flacaltenn
Diamond Member
I love the concept of electric drive --- I just don't think we should jump into an infrastructure makeover before we even agree how to keep the lights on NOW TODAY.
Agree on what? The lights are on NOW TODAY. And there isn't any sign that they will be going off anytime soon. What would that have to do with how well the Volt works as electric transport, using local produced, distributed and used fuels?
You wouldn''t know that from the $MILLs spent on promoting NegaWatt production. THat is pulling out 1W phone chargers, turning off lights in airports while I'm sitting there reading, and getting everybody to buy squiggly bulbs.. When you pursue a policy of making electricity RARE and EXPENSIVE instead of PLENTIFUL and CHEAP -- the question is are you still gonna be harangueing me about turning off the freezer lights in the grocery store until I walk down the aisle? Because what you're proposing is moving TERAWATTS of energy to a wholly BEEFIER GRID in order to drive electric..
So which is it RGR?? Are we committed to ADDING capacity to the grid for this whim because we have NO PROBLEMS in agreeing on cost distribution, technology, and enviro implications? Or do we have to badger folks about EACH WATT they consume..
Once you have folks JOYRIDING on electricity --- I'll be damned if I'm gonna feel like sitting in the dark and freezing my ass off so that they can feel like they are saving the planet...