misterfact blathers:

If Detroit started putting together a reliable electric car with a
reliable wind electric generator; a reliable photovoltaic panel and a
reliable exercise machine electric generator-to charge the car's
battery: I'de buy it on the spot! The problem is in places like
Detroit- not Peking!


Sure you would. The whole package. A reliable wind generation system is fairly
complex--what happens on the days the wind doesn't blow and your batteries are
already drawn down, and the sun doesn't shine? If you want to pedal a bike for
the time it takes to charge batteries large enough to move a car, go for it.
I've got bad knees.

And you're writing of an end product of several industries, not one, while
you're ignoring the fact that many U.S. manufacturing jobs are moving to China,
if not to Peking. Would you buy the same unit if it were designed and made in
China--for half the price of the U.S. made unit? That's the problem being
discussed.

Charlie Self
"Health food makes me sick." Calvin Trillin

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