[ale] [OT] Psychology of Denial about Climate Change

[Jim Kinney]

Heh, heh. My wife suggested a treadmill or bicycle powered laptop for me to
use at home.

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:55, john.bryson at oit.gatech.edu
> <john.bryson at oit.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Precisely - like I mentioned, I could put the kids on a treadmill to
> generate the power to recharge a car
> (in theory, at least).  I can burn stuff, use PV, hydro, wind, etc.
>
> For an ICE auto, I'm stuck with having to purchase a high-energy
> hydrocarbon fluid.
>
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