RE: 2012 Please join me and our band of designated survivors at a secret plateau in northern Arizona where we will escape the end of the world by transporting to the mothership. Pay no mind to the blather of dyspeptic doomsters, you have an alternative. Send $2.00 to PO Box 2012, Roswell NM.
PHEVs and EVs: Plugging into a Lump of Coal [View article]
Clearly, many here are tempted to stray from "Seeking Alpha" to "Seeking Psi." At times it looks like we're poaching in the 'precognition' preserve of an ESP seminar. 'Sexy science' is great for an IPO but not so great as an investment that has already soared to an unsustainable premium.
Are Energy Storage Investors Chasing Their Own Tails? [View article]
It's human nature to fixate on an aspect of the model of a problem. If you don't come to a personal understanding of a problem you cannot address it. Fortunately, a diversity of informed investigation is evident in all these approaches. The constraints of time and place affect all our personal motivations. Let a thousand ....
Public policy initiatives require enthusiasm. Enthusiasm on a scale sufficient to motivate the public or their proxies requires solicitation that appeals to as many human 'drivers' (pun intended) as possible. Thus, a significant degree of hucksterism is inevitable with even the purest of intentions.
23 million–plus battery powered motorcycles should surely yield excellent stats on real world maximums and minimums relating to radius of reliable operation and consistent power use and recharge. These are likely useful in very densely populated urban areas with already overcrowded public transportation. Are plug-in electric promoters likely to devote government supplied resources to maximize the irrational transportation potential of the current plug-in technology on the ‘family’ car or to improve the technology as a goal in itself for availability in any context that is economically feasible?
White House Report: GM Volt Is Not Ready for Prime Time [View article]
I'm not sure what is accomplished by misquoting or quoting out of context from your posts or from others contained in this very same thread. Most of us will re-read the post referenced, not merely taking the 'quoter's' reprise. It's as if some folks are playing a game of solitary rhetorical strawman destruction derby.
Axion Power: Time Is Right for Gas Guzzlers to Dual Mode EV Conversions [View article]
"Also another opportunity for places like Starbucks to offer battery charging while having a cup of latte' and maybe surfing the web while waiting for your battery to charge." This is the age beyond satire.
Why Pure Play Energy Storage Companies Could Double for Investors [View article]
Those enterprises involved in 'consulting' the potential beneficiaries and grantors of this largesse appear to be well into the fat. Any public plays there?
DOE Report: Lithium-ion Batteries Are Not Ready for Prime Time [View article]
I recommend magical concentration by pure minds to leap this illusory chasm of physics and so-called rational husbandry of resources. They laughed al Fulton!
Lead-Acid, Lead-Carbon Batteries: The Only Option for Average Consumer [View article]
"..will follow ...result in huge capital outlays for feel-good facilities that have no economic value or enduring benefit." Even with rational subsidies that dismaying outcome is a given.
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