Bill Whittle, in Strength (an essay from May 2004, you should read or read again);
Finally, consider this: Muslims are angrily at war with Buddhists in East Asia. Muslims are enraged with Animists in Africa. Of course, none of this approaches the sheer hatred that Muslims bear towards Hindus in the South Asia peninsula. And this foaming hatred blanches compared to the white-hot fury Muslims feel for the Christian American Crusaders. And this fury is but a candle to the incandescent, boiling, supernova of murder they feel toward the Jews.
Does anyone beside me detect a pattern here? You know, my Dad told me once, “Bill, if more than three people in your life are utter, total assholes, then maybe it’s you.”
Developments in the under-reported situation in Somalia;
Ethiopian troops in armored vehicles rolled into Somali Thursday and set up a camp near the home of the interim president, residents said, less than a day after Islamic militants reached the outskirts of the base of a U.N.-backed, but largely powerless government.
A leader of the Islamic group controlling large parts of southern Somalia demanded that Ethiopian troops withdraw. “We will declare Jihad if the Ethiopian government refuses to withdraw their troops from Somalia. They must withdraw as soon as possible … We will wait for some time to see if they respect our demands,” Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed told The Associated Press.
A spokesman for the Ethiopian government had said that his country would protect Somalia’s transitional government from attack by the Somali Islamic militias. Numerous witnesses told The AP that Ethiopian soldiers arrived Thursday afternoon in Baidoa, the only town held by the government, 240 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Mogadishu and about 150 kilometers (100 miles) east of the Ethiopian border.
[…]
Militia loyal to Supreme Islamic Courts Union reached within 35 kilometers (20 miles) of Baidoa on Wednesday, prompting the government to go on high alert in anticipation of an attack. The militia was expected to pull back on Thursday, court officials said.
The Supreme Islamic Courts Council militia seized Mogadishu and most of the rest of southern Somalia last month and has shown signs of planning to install strict religious rule, sparking fears it was a Taliban-style regime. The U.S. has accused the militia of links to al-Qaida that include sheltering suspects in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Confrontation is old fashioned. There are other ways to defang an Iranian tiger.
Iran will lose bravado when demand for oil drops to 10% of today*s demands.
That will hurt B.C. and Alberta too, but what the hell..
-ttp://TonyGuitar.blogspot.com
Many electric cars coming.. No gas to buy, no oil, no monoxide, no muffler, no noise, no transmission, no catalytic converter, no power train, no injectors, ignition timing, gas, water and oil pumps and filters. No radiators, no anti-freeze, and less to worry about. = TG
Did you see the Toyota EV yet?
PS > What are you going to do with the $300 you don*t spend on gas every month?
No wonder governments are holding back the Electric Vehicle. = TG
“We will declare Jihad if the Ethiopian government refuses to withdraw their troops from Somalia.”
But, but! JIHAD means “inner struggle.” Michwhale Al-Moore told me so!
/blind deluded leftist
If all the car companys have to offer is the smart cars, they can shove them where the sun don’t shine. give me a full size dodge pickup with a electric engine and im in like flint. I have no problem with electric cars and trucks but make them useful. I would love to say I have a 12000 watt engine pulling my fifth wheel. Let Jack Layton drive across Canada with those useless glorified golf carts.
Forgive me for going off-topic but I believe all should be made aware of the latest of the Oil-For-Food scandal and the first courtroom conviction of one of the participants. The following link is from the Wall Street Journal and some very interesting and enlightening things are written about the ethics and morality of Mr Maurice Strong.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008678
Yes, the Islamic world is in quite a tumult; this is, I maintain, because it is in a ‘threshold state’.
Islam is a tribal religion or rather, sociopolitical system; it began as such, the religious agenda which requires absolute submission was to maintain tribalism. Tribalism is functional only in a peasant agriculture, i.e., not an industrial agriculture. And only in a medium size population, not in the multi-millions.
