On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Linnhoff, Eric wrote:
> No, electric and solar cars suck. And just how do these serendipitous
> suit-clad politicians think all that electricity gets made anyway?
Well... Contrary to popular belief, not everyone at the DOE and
associated agencies are complete idiots. The question of end-to-end
energy consumption and emissions production are difficult ones, and a lot
of research has gone into producing appropriate models.
As it stands, pure-electric vehicles, even considering power plant
emissions, are much less polluting and have a lower total cost of
ownership than internal combustion vehicles.
But back to the topic at hand:
I'm considering converting my '84 RX-7 to electric. What class would I
run in? It appears that NO class would allow me (not even mod). Has
anyone ever autocrossed an electric?
Steven
p.s. Don't worry, my '93 RX-7 and wife's Montero should more than make up
for any emissions I might otherwise eliminate with this conversion ;-)
p.p.s. No, I don't site any stats. I just went through this on the RX-7
list, and didn't save my posts, and am really not interesting in doing all
the research again, so sorry for that. Besides, 83% of all statistics on
the Internet are just made up anyway.
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