of the year you might need charging everyday. Imagine a drive in the northeast in December when you have to use your heater, defroster, wipers, and headlights. And forbid the summer drive with windows open to cool things off when it's 90f and you're sweating because the temp in the car was 120f parked all day. AC needs power. So you put a charging station at home that sucks up power from the sun you still have to pay for the station and if it's cloudy all week you're screwed.
Yes we need 100mpg cars, even 200. Present motorcycle tech. Only nutjobs ride a bike in winter every day. Face it, right now and in the foreseeable we don't have the tech to make this work and affordable. The tales of 200mpg carburator patents bought up by Big Oil will have to be revisited in courts and when they do, maybe they can see if there are patents on Ecars that they bought up also.
None of this will be easy or solved in any reasonable amount of time and gobs more costly than grossly inconvenient.
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- "grossly inconvenient" - Story 03:54:45 11/25/21 (7)
- This is an argument that I have made many times... - dark_dave56 07:16:21 11/25/21 (0)
- RE: "grossly inconvenient" - b.l.zeebub 07:12:07 11/25/21 (1)
- You mentioned "thermal efficiency", but you forgot the "other side"... - dark_dave56 05:24:37 11/26/21 (0)
- VW sold a car in Europe that got 75 mpg. - ghost of olddude55 06:04:00 11/25/21 (2)
- 75 is a nice start - Story 06:23:53 11/25/21 (1)
- The Federal gasoline tax... - ghost of olddude55 06:42:22 11/25/21 (0)
- RE: "grossly inconvenient" - kyle 05:15:18 11/25/21 (0)