[MR2] Vague thoughts on an electric MkI
David Hillman
hillman at planet-torque.com
Thu Apr 8 10:52:27 EDT 2010
Why? Somewhere around 70% of this country's electricity is generated
from dinosaurs at the moment, so your car will still be largely
fossil-fueled ( and nuclear makes up most of the rest ). Electricity rates
are going nowhere but up, too, in many cases, faster than the cost of
gas. A bio-diesel conversion might make economic sense, but electric
doesn't.
On the other hand, if that's irrelevant, and you just want a cool
project, ignore this post ;) It would be cool to say that 'my car is
one-third nuclear-powered', though.
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David Hillman
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