[Wichita-SCCA] Electric Solo?

[James Harrison]

Knuckle Dragger, Where have you been? We have missed you!


>From: "Eric Linnhoff" <knuckledragger at kcweb.net>
>Reply-To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>To: "Wichita Region SCCA." <wichita-scca at wichitascca.org>
>Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Electric Solo?
>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:04:34 -0400
>
>Several thoughts on electric/hybrid cars:
>
>1.  You could not afford your Prius/Insight or electric car if it weren't
>heavily subsidized by the Mfr and the Gubmint.  Hence the $100K+ price to
>buy such vehicles from a small output company.
>2.  Where do you think the electricy to recharge the electric car comes
>from?  Yup, coal or oil fired generators.
>3.  Solar power sucks on cloudy days and at night and wind power doesn't
>always blow.
>4.  Electric cars tend to be small.  Excursions, Suburbans and 3/4 ton
>trucks are not.  Who wants to be a "speedbump"?
>5.  Batteries, generators and convertors are VERY expensive to replace.
>(See #1)
>6.  What do you do with all of those old batteries from electric cars?
>7.  They're not very cool.
>8.  Electric cars don't make real car noises and folks don't pay attention
>in traffic well enough as it is.  (See #4)
>
>And don't even get me started on the false economy of corn-based E85 fuel.
>
>Eric
>
>
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