Anything above that – and you must move out of tribalism, which privileges a minority elite, and into a civic mode, which empowers the majority. And of course, to maintain that population, you must move into an industrial economy.
AND, final blow, since the world is economically and informationally global, you have to be, politically and socially, not identical but on the same wave-length, as the rest of the globe. Islam is trying to stay ‘as it was’, because the changes would strip all power from that minority elite.
Islam is still focused around an empowered minority – and the tension between the majority without power and the minority with – has led to islamic fascism. Islamic fascism is an attempt by the minority to retain power, by an ideological purge.
It is stating that all new ideas are evil; that industrialism, democracy, the majority etc are evil. The only purity is the Original Way – which happens to be a 6th century mode, a tribal mode, which would keep that minority in power.
Rather than recognizing the inevitable – modernization – Islam is fighting it tooth and nail. Christianity fought it as well, in the 400 years from about 1100 to 1500 AD, but its fight was almost totally internal. Islam has externalized its fight. It has defined the West as The Evil Industrial Democratic Mode..
There are two important steps in the ME. One, is Iraq and Afghanistan – moving into a civic industrial democracy, despite the desperate attempts of Iran, Syria, to prevent its change. I think this Lebanon War is important, because it is, indirectly, confronting Iran and weakening its capacities to fight democracy. Iran fights indirectly rather than directly, so…
But, then, there’s Africa..and the fight within Islam, to refuse to modernize, will play itself out there as well.
The West has to articulate, strongly and loudly, these problems with Islam. It has to refuse to bow to Islam’s desires to be tribal; it has to refuse to accept Islamic requests for Sharia Law, Islamic censorship, Islamic ‘hurt feelings’ etc. It has to insist that it, the West, is a modern civic state, which empowers the majority and privileges no minority. Period.
Hey TG, it’s like Canadian winters, eh. Ya remember how at 40 below your battery puts out less that 10% of it’s rated output, so how in the h e double hockey sticks are you going to get one of those lectric cars to start on the corner of Portage & Main in January? Whatever will come on the market will have to be able to handle Canada’s environment. Remember the first rice burners from Japan? Drove around all winter looking out a frost hole in the windshield with frozzen feet.
Burning Dino’s bones will be around for a long time yet. A serious study of ethanol shows that it is more expensive to produce than gasoline in any reasonable quantity.
So the demand for oil will be around for a long time yet. Besides, if it wasn’t for oil they would still be trying to kill each other but riding camels instead. Like ET has always mentioned, it the tribe thing.
Where’s all this electricity coming from?
very hard to beat the energy in an old C-C bond.
or a triple bond carbon such as acetyline.
when you have methanol or ethanol is essentially half burnt methane or ethane.(CH3OH or C2H5OH–both have half the energy already burnt) both methanol and ethanol for fuel have produced very little impact and without government subsidies really havent made it in the real world.
both ethanol and methanol produce those darn greenhouse gases CO2 and H2O ,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — One or more Iranians witnessed North Korea’s recent missile tests, deepening U.S. concerns about growing ties between two countries with troubling nuclear capabilities, a top U.S. official said Thursday
for those who think this cant get kicked up a notch.
“Where’s Jack”
http://www.damianpenny.com/archived/007054.html
Mark
Ottawa
after a century of gasoline powered piston engines which are STILL predominant the world over, does anyone know why we dont have a wide choice of different fuel burning engines??? cars in southern climes dont need the volatility of gasoline to overcome the minus 30 temps, so why not burn some other fuel ???
considering the huge numbers of choices we see in other popular inventions still around after that long, why has the passenger car stayed dependent on gasoline ???
Im really curious about this.
I personally saw the chemical energy in acetylene one fine summer evening when I was in my mid teens.
a buddy attending the autobody course at the tech school brought home a toy balloon filled with welding gas mix.
apparently he got the proportions precisely dead-on.
we rigged up a lighter fluid wick and hopped back over the school yard fence to watch it pop.
oh it popped alright. I was looking straight at it and would compare it to a bolt of lightning hitting from 30 feet away.
