and don't forget that nickel is a VERY bad thing in the eco system.
Ray
"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state.
They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone."
--French economist, statesman and author Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary" <maliburevue@yahoo.com>
To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Drag Racers, Watch Out!!! Not Tiger!
> This is an awesome car!!! However, as usual, these people never take into
> account all the chemicals and energy required to manufacture the
> batteries,
> let alone to recycler them. All storage and conversion of energy has some
> kind
> and amount of parasitic loss. Granted, the actual driving time creates
> practically no emissions, but the fabrication is hazardous and energy
> intensive. Why is that never figured into the environmental pollution
> equation? And can you imagine the size of the power grid necessary if all
> of
> Los Angeles had to plug in every night?!!! And what about all the
> batteries
> that would have to be manufactured and recycled?!!! And what about all the
> chemical spills from all the accidents from all the crazy drivers we have
> here
> in L.A.?!!! and what about ... you get the picture.
> A friend of mine just finished converting an S10 pickup to electric. It's
> got
> lots of torque, but it's a trade off between performance and longevity.
> He's
> hoping to gingerly get 50 miles per charge. His 22 batteries weigh 72 lbs
> apiece and cost $7,500 and have to be changed every 3 three years and he
> still
> has to pay for the nightly electricity.
> I am not against electric vehicles. I just don't think they're the nirvana
> everyone in government thinks they are. When oil gets back to $150 a
> gallon,
> they may become financially viable, but until then...! Actually high gas
> prices will solve a plethora of problems - more car/van pooling, fewer
> cars on
> the roads, less congestion on the roads, fewer cars manufactured, more
> people
> using public transportation (for which we already pay billions in taxes to
> subsidize, whether we use it or not), more people riding motorcycles and
> bicycles, more people walking (nobody walks in L.A.), we all might even
> lose a
> few pounds, so less obesity and lower health costs, less dependence on
> foreign
> oil (less money for terrorist), etc., etc., etc. Ironically society
> screamed
> when gas prices were higher than what we were used to and the politicians
> responded in kind. What a catch 22!!!
> Gary
> Boy, are these comments going to get everybody off subject or what?!!!
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, George Leibert <gleibert185@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: George Leibert <gleibert185@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Drag Racers, Watch Out!!! Not Tiger!
> To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 1:51 AM
>
> Now this is an "ELECTRIC CAR!"
>
>
>
> Would not like to go against this bad boy!
>
>
>
> Have a nice day!!!
>
>
>
> This car is really impressive. Check out this video.
>
> 11 Second Electric Car?
>
> If a little guy in a home garage can make this, what should all the big
> car
> makers be doing in all their giant labs???
>
> If this isn't absolutely pathetic!
>
>
>
> What have all the Detroit automakers been doing!
>
>
>
> What a joke!
>
> No wonder they are going under!
>
> Check this out.
>
> www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing
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