[Tfug] OT: Battery Powered Transportation: Converting Thermal to Electrical Energy

[Joshua Zeidner]

 pretty cool:

 http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/fuel/electric.do

  -jmz

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Bexley Hall<bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Jesse,
>
>> On the energy debate and mindset shifting: allow me to put
>> in my 2 cents.
>>
>> I think that care should be taken that we don't allow electric
>> vehicles to become a crutch which keeps people from changing mindset.
>
> Agreed.  But, the inherent limitations of electric vehicles, IMO,
> will force people into changing their driving habits.  E.g., you don't
> have "unlimited" driving range, etc.  And,m you can't just
> fill 'er up in a few minutes and be ready to go for another
> 5 or 6 hours of continuous highway driving (unless you adopt the
> "swap battery pack" approach -- something unlikely IMO)
>
>> Perhaps there ought to be a sort of energy crisis -- at least as far
>> as our pocketbooks are concerned -- in order to see real
>> infrastructure, attitude, and behavioral change. My personal
>> preference is to have
>> http://www.chromebagsstore.com/metropolis-black-black-black-buckle.html
>> as my "trunk" and http://www.beef.org/ as my fuel when possible.
>
> Agreed.  I routinely walk (for exercise) -- anywhere from 20 - 30
> miles weekly -- and try to leverage any short trips against my
> "walking budget".  E.g., driving to the library takes a bit more than
> 10-12 minutes.  OTOH, I can walk that distance in a little more than
> 30 minutes (2.5 mi) so each round trip only "costs me" about 40
> minutes.  I.e., I've just learned to look at walking in a different
> way.
>
>> Just my $0.02.
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