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Mr. Sandman · 03-06-2012, 07:13 PM

Actually, Where I live it makes a hell of a lot of sense!
Fuel is already 5 bucks+/gal and there is no place far to drive to!
(We put about 4K per vehicle per year for the entire family) I have 4 vehicles 3 on island and 1 off.

Several people I know own a "leaf" 100% electric and love them. For me they can't drive in the sand and can't pull a 10,000# boat and cant take a hockey team to a game so I have little use for it. But my wife may lease one to try it.

Don't underestimate electric motors, they have a hell of a lot of torque and can smoke any IC engine in acceleration. The issue is electric storage. Longer term that is the future. We just need more scientist and engineers to work thru it. Right now there is easy money in investment banking so way study anything hard that actually contributes anything to society. (yes I am bitter) But that is another debate...

You guys need to see beyond your next paycheck. When the first CD player came out it cost $21,000 in 1975, there were 8 CD's and no such thing as a recorder. I asked about one and they said it cost millions. Today, if you open a checking account they give you an ipod!

When the early computers were made they also sucked by today's standards and cost a ton. In 1981, I mortgaged my house to buy a state of the art computer for my business. (it had the power of a laptop today).I can't tell you how many articles I read that said color flat panels are a FAD!, way too expensive and poor quality. Just about everything has a ramp up.

This is just another step forward. They need to make them and the early adopters will help advance this technology. Eventually, all vehicles will be electric. If you want to be an "early adopter" then yeah, you will have to step up and pay more for one but eventually they will be pretty cheap.

Most people don't realize that unless you have solar panels on your roof charging your car, the methods used to charge those cars produce plenty of CO2. (coal burning power plants). But I like the idea of reducing dep of foreign sources of fuel.

Frankly I think a better short term approach for this country is to:
Move to Nat Gas....dev the infrastructure (ie create jobs NOW),and produce Nat gas for the US and STOP exporting it. US nat gas is $2, in Europe it is $16. WE should use the several 100's of years of known supply of Nat gas we have for vehicles WHILE simultaneously developing pure electric vehicles for the longer term (50-100 years out)

03-06-2012, 07:13 PM	#1
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Actually, Where I live it makes a hell of a lot of sense! Fuel is already 5 bucks+/gal and there is no place far to drive to! (We put about 4K per vehicle per year for the entire family) I have 4 vehicles 3 on island and 1 off. Several people I know own a "leaf" 100% electric and love them. For me they can't drive in the sand and can't pull a 10,000# boat and cant take a hockey team to a game so I have little use for it. But my wife may lease one to try it. Don't underestimate electric motors, they have a hell of a lot of torque and can smoke any IC engine in acceleration. The issue is electric storage. Longer term that is the future. We just need more scientist and engineers to work thru it. Right now there is easy money in investment banking so way study anything hard that actually contributes anything to society. (yes I am bitter) But that is another debate... You guys need to see beyond your next paycheck. When the first CD player came out it cost $21,000 in 1975, there were 8 CD's and no such thing as a recorder. I asked about one and they said it cost millions. Today, if you open a checking account they give you an ipod! When the early computers were made they also sucked by today's standards and cost a ton. In 1981, I mortgaged my house to buy a state of the art computer for my business. (it had the power of a laptop today).I can't tell you how many articles I read that said color flat panels are a FAD!, way too expensive and poor quality. Just about everything has a ramp up. This is just another step forward. They need to make them and the early adopters will help advance this technology. Eventually, all vehicles will be electric. If you want to be an "early adopter" then yeah, you will have to step up and pay more for one but eventually they will be pretty cheap. Most people don't realize that unless you have solar panels on your roof charging your car, the methods used to charge those cars produce plenty of CO2. (coal burning power plants). But I like the idea of reducing dep of foreign sources of fuel. Frankly I think a better short term approach for this country is to: Move to Nat Gas....dev the infrastructure (ie create jobs NOW),and produce Nat gas for the US and STOP exporting it. US nat gas is $2, in Europe it is $16. WE should use the several 100's of years of known supply of Nat gas we have for vehicles WHILE simultaneously developing pure electric vehicles for the longer term (50-100 years out) Last edited by Mr. Sandman; 03-06-2012 at 07:25 PM..