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Originally Posted by efnfast
Kevin, the way I see it, we have two amazing energy delivery systems in this country. Gas, and electricity. Gas powered cars are hogwash. Held over because the oil companies have all the money. Hydrogen is great, but where you gonna' buy it?
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I need to get to columbus...186 miles one way, and back today. How am I going to get there? Can't use electric cars, need to run the heater since it's currently 32 degrees out, gps because I need to know where I'm going, and charge my phone because I need to make calls...should I plan for an additional 6 hours to charge the car up? Not realistic.
Lets face it, there is no easy answer to where do we go from here...here being petrol cars. I'm going to go out on a limb and say most of us reading this are either voters or of voting age. The next election cycle comes around and a candidate steps up and tells us "I have the answer to solving the problem about where we go from here. It's going to take 15 years, we're going to fail more times then we can count and it's going to be the single most expensive and painful experience we've ever undertaken" Now who's going to vote for this guy? no one.
hydrogen is probably one of the easier and "cheaper" alternatives and even that is going to cost a cubic fuckload of cash, a metric asston for our non-us members. It's going to be easier for most people because it doesn't require any real change in their life. they get in their car, check the fuel gauge see it's low, pull into a filling station which is probably owned in some part by one of the big oil companies, fill up and be on their way. Grand total of 5 minutes including running inside for a Wild Chery Pepsi or Chery coke. other drinks are available but not as tasty.
Now I just read that Tesla loses 25 miles of range sitting over night. So lets say that I have a Tesla (not that i could afford one but lets play along), now instead of having to worry that my cellphone, laptop, and tablet are charged before I get on the road I have to make sure that my car is plugged in and charging and hope that the power doesn't go out over night? No thanks. Tesla, Leaf, Fisker, Volt, 500E, ect are an interesting idea but it's more of a beta tape player then the way forward and the more time and money we spend going down that rabbit hole the less money and longer it's going to take to get to where we need to be