No Politics, eh? Not much valid science, either!
(couldn't resist! <grin>)
Ok, I got started on electric cars when I had a parts roadster lying
around... I didn't want to trash the shell, but it wasn't worth
anything to me as it sat, and nobody wanted it, so I thought I could
make it into an electric. Did the research, and my electric roadster
would have had a pretty limited range (20 miles, maybe). So I found
another chassis, one that had room for more batteries, and chopped up
the parts car. It really WAS a mess, and I found some NASTY rust with
the sawzall.
But my electric roadster wouldn't have destroyed the environment
quite as quickly as the gas one does, and since I'd charge at night, the
immediate pollution cost would have been MUCH less- at night, most of
our electricity up here comes from hydro and clean natural gas. (now,
there is that pesky salmon...) The driveline would have been stock
1600, except for the little DC motor under the hood. Lotsa lead, fer
sher, but when the batteries needed to be replaced, 96% of their metal
can be recycled...
So if you see an electric VW notchback in Seattle in the next few
years, say HI!
Toby B
> From: "datsunmike"
> Subject: Re: halon v gore
>
> 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
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