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jeezuz Jim, why didnt you tell us it was going to be that loud…..
seconds later the alarm at the firehall on the corner starts and kitchen lites start coming on in the houses surrounding the school yard.
my cover story was based on the fact it was reported only 2 teens were seen fleeing and not the usual 3 so it couldnt have been me eh?
Hey Texas Canuk, I just love it when someone comes charging in with a **devastating argument** and ends up as chopped liver.
Just kidding. I*ll go easy on ya.
You know that block heaters are commonly used during Canadian winters so the engine turns over easily on cold mornings.
Well auto-charge will usually come on at 2am so that your electric car is at full muscle at 7am when you drive to work, and it will use fewer watts than the block heater too. Another saving.
You are perfectly correct about ethanol. It will always be a subsidy for corn farmers, always an additive to gas and always less than 1/3rd the efficiency of octane 87.
Ever thought of these questions?
Is it better to have central goverment enviro-regulated power plants with scrubbers or millions of dirty power plants in cars and trucks? Guess no emmission plug ins are better..eh?
When hydrogen becomes refined, Central power generation will be both cheap and clean. No need to carry dangerous hydrogen gear in each vehicle… just plug in to central power. All charges considered, the net value of an **electrc fillup** is about $3.00.
I guess we will be burning 90% fewer of Dino*s bones..
Governments have to scramble though. Electric vehicles contribute nothing to road building costs… no gas taxes. They ride the highways virtually for free.
Gas taxes are the golden goose governments want to protect. No wonder EVs are being held back… and the unemployment.. wow! = TG
Muslims kill each other when they run out of other groups to target, they are a savage bunch, that’s why so many are strong supporters of fascism.
Why not since they are still holding power in Afghanistan.
The CIA has been arming the terrorists in Africa for some time now.
We are support them with our troops remember?
Anyone here bother reading the UN’s report that they decided to shelve January 2005?
UN report accuses Afghan MPs of torture and massacres
· Publication delayed by fears over former warlords
· Diplomats unhappy over police chief appointments
The most controversial appointment is that of the new Kabul police chief, Amanullah Guzar. Ranked 202 in a list of 270 candidates, Mr Guzar was appointed by Mr Karzai in place of a candidate ranked 12th. Documents circulating among western diplomats allegedly link him to extortion, land grabbing and the kidnapping of three UN workers in late 2004. Speaking at Kabul police headquarters, Mr Guzar said: “President Karzai appointed me and he knows all about my past. Let anyone with allegations bring them to court.”
Kidnapping 3 UN workers…
Here’s a brief history lesson for some from John Ryan
I was fortunate enough to be in Afghanistan in November of 1978, six months after this progressive government came to power. I travelled from Peshawar through the Khyber pass to Kabul and spent a couple of weeks in the city and the surrounding rural area. While on a sabbatical leave as a professor from the University of Winnipeg, I had been in Asia for almost a year on an agricultural research project, conducting documentary case studies of farms — 70 studies in 12 countries, starting in Japan and ending with 4 farms in Afghanistan.
Although this government had come to power by means of revolution, surprisingly, it was a peaceful time, and I received full cooperation from government authorities and the Faculty of Agriculture at Kabul University. While at the University, the Dean and a number of professors briefed me on Afghanistan’s history, its economic conditions, and the causes of the revolution.
According to the Dean and the professors, the bulk of Afghanistan’s people in the 1970s were farmers, but the landholding system hadn’t changed much since the feudal period. More than three-quarters of the land was owned by landlords who composed only 3 percent of the rural population. Most landless peasants worked the land as sharecroppers. The landlord took two-thirds of the crop in the less fertile areas, and in the fertile plains four-fifths. In either case, the sharecropper was left with just barely enough grain to feed his family. Partly because of these terrible rural conditions, the king was deposed in 1973, but no land reform came about, and the new government was autocratic, corrupt, and unpopular. On April 27, 1978, in the wake a huge demonstration in front of the presidential palace, the army came to the support of the people and after a brief battle with the presidential guard, the government was deposed. The military officers then released jailed Marxist leaders and invited their party to form the government, under the leadership of Noor Mohammad Taraki, a university professor, writer, and poet. The military supported the Marxists because they were the only ones who had a program for land reform and progressive social and economic reforms.
