Heh, heh. My wife suggested a treadmill or bicycle powered laptop for me to use at home.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Pete Hardie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:55, <a href="mailto:john.bryson@oit.gatech.edu">john.bryson@oit.gatech.edu</a><br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:john.bryson@oit.gatech.edu">john.bryson@oit.gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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</div><div class="im">> I think the value of having an electric car is that you can then generate the power different ways - wind, water, solar, nuke, wave, whatever. So, you are now in a better position to use different power sources. Sure at first, that will still be coal plants, gas turbines, etc. But you could then start changing the infrastructure because you have started to get out of the chicken-egg (power supplier-power consumer) issues. Its inefficient to convert everything to electricity before you consume it, but it gives you flexibility for change.<br>
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</div>Precisely - like I mentioned, I could put the kids on a treadmill to<br>
generate the power to recharge a car<br>
(in theory, at least). I can burn stuff, use PV, hydro, wind, etc.<br>
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For an ICE auto, I'm stuck with having to purchase a high-energy<br>
hydrocarbon fluid.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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