Comments on: The Electric Car: Turn Out the Lights http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Car Games http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Car Games Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:51:48 +0000 http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/?p=271#comment-408 Many people forget electric cars of today waste a lot of batteries...toxic batteries that we need to throw out more often than gas cars so it's not that enviromental. Many people forget electric cars of today waste a lot of batteries…toxic batteries that we need to throw out more often than gas cars so it's not that enviromental.

]]> By: Portable Generators http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Portable Generators Sat, 08 May 2010 05:49:44 +0000 http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/?p=271#comment-397 Electric powered cars are not only convenient. It is also good for our environment because it emits no harmful gas emissions that only contribute to climate change. Electric powered cars are not only convenient. It is also good for our environment because it emits no harmful gas emissions that only contribute to climate change.

]]> By: Portable Generators http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Portable Generators Sat, 08 May 2010 02:49:44 +0000 http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/?p=271#comment-292 Electric powered cars are not only convenient. It is also good for our environment because it emits no harmful gas emissions that only contribute to climate change. Electric powered cars are not only convenient. It is also good for our environment because it emits no harmful gas emissions that only contribute to climate change.

]]> By: mike http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-282 mike Sun, 02 May 2010 14:36:01 +0000 http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/?p=271#comment-282 It would seem to me that considering the average commute is less than 30 miles a day the concept of the electric car needs to be looked at from a different angle, downsized to what amounts to a cyclecar al la "Morgan"<br><a href="http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/9330912/0210_11zoom+1938_Morgan_trike_super_sports_barrel_back_roadster+top_right.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/9330912/0210_...</a><br>electric powered with a small fuel powered generator onboard for charging/ running when the charge is low. It would seem to me that considering the average commute is less than 30 miles a day the concept of the electric car needs to be looked at from a different angle, downsized to what amounts to a cyclecar al la “Morgan”
http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/9330912/0210_…
electric powered with a small fuel powered generator onboard for charging/ running when the charge is low.

]]> By: Thor http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/2010/01/27/the-electric-car-turn-out-the-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Thor Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:35:25 +0000 http://www.jeffrubinssmallerworld.com/?p=271#comment-190 An even bigger problem I would imagine would be to see where the electricety is coming from. Today and on average in the world dirty coal is used to generate some 50% off all elecricity. In france they have nuclear capacity and thus most of theior elecricety comes from that source. In the scandinavian countries the are fortunate as a large part of all the elecricity comes from renuabele water power. China however get more than 70% of all its elecricity from coal.<br><br>As we're now facing not only peak oil, but in fact also peak coal<br><a href="http://www.tsl.uu.se/uhdsg/Personal/Mikael/Coal_2009-02-25.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.tsl.uu.se/uhdsg/Personal/Mikael/Coal...</a><br><br>As well as possibly also Peak Uranium,A report published by MIT suggests the world faces a uranium shortage from 2013<br><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24414/" rel="nofollow">http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24414/</a><br><br>Given such an environment how could then transforming all fossil based transportation in to electrical bases viechels even be considered as a possible solution at all? An even bigger problem I would imagine would be to see where the electricety is coming from. Today and on average in the world dirty coal is used to generate some 50% off all elecricity. In france they have nuclear capacity and thus most of theior elecricety comes from that source. In the scandinavian countries the are fortunate as a large part of all the elecricity comes from renuabele water power. China however get more than 70% of all its elecricity from coal.

As we're now facing not only peak oil, but in fact also peak coal
http://www.tsl.uu.se/uhdsg/Personal/Mikael/Coal…

As well as possibly also Peak Uranium,A report published by MIT suggests the world faces a uranium shortage from 2013
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24414/

Given such an environment how could then transforming all fossil based transportation in to electrical bases viechels even be considered as a possible solution at all?

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