This is how a Marxist government came into office — it was a totally indigenous happening — not even the CIA blamed the USSR for this. In fact, the Soviets were much surprised at what happened. The government began to bring in much needed reforms; some were controversial but most had popular support. It affirmed the separation of church and state, labour unions were legalized, health care and education became priorities, women were given equal rights, and girls were to go to school. Child marriages and feudal dowry payments were banned. On September 1, 1978 there was an abolition of all debts owed by farmers — landlords and moneylenders had charged up to 24 percent interest. A program was being developed for major land reform, and it was expected that all farm families (including landlords) would be given the equivalent of equal amounts of land.
Through Kabul University I conducted my research project with the assistance of an agriculture professor. I spent more than a week in the countryside and talked with many farmers. The farmers produced a variety of food crops and livestock and Afghanistan was basically self-sufficient in food production. Unlike the opium poppy fields I witnessed in northwestern Pakistan, none were to be seen in Afghanistan – in fact, raisins were an important export crop. Opium poppy production was introduced to Afghanistan by the CIA-led mujahedeen for the purpose of helping to finance their offensive on the government, and poppies have continued to be grown.7
Remember that Karzi wants our troops to wrok closily with the Afghan Army. So they can defeat the invaders.
We train the troops, feed them, arm them, then they run off in the night weapons in hand never to be seen again.
Sound like a winning strategy?
Kate, Many Thanks for the Bill Whittle link. I like the man’s style.
Yes, indeedy. Saddam has had a head-rush.
Knowing you are to be executed in the morning clears the head every time.
Saddam supports Israel. Saddam’s words must be listened to.
The interests of the US and Iran have met in Iraq. Sadddam says the the US-Israeli alliance is the hammer; Iran is the anvil. The Arabs are being pounded.
Free advice to US/Israel: Pound harder and faster. Victory is coming.
Also: US uses the old strategy used by Caesar in Gaul: Divide and conquer. …-
Shaken and Stirred
By Josh Manchester
Excerpt:
“Toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has issued a warning to the Syrian leadership ‘not to go too far in its alliance with Iran,’ blaming Tehran for the current flare-up of violence in the Middle East, the head of Saddam’s defence team claimed Tuesday … ‘I am convinced that the Iranian and US agendas have met in Iraq and elsewhere in the Arab world and Arabs are now placed between the US-Israeli hammer and the Iranian anvil,’ Duleimi quoted Saddam as saying.”
This is a man whose prized dictatorship was overrun by US forces, who was captured by US forces, and who as a result is on trial for his life. He blames Tehran primarily for the current flare-up, not some Zionist-US conspiracy in the standard rhetoric of the region. Remarkable.
In fact, Saddam is quite astute when he notes that the Arabs are placed between the US-Israeli hammer and the Iranian anvil. Before the US invasion, Iraq was the geostrategic pivot of the Middle East. All of the fault lines in the area’s politics converge there. The Sunni-Shia split; the Arab-Persian split; the Ba’athist-Wahhabist split; and the Muslim-Israeli split: each of these ran through Iraq via its ethnic and religious makeup; its geographic location; and its former interests, alliances, and enemies.
The ‘big bang,’ as invading Iraq has sometimes been called, was meant to reorder the nature of politics in the region. This has been accomplished in a fundamental way. The idea of dividing an enemy force into its constituent parts and then dealing with it piecemeal is at least as old as Caesar’s actions in Gaul. It applies no less to US strategy in the Middle East. Every faction there has been made to reconsider its relationship with every other. Rather than there being a monolithic clash of civilizations, thus far the US is dealing with the area in pieces — in whatever way it sees fit to do so — whether making it tacitly clear to Syria that what happened in Iraq could more easily happen to it, or threatening Iran on behalf of the region and world, or seeking cooperation with the Saudis in hunting down al Qaeda.
