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  • Battery Investing for Beginners [View article]
    So yeah, once or twice a year you drive your 100 mile range vehicle to the airport, train station or bus terminal, fork out the doe to go the 800 miles in relative comfort and over the year you have to be ahead of the deal financially.


    On Sep 27 11:22 AM whisperonthewind wrote:

    > I like the smaller cars, and currently own one that gets about 35
    > mpg, city driving, and better than that on the highway. I will get
    > an even smaller car eventually, maybe next year. I most likely will
    > choose not to get a battery operated vehicle - no matter what kind
    > of battery they offer - because although I don't always drive more
    > than 20 or 30 miles in a day, I do drive more than 100 miles in a
    > day at least once a week, and several times during the year I drive
    > more than 800 miles in a day. I like to drive! I would be willing
    > to drive a CNG vehicle or even one the runs on hydrogen, but I am
    > not willing to be grounded to 100 miles per charge. My closest family
    > member lives more than 100 miles away, and my kids live in different
    > states (where there are jobs), several hundred miles away, so to
    > limit myself to a battery would mean plane, bus, or train plus car
    > rental. It would be cheaper to pay for the gasoline for those drives.
    >
    >
    > When the rest of the real world catches on that they'll be limited
    > to a 100 mile round trip, the battery idea will be relegated to the
    > golf cart/wheelchair crowd. I'm not ready to join that crowd yet.
    Sep 27 19:52 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • A Long Look at Lithium: Chile's SQM Poised for Growth [View article]
    Thanks for the link Davewmart, great article. IMHO going long on any of the companies mentioned here are is a bet on a financial recovery. If the doom and gloomers are correct and we have a double dip recession then these companies look expensive.


    On Aug 14 12:22 PM Davewmart wrote:

    > 'According to the United States Geological Survey (seekingalpha.com/symbo...)
    > US reserves of lithium total 760,000 tons. One kilogram of lithium
    > equals 5.3 kilograms of the lithium carbonate used to make batteries.'
    >
    > www.marketoracle.co.uk...
    > This link also gives some investment plays for US production of lithium.
    Aug 16 10:03 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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