Here is the thing. Everyone thinks these electric cars are not the thing to do, we need to stick with oil and gas based cars. Well here is a little insider info from oil companies, Peak was hit sometime 2007/2008. I had gotten to see the info that Shell, BP, and Exxon had. Does this mean much, yes it showed that the amount of oil left has crossed the hump and is going down. Their estimates gave us about another 150 years of oil, 50 of which would be able to supply demands of today. Any way there is so much that electric vehicles can do that no one realize. I am going to break down some misconceptions about the electric vehicles and give some things that would help this country out.
1) it was stated
I camp and require big trucks.
Guess what they have electric trucks. Medium Duty Truck, Class 4, 5, 6 (GVWR 15,000-25,950 lbs) to be exact.
2) It was stated
don't they go too slow for a 65/70 highway?
The truck just referenced goes 60, The larger vehicles go slower than the 65/70 however, many of the cars that everyday people would use range a max speed of 60 mph to 155 mph. SO no they do not go too slow for the highways. But what they do have is a limited range for now going from 50 miles per charge to 300 miles per charge.
3)It was stated
There is one more problem. If you buy one, you get a tax deduction, (subsidy). I have to pay you for it
Guess what, so where the larger vehicles a few years back... Guess what else is a tax deduction, getting new windows for your home...
4)It was stated
Don't forget the Cost of Electricity is sure to rise,
Once over 50% of the Vehicles run on Electricity
& Ports are set up.
Now lets not forget that gas prices are goingto rise also as the demand stays high and the supply runs dry.
5) Dave you go off about rolling black outs and "passing the cost" onto others, rolling blackouts. Well guess what there is a solution for that and it shall be put forth in just a little bit.
Now how can we get the range out of our Electric vehicles (EVS) for those long trips, and how can we cut the cost of having to put a demand on the power grid
Here is a simple yet Drastic way, and well in my own opinion will never get government approval because of the power companies themselves having a big pull in DC. So here it goes...
A great way to get some distance out of the EVS is to do something so similar to what gas stations do it is not funny. Instead of setting up charging stations and having to wait the 4 to 8 hours to get a charge to continue, we set up Battery Swapping Stations. At these stations you "sell" your dead battery to the Battery station, and they "sell" you a fully charged one. A robot comes in takes out your old batter and installs a new one (Technology has already been developed for this). You now have a fully charged battery and are on your way, while the Battery station takes you old battery, fully discharges it, then recharges it, then "sells" it to the next person. This is much like a gas station.
Next thing we do is get away from depending only on the power companies for the electricity we need. We need to get solar cells, personal windmills, and some other forms of homemade power. This is how the alternative energy would be best suited, not these Large power plants or large wind farms, but set up to what a house would need and if they don't supply all the necessary power that they consume, the house can still buy from the power company. These major power companies should be structured to supply the electrical needs of the business enterprise more than the home enterprise. Setting up homes to be self sufficiant at power production is what is needed to help keep costs down.
Then with more research and development we can get better and better batteries.
That is in my opinion how we can get the alternative energy going.
(joke of course)
