No Politics here but . . .
The electric car myth that "electric" is good for the environment is one of
the greatest hoaxes on the American public. With the state of battery
development at this point in time the only cost benefit battery to be used
in electric cars would be the good ol' lead acid battery. Tons and tons of
lead would have to smelted and recycled to make all the batteries necessary.
The entire electric transmission infrastructure would also have to be
rebuilt resulting in the production of copper and steel rising steeply. The
construction of many more power generating plants and on and on . . .
All that happens is that the pollution is moved to another area of the
country.
FWIW,
66 Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: William Hatfield <jhatfield@zianet.com>
To: Andy Cost <andycost@worldnet.att.net>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: halon v gore
> Hi Andy and all: I got no use for the dude either, but what I want
> to know is what happens when all those millions of battery cars emit
> all the hydrogen gas that batteries emit? Bill 66&67spls in NM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Cost" <andycost@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:57 PM
> Subject: Re: halon v gore
>
>
> > At the risk of stirring up a can of worms, I would like to express
> my
> > political opinion in an attempt to sway votes. Gore, in his book,
> calls for
> > the elimination of all internal combustion engines. I want the
> roadster
> > community to know that he firmly believes all of our little cars
> should be
> > scrapped in favor of electric vehicles. A funny thing really.
> Where does
> > all the electricity come from? If you guessed fossil fueled power
> plants,
> > you are right. I'll concede that a small percentage comes from
> hydro and
> > wind power. Gore is not concerned with sound science. He wants to
> be the
> > environment's champion, and will support any opinion that projects
> him that
> > way. I will give a brief example and then feel free to flame at
> will. He
> > stated that 90% of sulfur emissions in the atmosphere came from
> internal
> > combustion engines, and called for more regulations. The truth is
> that 99%
> > of all sulfur emissions come from volcanoes. Either he didn't
> research
> > properly, intentionally told a fib, or listened to the wrong
> advisor. In
> > any case, the information was wrong. I don't want someone spreading
> this
> > type of lie deciding the fate of my roadster.
> >
> > Sorry about the OT rant,
> > Andy
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <SPL311RDST@aol.com>
> > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:01 PM
> > Subject: re: halon v gore
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 9/25/00 1:29:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > > aavery@rica.net writes:
> > >
> > > > What? You're going to promote using and maintaining stocks of a
> > dangerous,
> > > > ozone-destroying, evil chemical such as Halon just because you
> want to
> > > > protect your old car from catastrophic fires?
> > >
> > > Just wondering what sort of evil, noxious, Gore-forbidden stuff a
> > smouldering
> > > Roadster would emit? <G> Halon is prolly a decent trade-off over
> that !
> > >
> > > Laurie :-)
> > > 70 SPL311
> > > 69 SRL311
> > > Chandler, AZ
> > >
> > > Laurie :-)
> > > 70 SPL311
> > > 69 SRL311
> > > Chandler, AZ
> > >
> >
> >
>
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