Comments on: Bring On The Electric Car – Just Paid $4.03 A Gallon For Gas.

By: Norm Getty

Norm Getty — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:35:06 +0000

Well the good news is an electric car is here, now! I know because I sell them. Write, no need to wait!
Cheers,
Norm

By: david

david — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:11:51 +0000

I am with you Llama Money – give me something decent for the right price and I would buy one asap as well!

By: Llama Money

Llama Money — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:35:32 +0000

I think that top speed is important. Too many cars are designed to go 80-90-120 MPH when really 65-75 is sufficient ( depending on local speed limits ). At least for gas cars, gearing can be adjusted to focus on that top speed, and provide better gas mileage. I have no idea how electric cars work from a gearing standpoint, so no comment there.

As soon as they can give me a regular size, decent performing, affordable, safe electric car with 150+ mile range… I’m in. Giving less money to Ahab the Arab alone makes it a winner, let alone all the other benefits.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:42:03 +0000

I do not have all the facts and/or statistics on whether or not electricity from the grid to run cars is any ‘cleaner’ then burning gasoline. I ‘DO’ know there is approximately 10% power lose during transportation over power lines to get the electricity from the power plant to the individual houses. It would be MUCH more efficient and cleaner if each household in America had solar panels on their roofs and wind turbines to collect and generate power locally. This would truly effect be a viable solution to keeping electric cars green. Power on individual homes creates a distributed power infrastructure which minimizes power loss due to power transportation and releases ourselves from the power companies.

We as a culture need to revise the way we live and work. 60+ mile commutes are not an option. We need to live near where we work, study, and socialize. We need grow food locally and use locally crafted products to reduce the pollution created by transporting food across the US and the world. This is a very inefficient method. Living locally reduces pollution. and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels (coal, oil, wood, etc) and single use plastics as much as possible is the key to greener living.

For long distance travel we need to rethink and reinvent our public mass transportation systems.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink….. Sustainable living is an option.

Thanks,

Dave B.