"John Wright" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:43:18 -0000, "Doctor Drivel"
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"John Wright" wrote in message
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 23:34:16 +0000, Simon Hobson
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 10:25:56 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote
(in message ews.net):

And
all this will be yesterday's technology when the new batteries get
made
en-mass and cheap enough, then we will all be electric. Thank God.

Oh no, not the inneficient and environmentally unfriendly electric
vehicle
argument again ! Hybrid=good (under the right conditions). Electric
vehicles
bad - yes they look great when you don't look beyond the filler/charging
point, but that electricity comes from somewhere and there's a LOT of
losses
between the original fuel and the road wheels.

Roll on fuel cells.

If battery technology progresses
like it is, then even these will be
by-passed to direct electric drives.

Batteries have to be supplied with energy
from somewhere (either
chemical or other electricity generation
sources).

Yes you are right. The normal methods via a power station appear very good.
The new Toshiba batteries can be 80% charged in 3 mins a and 100% in 5 or 6.
Just pull up into a charging station, which may have downloaded electricity
overnight, and take a zap as quick as filling petrol. Many will charge
their batteries overnight too, taking strain from the system.