On 6/26/2010 10:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/26/2010 4:00 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>> On 6/26/2010 9:05 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 6/26/2010 10:27 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>> On 6/26/2010 3:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> On 6/25/2010 7:55 PM, Omelet wrote:
>>>>>> In m.au>,
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 26/06/2010 2:44 PM, Omelet wrote:
>>>>>>>> In >, >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6/25/2010 8:13 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:47:51 -1000, > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not a big fan of hybrid technology - it's way too
>>>>>>>>>>> complicated. The
>>>>>>>>>>> important part is that it's an intermediate step between gas and
>>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>> electric cars. Internal combustion and hybrid cars and fuel cell
>>>>>>>>>>> cars
>>>>>>>>>>> are not the future - all electric is. Well that's just my guess.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not claiming hybrids are the future, but they are an
>>>>>>>>>> excellent
>>>>>>>>>> transition.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I agree with you there. Without them, the acceptance of all
>>>>>>>>> electric
>>>>>>>>> would have taken a lot longer. The next couple of years will be
>>>>>>>>> big
>>>>>>>>> years for all electric.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From ads I've see tho', all electric don't hold a charge well
>>>>>>>> enough to
>>>>>>>> get you thru a major traffic jam from a bad wreck. I've been stuck
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> up to two hours, not to mention the normal 30 to 60 minute commute.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apart from lights and instruments, the electrics don't consume much
>>>>>>> power when not moving! You only feed power when you need to move.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Krypsis
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But they still won't last 4 hours stuck in accident traffic on a real
>>>>>> commute. :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you mean real nightmare. :-) Sooner or later they'll embed
>>>>> energized coils under the road that allow you to charge the batteries
>>>>> while driving. Put enough coils and you could reduce the need for
>>>>> surplus battery capacity significantly.
>>>>
>>>> How are they going to bill for that though?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You'll get a bill mailed to you, just like you get a bill mailed to you
>>> everytime you travel down the interstate.
>>
>> So you're saying that it will be paid for out of the gas tax?
>>
>
> I ain't saying nothing about who's gonna pay for anything. Obviously,
> somebody's gonna pay. Somebody always pays.
>
> Obviously, you like to while away the hours thinking about reasons
> things should stay the way you like it. This is unrealistic. Things
> never stay the same - well, most things of a
> sociological/economic/technological nature anyway.

I just cant see induction coils in the roads as being any kind of viable
solution to the limitations of electric cars. It would be hugely
expensive to implement and a maintenance nightmare for openers. The
right solution is cars that don't have those limitations.