On Feb 24, 2:57*pm, David Billington
wrote:
On 24/02/13 22:02, Tim Wescott wrote: On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:17:30 -0800, bob haller wrote:

the big advantage of electric vehicles is that they save gasoline making
us less dependent on a finite resource.
And what infinite well of energy does electrical power come from? *Just
because it always comes out of the wall when you plug into it doesn't
mean that there isn't some generating station out there burning
_something_ to deliver the bulk of it to you.

Talking about electric cars with a mate that works in the engine
development industry recently. He had a similar chat with another of his
colleagues that is very knowledgable about electric cars and hybrids and
he said the studies have been done and there is not enough electric
capacity out there on the planet to support *all electric cars or even
close to it so a mixed fuel economy is likely to be around for some
time. He also touched on other vehicles such as trucks and other large
motive power where there is no practical alternative to diesel at the
moment.

"He also touched on other vehicles such as trucks and other large
motive power where there is no practical alternative to diesel at the
moment."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilve...rs-and-trucks/

http://beta.fool.com/thechieftoo/201...ts-2013/20531/

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/01/...nd-buses-will/