Re: Electric Car Conversion Companies: Alternatives To Gas Powered Cars

Jasper Janssen wrote:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:37:05 -0800, "James Gassaway"
<dtravel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote:

They replace the entire tank+pipe+pump infrastructure every so many
decades anyway, though, so obviously it's not prohibitive in cost.

But as long as the infrastructure continues to be for hydrocarbons,
the replacement can be done piecemeal and (mostly) allows the system
to continue functioning during said replacement. Switching over
requires shutting down and replacing everything at the same time.
Which is more expensive.

Actually, it can't continue to function. The
once-every-couple-of-decades average that is observed here is a
full-shutdown, dig out all the tanks and piping, make sure they
haven't leaked and clean the soil if necessary, and replace the
entire thing, sort of thing.

But that's only one station. You can still go to the one across the street
and refuel. Its also not touching the distribution to the stations
(pipelines and tankers).

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