Re: OT: Blast From The Past
- From: TD Madden <tdmadden48-no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:17:43 -0400
Claude V. Lucas wrote:
In article <NLWdnYcbNcbyv8jZRVn-tA@xxxxxxxxxxx>,Haven't you ever traded-in an old battery when you bought a new one....they are recycled.
John Wheaton <wheatonjohn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Rich Koerner" <richk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
Talk to me about your electric car there tink!!!!!!!!!!!!
You plug that thing in the wall yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Rich!
Have you ever heard a Radio Talk Show from KGO in San Francisco? The evening guy on the weekends is Dr. Bill Wattenberg, a scientist who has been involved in all kinds of projects over the last 40 years. Anyhow, a caller was talking about how much better off we would be with Electric Cars, and Dr Bill went on to scientifically explain how that would be far DIRTIER than an internal combustion car.
Most of the Electricity in this Country comes from burning Coal for the Electricity, and that is dirty.
The further that you transmit the power, the more of it you lose between the Coal Burning Plant, and the socket that the car is plugged into.
More of the power is lost in trying to store it in the battery.
All in all, he prefers hybrids, but Electric Cars are overall bad for our environment.
Another thing about electrics/hybrids is the question
of depleted battery disposal.
Where do you put the dead batteries?
What sort of expense/mess is involved in reprocessing them if it is even possible to recycle any of the materials.
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