XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general
XPost: bc.politics
From: springpig@ns.sympatico.ca
penny wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:19 GMT, Peter White
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>penny wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:12:22 GMT, "Chom Noamsky" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"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.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Who killed the electric car especially since as well as being so
>>>>>environmentally friendly it was such a winner for consumers.
>>>
>>>
>>>>That is a total myth unless all electricity comes from clean renewable
>>>>sources like solar, wind, hydro, which it does not. Most electricity comes
>>>
>>>>from dirty old coal and nuclear sources, so all you're doing is changing
the
>>>
>>>
>>>>source of pollution from the tailpipe to the generating plant.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>True, but it's not necessarily a myth if you ratchet up your vision a
>>>bit.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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. .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>The answer to who killed the car is obviously greed and the following
>>>>>article will elaborate somewhat:
>>>>
>>>>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."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tesla Motors is the team of the future - named after the brilliant
>>>Nikola Tesla.
>>
>>
>>Why do I recoil at mention of that name?
>
>
> Tell me !
Sure tell you and let 'the sparks fly'.
>
> Penny
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