Ferdinand E. Banks

On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid

Interesting and something to think about. Thanks.

PHEVs and EVs: Plugging into a Lump of Coal

Brilliant article, but we know the bottom line don't we. It's.....no, that for my new book.

How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America's Drive for Energy Independence

I tell my students that there are things that I expect them to learn PERFECTLY. I plan to learn this article perfectly, and maybe some of these comments. This is high level stuff, author, even though I cant get it out of my head that the people who say that EVs and PHEVs have something to offer, and maybe a lot - though perhaps not the whole show. Thanks.

Obama Announces List of Grant Recipients, Recognizing Significance of Hybrid Markets

Where's my money? Don't I deserve something for being prepared to put my arrogant shoulder to the wheel?

Hmm, perhaps not. But anyway these grants are a good start. Now for some brilliant advice to our new president. Declare victory in Iraq and Afghanistan, and clear out of both places. Then use the money saved for grants of the kind mentioned in this article, plus a few more.

The Obama Fast Track for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs)

John Petersen, I call myself the leading academic energy economist in the world, and as a result I do everything possible to spread the good word in forums such as this, although like all good things this spreading often has a way of coming to a premature end, and my gorgeous contributions are refused. Hmm, but I have excellent reasons for not worrying too much..

I sincerely hope that you don't have this problem. Although I am a democrat, I'm afraid that I cannot understand what President Obama and his foot soldiers are up to on the energy front, and it is essential that he receives the kind of information that is brilliantly presented in e.g. your article (and that of Peter W. Huber). What that means is that people like you and several other knowledgeable persons in this forum must try to move the present administration onto the straight and narrow before the whole ______ circus ends up in the tank.

Incidentally, you don't belong in this forum. You belong in Washington, trying to teach certain people to think.

The Plug In Vehicle Scam

Sorry Mr Petersen, but too many smart people have told me that there is a future for plug in vehicles. They didn't tell me however how many of these items will be on the road in e.g. 2030, and in what countries. In any event, although 'scam' is one of my favorite words, I don't think that it belongs here.

Alternative Energy Storage Needs to Take Baby Steps Before It Can Run

A valuable and thought provoking article. I just hope that I remember to read it again, and have time to give it some deep thought.