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chevydog6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Interesting concepts, all. So I can drive to work (35 miles) and park in the provided 1850-vintage parking lot. Then I take out of the trunk the 100-foot extension cord (always carry it) and stretch it for 140 feet (neat trick!) across the RR tracks to the provided outlet. Have to get the key to the little building where the electric outlet is (only the maintenance man and his boss have one) . Now I can plug it in and oh d*mn, the plug doesn't fit! It's some wierd version made in Estonia-- and my cord is Icelandic standard.
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All of this is pretty silly. The point isn't that electic cars or whatever are bad. It's that there are many more parts to the system other than the car. And the car may be both the easiest and least expensive to change. Through trial and error (with ocassional welcome doses of free enterprise), we've managed to cobble together a system that works reasonably well. No doubt a system based on electric vehicles will ultimately end up in the same place. But it's going to take some thought and time and alot more money than we think it will; not just "do electric cars!"
Wierd things always seem to happen. Suppose the major metal in our batteries is Metal X. Maybe the country that has the most ore for Metal X has a supply situation that makes Saudi Arabia's in oil look weak. And now they want us to denounce Texas as a "heathen, imperialistic empire" before they'll send us another pound of ore. My trusted advisor General Colin Cheyney Pelosi says I should invade the place and take whatever ore I want.
But I'm basically a peaceable prez, and people would get upset if I do that. What now?
Anyway, nice posts, Don't wear out the caps key.
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