Re: Are EVs really better in the long run than regular gas power

Enron was Evil, pure & simple; but the blackouts *did* occur.

I stand behind the blackout statement, because the energy balance really isn't there.

A 250 mile charge would support a 25 mile commute for 5 days. Remember the efficiency of not idling and wasting energy...

 People are basically lazy... why charge every day... I might go uot later...I gotta get the kids... teen borrowed the car etc...  A million reasons the EV will see some 'abuse' in the charging cycles.

We simply don't have the reserve generating capacity for power plants to supply the energy for even a fraction of the private vehicle fleet.  That is the difficulty distilled to it's pure essence.

I read the commercial journals.  The big generators are between a rock and a hard place.  They want to sell more energy, but arepressured to restrict emissions...  The age old demand We want more for less.

Even with  the addition of newer super-critical plants and 40+% efficiency, the enviros badger them about CO2, NOx, SOx, Hg, water use, and an endless littany of complaints.

Do you really want cheap gasoline and only 20 hrs of electricity per day?

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I've posted several times today, saying I need committment letters for thousands of my distributed concentrating solar-thermal electrical generators.  Money from sunlight... 1 or 2 won't accomplish anything.  We need 10's of thousands of these out there!  That's the only way the status quo can be broken. 

Wanna help?