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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
 Posted - 12/23/2007 : 08:12:14 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ghost_Skeptic
In these parts a wind generator might be a better option. |
Obviously, you mount the turbine on the back of the Tesla Roadster, and recharge as you drive.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 12/23/2007 : 08:33:43 [Permalink]
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Well, with high end solar cells approaching 50% efficiency, and some very inexpensive plastic solar cells approaching 10%, and the new paint-on stuff (which will be cheap and relatively efficient), there is a real chance we can see a major expansion to our electric grid without the need to build more coal/gas burning plants.
If the US government would get off its ass and implement legislation similar to what Germany now has going (they guarantee the power companies will purchase excess power from installed solar, at a premium rate, federally subsidized), we could easily see several GW a year going up in the US. If we'd do the same for wind power, we'd never need to open another coal fired plant.
As far as the electric car goes, I think a concept like the GM Volt will catch on sooner than the Tesla car will. If a big manufacturer would produce a electric car with a build in generator capable of running on gasoline or pure ethanol, and build the cost of at least one replacement battery into the car (and, of course, replace the battery when needed), I think they would sell out.
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