nakedjaybird

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

Sorry John - my error. I thought the swiss rails were put in place just as the rails, cogs, and elevator to "The Top of the World" above Wengin.

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

ART005 - of course my listed electrified transportation DO NOT use batteries for motive power - that's what they are suggested: as great ideas and alternatives to anything battery for motive power sans hybrids with small batteries.


EV commuter cars inside beltways should be hybrids at best and electrified transit systems for the most part. Fleet EV delivery vehicles within the beltway could be hybrids.

Electrified transit (ferries) between beltways should indeed be at worst long freight trains and electried ferries for as I said, whatever folks normally drive across state (preferably hybrids), freight that is not on the normal rails, and of course people that can pick up a rental hybrid on the other end.

So there - and then forget the batteries, for the most part.

And this discussion does belong here.

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

And the real DUH -- how'd we get our Interstate Highway System? When the benefit is for the majority of taxpayers and something that cannot be done piecemeal, that is a govt role. Same with Armies, and defense.

When it comes to healthcare, however, those are indiviual choices (along with consequences of alcohol, tobacco, immorality, etc.), and individual solutions - where all of Europe and the rest of the world went astray. And welfare for the slothful? Who now DEMAND mercy and grace; which is a disgrace. They have no right to DEMAND grace or mercy. Justice? Yes all can demand justice; that is fair and reasonable and appropriate. However, NO ONE WILL REJOICE UPON RECEIVEING JUSTICE. But, demanding it is appropriate. We all deserve IT; but not mercy and grace.

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

PS - or even Toronto, SF Bay and on and on.......

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

Well John - how'd the Swiss get all their fine electrified transit systems, much more the rest of Europe?

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

PS - and the ROADMAP already exists. They are available at most service stations along the highway system.

The BRAINS we need do not exist in DC!!!!

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

PS - and the ROADMAP

Rapid Transition to Grid Enabled Vehicles Not Possible or Desirable

John, Jack et.al - here's the way we should be using these words:

Electric Transporation:
1) electrified transit systems inside beltways, AND
2) electrified transport ferry systems (eg., freight railways or like water ferries for freight, vehicles, and people, but on land, duh!) between major city beltways across the US and for sure along the busily traveled east, west, and gulf(?) coasts.

Grid Enabled "SYSTEMS":
1) Electric Grid and Electrifed Transportation (see above) Systems intertwined with the Interstate Highway System where we already own the right-of-ways and the GRID criscrosses the total US every 100-200 miles, thru every hinterland of solar and wind generation sites AND to every major city - already platted!

These are shovel ready jobs, existing technology, resources apleanty and which immediately TAKE THE OIL OUT OF TRANSPORTATION.

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John - Amen on the L1, VW's diesel hybrid, where a 2 person payload of 300+ pounds approaches 25% of curb gross weight (moving only 3 lbs of vehicle for each pound of people instead of 6+lbs of vehicle for most other EV's).

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

John - what really's sad is how this $2 Billion in funding (our tax dollars at work) pales vis the financial bailout and all the billions just plain old people that PRODUCE NOTHING were awarded (legally stole) while engaging in zero sum game playing and causing the taxpayers to lose $13 Trillion in personal wealth - that's really sick!!!