XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:19 GMT, Peter White
wrote:
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>penny wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:12:22 GMT, "Chom Noamsky" wrote:
>>
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>>>"penny" wrote in message
>>>news:jfrri21lgq6o808bei8844t1vqbjpadefa@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>Who killed the electric car -- a crime of mammoth proportions with
>>>>consequences for our environment.
>>>>
>>>>Electric cars produce zero emissions and therefore don't contribute to
>>>>the global warming disaster. They were a key invention in dealing
>>>>with global warming. Yet they have disappeared from the market
>>>>place.
>>>
>>>The economics are not there, manufacturers simply haven't been able to
>>>produce an all-electric car that will perform as well as one driven by a
>>>combustion engine.
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>>
>>>>Who killed the electric car especially since as well as being so
>>>>environmentally friendly it was such a winner for consumers.
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>>>That is a total myth unless all electricity comes from clean renewable
>>>sources like solar, wind, hydro, which it does not. Most electricity comes
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>>>from dirty old coal and nuclear sources, so all you're doing is changing the
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>>>source of pollution from the tailpipe to the generating plant.
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>> True, but it's not necessarily a myth if you ratchet up your vision a
>> bit.
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>> The zero emission electric car is ideal and desperately needed for
>> polluted cities .
>>
>> The energy source industry can be out in the sticks far away from
>> people while the zero emissions car runs clean in cities.
>>
>> It's a way of cleaning up air pollution and cutting down on the
>> inordinate amount of respiratory health problems suffered by
>> many people living in cities. .Thousands of people across this country
>> die from a whole range of respiratory problems exacerbated by
>> pollution.
>>
>> As for global warming emissions, what is also needed is more money
>> spent on renewable energy by the head-in-the-sand industries that
>> produce 50% of the fossil fuel emissions in Canada.. It should be
>> compulsory that they use at least 10% of their profits for renewables
>> research and development so that the energy for the zero emission cars
>> ,etc., is a lot cleaner , etc. etc.
>>
>> It's just a question of ideological factors, vision, will, R&D
>> and Money !! And I shouldn't forget Motivation ! And the
>> motivation is the worsening global warming situation.
>>
>>
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>>>>Since the electric car has no engine it saves the driver the cost of
>>>>replacing parts, motor oil, filters and spark plugs. Wear and tear
>>>>of braking systems are absolutely minimal. Yet , the electric car is
>>>>dead. Automakers seem to have written it off.
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>>>An electric motor has moving parts and is subject to mechanical wear and
>>>tear just like any other machine. Also, the storage devices are complex
>>>electro-chemical devices that are expensive to maintain and replace.
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>> An electric car is much simpler to look after. It needs no gas, no
>> oil change, no muffler and minimal brake maintenance. A typical
>> check-up would consist of topping up the windshield washer fluid and
>> rotating the tires. .
>>
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>>>>The answer to who killed the car is obviously greed and the following
>>>>article will elaborate somewhat:
>>>
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>>>The answer is economic unviability has killed the electric car. Until some
>>>new technology for batteries comes along they will be more or less
>>>"semi-green toys."
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>>
>> Tesla Motors is the team of the future - named after the brilliant
>> Nikola Tesla.
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>
>Why do I recoil at mention of that name?
Tell me !
Penny
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