Far from being a bit of belated triumphalism about the invasion, all of this has immediate and direct consequences. While the success of Iraq’s democracy hangs in the balance from an operational perspective, the strategic advantages created by the invasion of Iraq are working very favorably for the US in the current Israeli-Lebanon crisis in very tangible ways. …- more
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=072106B
The other day I read a posting on an American website called The Moderate Voice that made a lot of sense. It advocated a New Roadmap to Peace that guarantees peace and security for the Jewish people.
The suggestion was a state of New Israel — in the United States. It argued persuasively, citing historical examples, that maps and borders change all the time with a stroke of a pen and pencil erasers. America could — America should — offer Israel one state out of fifty. (I believe the writer suggested North Carolina become “New Israel,” and South Carolina become “Carolina.”) They have port access there, good agricultural land to toil, and Christian neighbors who have been raised by Judeo-Christian values, not the Koran and the psychopathic beliefs of the Muslims who read that vile garbage.
The underlying declaration of the New Roadmap states the self-evident rationale that the Jews are God’s Chosen People, and the United States is God’s Gift to Liberty, so they should offer a small portion of God’s Gift to God’s People.
However, as painfully obvious as the idea is, for reasons puzzling to me it is finding no traction in the United States.
Canada has always played the role of peacemaker. We are a tolerant nation. Anglos, French and natives live side-by-side in harmony in Canada. If George W. Bush doesn’t want to solve the Mid-East crisis, then PM Stephen Harper should step up and do it instead. There is precedent for this.
Obviously, Canadian provinces are much bigger than American states and the current state of Israel. So rather than offering an entire province, we should partition one and give them a liveable share.
Here is what I recommend. The most logical location is in the southern part of the province of Quebec. The province is massive, so let’s give them a slice. Let’s offer a New Israel in the small southern part of Quebec between the St. Lawrence River and the borders of Maine and New Brunswick. The southern border is already there. The northern border would be the great river itself, which provides an excellent natural security rampart. To their south are nothing but vast forests. This part of the province (Eastern townships, Kamouraska, Gaspe) provides good soil to till and ports along the St. Lawrence, Gaspe and Chaleur Bay. There are already many Jews in Quebec who would embrace this offer.
Naturally, we have to be realist and see that there would be some small resettlement issues, but they would be miniscule and frivolous compared to the intransigent settlement problems in Palestine. Unlike those savages we aren’t hell bent on Israel’s destruction. Besides, Quebeckers would still have their own much bigger homeland north of the St. Lawrence to resettle, or they could relocate anywhere in Canada, the world’s 2nd biggest nation. There wouldn’t be a refugee crisis, they have nothing but thousands of miles of open space to resettle. The United States and the U.N. could finance the resettlements, so it won’t come out of the pockets of Canadians.
There is precedent for this. Not least the partition in Palestine in 1948, it was already successfully accomplished in the Acadian expulsion of 1758, and we are no worse for wear from that. Hard working Scots moved in and created their own peaceful and prosperous society, and saw no tradition of terrorism or guerilla insurgencies from their French neighbors in Quebec and New Brunswick.
We can do the same thing again. Canada can help save the planet. We can solve the Mid-East crisis and offer Israel a New Promised Land. It’s a brilliant idea. Stephen Harper needs to call a special session at the United Nations and make the offer. It’ll stun the world, and it will work.
Hey TG, Remember there is Canuck in my name for a reason. I fondly(?) remember a month of -30 in Yellowknife and carrying an extra set of keys. The reason you ask? After you manage to start your vehicle in -30 -40 weather at your residence with plug-ins for block heater, battery blanket and interior heater, and head off to work or get groceries, you leave the car running and lock it. This prevents you from finding a frozen car when you return. Trust me, I’ve been there, done that. I’ve also had to crawl under more than one vehicle and use a propane torch to thaw starter motors, etc. So show me an electric vehicle that will not cause the driver to freeze to death in Canada’s winters and we might have something.
texas:
with no heavy crankshaft and remaining gasoline engine parts to heave about in all that oil having the consistency of cold corn syrup, you dont need an suitably hefty starter.
