XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general   
   XPost: bc.politics   
      
   On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:30:41 GMT, Peter White   
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   >penny wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:10:19 GMT, Peter White   
   >>  wrote:   
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   >>>penny wrote:   
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   >>>>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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>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.   
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   >>>>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.   
   >>>>   
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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:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>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?   
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   >> Tell me !   
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   >   
   >Sure tell  you and let 'the sparks fly'.   
      
      
   What's a few sparks among " liberals!" ;-)   
      
   Penny   
      
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