"F. George McDuffee" wrote:


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Some add-ons to your proposals:

- Define a standard for EV battery packs that are bottom accessible from
the vehicles to allow for automated physical battery pack exchange at
neighborhood EV "gas stations". This will allow an EV to fully "refuel"
in the same time frame as a conventional liquid fueled auto, thus making
the EVs vastly more useable and acceptable to the general public.

Larger EVs i.e. light trucks can simply use two of the standard packs
providing the same advantages. By putting all the standard batteries in
a common pool, the issues of battery life to the consumer are eliminated
and the service costs are spread across the entire pool, much like in
the BBQ propane tank exchange or welding gas cylinder exchange models.

- Provide free electricity from the new clean, green nuclear power
sources to charge the battery packs at the neighborhood service
stations, allowing the "fueling" cost to be limited to a cost similar to
refueling a conventional vehicle. This will further encourage the use of
EVs by a larger segment of the population. Subsidizing the purchase cost
of the EVs is not recommended.

- Provide discounted electricity from a separate power meter for both
home EV charging and operation of high efficiency heat pumps. This will
encourage replacement of oil and gas furnaces with more efficient and
non polluting heat pumps, further reducing dependency on petroleum
product.

- Provide discounted electricity to encourage railroads to electrify
more of their rail lines in the vicinity of densely populated areas.
This will further reduce petroleum reliance as well as reduce pollution
in denser areas.

Reducing petroleum dependence and demand in these ways will also have
the effect of reducing petroleum prices, which will help our economy by
reducing shipping costs for goods since they all ultimately are shipped
by semi at some point and EV semis won't be practical for some time.
This will also serve to lower the profits of unfriendly petroleum
friendly countries.