Im sure the parts in an electric motor can be fine tuned enough so that the contact points, ie bearings and such can be sealed with a suitable lubricant for a huge range of temperatures.
a collosal reason for energy savings with electric motor is you can put it to a dead stop at any time the vehicle is stopped; slow it down to a few dozen rpms just to keep things ‘loose’. gasoline vehicles 99.99999% of the time are left running at the stop light, traffic jam etc etc.
also, braking with electric vehicles allows the energy to be partially returned to the batteries.
etc etc.
NO NEED for the propane torch with a vehicle built expressly for the climate it will be driven in. if theyre popular ie cheap enough (dont need radiator, starter, ignition system, exhaust system, etc etc et bloody CETERA), then jeepers, maybe you can have one for warm weather and another one for frigid weather; each designed and built for its own temperature range.
also, I see nothing wrong with having auxilliary propane burner to provide INSTANT heat for the passengers (unlike gasoline cars that have to ‘heat up’ first) naturally it would only be used in those months when clearly needed PLUS the propane could act as an emergency backup energy source to charge the batteries in case there was insufficient battery power.
etc etc
youre too narrow in your view of the world sirrah.
Yes, Texas Canuk, I too have used the propane torch on the oil sump under the truck in a Quebec cold snap.
Now after living for a short time in places like Ellsmere Island, Chrchill, Winnipeg and Calgary, Vancouver Island is the chosen gentle climate. To be honest, November to February can be pure armpit here if there is no cheery white snow to lighten things up. There are always trade-offs.
Robert J is correct eh? The EV car will eventually be a cheap thing to buy when battery tech is improved.
The EV is not much more than an electric
motor, battery and charger.
No labour intensive machining of engine blocks, cam shafts, lifters, valves, push rods, injectors.
No oil, coolant and fuel pumps, and filters. no timing or fuel mixing machinery. No radiator, muffler, catalytic converter, plugs and high-tension voltages.
EVs will eventually cost 10% of our current oil burners. 1/3 the price may be a levy to maintain roads and bridges. No gas taxes, remember? shhhh!
I had a minolta RG-7 electric SLR for a short time. It failed to work in the upper mountain cold once. [chilled battery]. Never again. I promptly gave it as a present to someone.
The Electric Vehicle will be designed to avoid cold snap weakness. Solar trickle from roof and hood panels will do it. TG
Iran, and sadly B.C. and Albeta can expect a heavy hit to the economy when EVs catch on.
The powerful $90,000, 240 HP Tesla Roadster EV costs $2.50 to $3.00 to charge fully.
That works out to about a penny a mile. Just think what the economy EV will cost to operate.
Iran*s economic and weapons buying power is due for a rude comeuppance, and Alberta will not be in any hurry to separate any time soon either. TG
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Tesla ????? TESLA ?????? Nicola Tesla has a car named after him ?
wawka wawka. wwwwwAAAAAA HHHHOOOOOOO !!!!!!
jeezuz. I wonder if its finally going to catch on.
come on people, we’ve been cranking out electric motors for 150 years +/-, lubricants for 500 years, gears for 200 years, wheels for 20,000 years, batteries for 5,000 years according to the pyramid mystics, anybody see a pattern here ?
WE’VE DONE A-L-L THE BASIC RESEARCH TO COME UP WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT, BASIC E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C CAR.
and all the cost analysis methodologies, and any additional research infrastructure and venture capital sources bla bla fukin BLA.
why the delay then ?
big oil shareholders interests.
come on, something so blinking common as a passenger vehicle has GOT TO BE way more advanced after this long using gasoline. why isnt it ??? why the business of trotting out grotesquely expensive (snicker snicker) electric powered cars that consistently lack oooooo styling !!! and ooooooo have other serious limitations (could it be, could it be part and parcel of the DESIGN that the limitations exist RIGHT FROM THE CONCEPT ???) so that these limitations conveniently provide the excuse to cancel production and close the plants at the last moment to dissuade others from attempting same goal ??? hmmmm ???
