Originally Posted by aerospacepilot

First thing I look at when reading an article is who wrote it:

Central Connecticut State University

They are not even the biggest university in Connecticut! Ok, I will be sure to take this article with a grain of salt. I would trust it a little more if it were put out by Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc...


Next comment is on the environmental damage caused by electric cars. First off, the Toyota Prius IS NOT an electric car. The Toyota Prius is a gas car that stores excess energy in a battery to help power the car at slower speeds. An electric car would not have a Nickel battery, it would probably have a Lithium Ion battery (like the one in your laptop). Would you rather have a Lithium Ion battery (in an electric car), or a lead-acid battery (in virtually every gas powered car). You don't need to be an engineer to know which one is better for the environment.
Batteries are not the best thing for the environment, and we know that. But how about a hydrogen fuel cell car. Water is not damaging to the environment. How do you get H2 on earth?? You use electricity. This is why we need an alternative source of electricity. How we store the energy is the second part of the equation.

But yeah, Central Connecticut State University... yeah

Originally Posted by bla bla bla

Here is an interesting read on the cost of "electric cars"

http://clubs.ccsu.edu/recorder/edito...asp?NewsID=188

The Toyota Prius does less enviromental dammage than the Hummer.

Originally Posted by EAHINC

You obviously don't own a home, run a business or earn very much salary to be willing to pay an additional 1 cent per kilowatt. I guess my vote will cancel out your vote...

It's precisely socialist policy like this that made me leave my native Norway in search of the American dream and now we have it gaining popularity in America These leftist policies have propelled thousands of people to leave California to go live in the middle of the Arizona/Nevade desert in search of greater QOL.

Califonia is so restrictive/expensive for business, labor regulations, workers comp, state payroll tax, court system that it has driven thousands of small/medium firms to leave.

EAHINC

Originally Posted by doug_or

I think you meant more?


I agree that people hung up on sticker MPG miss the big picture, but.....

You're going to have to do better than cite an OPINION piece from a student newspaper.

Originally Posted by doug_or

I think you meant more?


I agree that people hung up on sticker MPG miss the big picture, but.....

You're going to have to do better than cite an OPINION piece from a student newspaper.

Originally Posted by Fokker28

MORE damage than a Hummer? Bwahahahahahah! Some people really suck down the corporate PR with a fat straw, don't they? Try doing some real research into the Prius, and you may learn some things. I'm not saying it's the be-all end-all, but it is one HELL of a lot better than dragging around a truck chassis for 150K miles at 15MPG or so!

Originally Posted by md11phlyer

100$ a barrel? That's going to sound real good soon.

India is manufacturing cars for the masses. China is manufacturing cars (and RJs) for the masses. 1.3 billion people in China have already traded in bikes for scooters, the next step is automobiles.

Buy energy stocks and invest in commodities. 100$ a barrel is nothing.

Originally Posted by waflyboy

No doubt! I acquired my Sentra almost 3 years ago for $1,200. 30,000 miles later it's still running strong at 35 mpg. It's not pretty, but it's reliable and costs me very little to keep and operate. If I had to give it away today (instead of sell it), we're talking about $1,200 of depreciation over 3 years. That ain't bad.

You've just gotta do it right. But I digest....

Originally Posted by rickair7777

The good news...the chinese and indian masses can't afford $100/bbl oil.