[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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