‘cost of doing business’: scare the living sh*t out of ANYONE attempting to rock the boat.
what’s cleaner, a couple mega generators pumping out billions of watts that go into the charging apparatus for 100s of thousands of ELECTRIC vehicles, repleat with the very best scrubbers or other pollution controls, or a gazillion gasoline powered vehicles pumping out nitrous oxides, CO, CO2 and WASTING pretty much HALF the energy in heat ???
you republicans dont get it.
this is the 21st century. time for THIS generation to break out of the innovation slump on practical stuff. like basics like transportation. I dont expect to get my own iPod until theyre pretty much obsolete and really cheap, but Ive owned a vehicle since 1975 and been licenced since before that.
texas c and his bunch dont get it. its called looking over the horizon and instead refusing to fall in with the party line. it ISNT namby pamby irrational leftistism to protest dependence on oil.
how much energy is lost with say, a nuke plant ??
how much energy is lost going down say, 500 km hi tension power lines ??
what is the efficiency of an electric motor ??
and now, how much does crude cost (gotta keep checking since that number depends on, oh, say, volatility in the ME. on the other hand I havent heard anything about terrorists stopping niagara falls …) how much is lost in, fer instance, refining tar sands crude ??? how much energy is wasted in heat in a gasoline engine ???
get the picture dudes ???
no you dont.
Exactly! You reflect my enthusiasm when I first had the random thought, only weeks ago… Hey we got all the three pieces.
Efficient battries now. Efficient and powerful electric motors or wheel mounted electro – impellers. Quick-charge technology.
Why is the Electric Car not on the neighbourhood car lot?
Great conspiracy, that*s why, and with some good reasons I must confess.
Great coming unemployment in both auto parts and services. Unemployment and great reduction in demand for fossil fuels and oils.
Big Oil, big Auto, Alberta, BC, and Iran will all suffer hard financial set backs.
Iran deserves to lose it*s weapons buying power. Do you think they see the Electric Car coming?
Hard times, but when Ford started out, there were a lot of buggy whip makers out of work then too.
Now I have discovered there are many Electric Car models presently rolling on highways:
http://TonyGuitar.blogspot.com
Can*t wait to get one. Running costs =1 penny per mile. What should I do with the $300 a month I don*t spend on gas? = TG
Hybrids are a market decoy for the poorly informed. A ploy of Big Auto and Big Oil to stay in and occupy the land of lucrative.
If the public ever twigs to the miracle of the Electric Vehicle and adopts EVs as they will soon, then Big Auto will diminish and diminish greatly. No more service income.
The EV only requires battery, motor and charger. The combustion engine, though, requires long man hours of machining and a list of support elements too long to list on this page.
The hybrid consists of two vehicles in one. Hopeless complexity. No wonder people hate them.
The GM EV1, on the other hand, an electric vehicle people loved and wanted to buy was reliably simple by contrast. Not much to maintain in an EV, other than the brakes and tires.
http://TonyGuitar.blogspot.com
Driving an Electric Vehicle will defeat Hezbollah and Iran by the way. Cut Iran*s oil income by 90% and forget their Nuke plans. No more new rockets for Hezbollah too. = TG
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Texas Canuck: You just have to design the EV for northern climates, that’s all. Not much of anything gives off extreme amounts of heat in an EV, unlike a gas/diesel engine. That means it would be pretty easy to wrap the battery pack in space age insulation, that would only require a tiny trickle charge to keep warm. The battery could sit for weeks in -40 weather and still keep warm. And if the batteries ever get to hot, install a vent and a fan.
This insurmountable problem you’re so concerned about is solved by a small bit of engineering.
Got any other problems I can solve for you today?