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| Re: John Wayland, an introduction |
Subject: Re: John Wayland, an introduction
by Davo1200 on 2001/1/20 1:55:00
Its this sorta stuff that makes me wonder why the world still relys on fossil fuels to power our cars. You would have thought that car companys would have put some dollars towards some sort
of electronic car by now. As John said, theres NO emmisions keeping the air clean, the engine needs no servicing, rebuilding or tune ups, power seems to be not a problem, and obviously seems
to be the better choice out of the 2.
John, if u did your first conversion in 1980, there was obviously the electronic motor technology to push your 1200 down the 1/4 in a descent time, but not one new "small car" is powered by
electricity!! New small cars are still pushed with sluggish combustion engines and will run down the 1/4 in 20sec!! So again i wonder why car companys havent taken this idea further 20 years
after u had found electric motors!! Theres only a few reasons that i can think of - 1. The cost of recharging the battery would be more than the cost of fuel for the same amount of miles. 2.
If all cars were electronic, the power drain would be alot more and would need more power plants - somthing governments wont spend cash on if they can help it. 3. If all cars were electronic,
the cost of burning coal is more than the cost of burning fuel for the same amount of miles.. 4. Oil giants of the world are controling the industry therfore not allowing it to be introduced.
5. Electronic motors are too expensive to build. 6. Electronic motors cant be run for too long as they run out of power. ie. no long trips across the country!(same goes for fuel tho, u
eventually run out of juice) 7. Car companys are scared they will lose money if the idea doesnt sell?
I cant think of much more. But if you think about it, all these reasons are pretty lame or easily fixed with time or money. So again, i wonder why the standard of engine wasnt changed to
electric in mid 80's or so - for small cars at least. Interesting indeed. I would love to hear what the rest of u guys think about this....
Scott
Davo
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