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| | | | Re: Damn, I'm green. < Reply # 16 on 3/10/2010 2:30 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Samurai this hybrid/electric bandwagon is getting old... where is the electricity going to come from to charge these electro-cocksucker mobiles up?
| Solar, wind, any other renewable. Or even if it comes from coal, it still pollutes less per km/mile to charge then to burn. If you buy a solar system at the same time you can charge your home system during the day and then from that charge your car at night. Even charging from the grid will cost you around 2 cents a mile. Who is going to be able to afford to fix their hybrid when something exotic and expensive goes tits up in it?
| Expensive? Really, aside from the charging system what's expensive? Motor for electric, simpler to fix than ANY internal combustion motor and far less expensive. Moving parts=3. Rotor, and 2 bearings. Parts that wear, brushes, if they use brushes. As for who can do it? The general electrician can do it. I can do it, you can do it. Electric cars have been converted, built, and maintained by simple hippies (not calling hippies dumb), and teenagers. I agree that batteries have something to be desired but new technologies are coming around. We already deal with old batteries now, just has to be done on a larger scale. Now on to green Jeeps. Yes, your car has lasted 30 years, but when my car, that uses 1/5 the fuel does, cost me 1/3 the price to buy now compared to yours then and still gets me from A to B with no problems I tend to disagree that a Jeep is green. If you can't tell I'd prefer full electric. Free driving if you have your own solar.
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| jeepdave
Location: Anderson, SC Gender: Male Total Likes: 1303 likes
It's also a gun.
| | | Re: Damn, I'm green. < Reply # 17 on 3/10/2010 4:48 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Expensive? Really, aside from the charging system what's expensive? Motor for electric, simpler to fix than ANY internal combustion motor and far less expensive. Moving parts=3. Rotor, and 2 bearings. Parts that wear, brushes, if they use brushes. As for who can do it? The general electrician can do it. I can do it, you can do it. Electric cars have been converted, built, and maintained by simple hippies (not calling hippies dumb), and teenagers. I agree that batteries have something to be desired but new technologies are coming around. We already deal with old batteries now, just has to be done on a larger scale. | Sorry but not buying it. It isn't that the hardware is uber expensive ( altho it is ) but its the software too. Then add in all the computers, electronics, and such and its simply a no go. Want great MPG's, get a Geo Metro. Or old Tercel. Or any late 80's to early 90's econo box. After all if simply getting to point A to B is the only challenge I could even suggest a horse. Now on to green Jeeps. Yes, your car has lasted 30 years, but when my car, that uses 1/5 the fuel does, cost me 1/3 the price to buy now compared to yours then and still gets me from A to B with no problems I tend to disagree that a Jeep is green.
If you can't tell I'd prefer full electric. Free driving if you have your own solar. | Full electric is simply not doable in a non urban enviroment. Rual areas will not work with these vehicles. And I have more passion for vehicles than simply point A to B transit. I will say that my current Jeeps ( a 99 TJ and a 91 Xj ) will be on the road long after any hybrid built today barring a total loss accident. And even in the even of that, parts of both of those vehicles will also live on in similar vehicles. MPG's matter naught when you consider all the effort to retool, redesign, and make a brand new vehicle from scratch. And at the end of any hybrid or electrical vehicle's life it will simply be crushed ( well some of it, the batteries will have to be "disposed" of in some enviromentally safe way) and its life cycle will end. The reason the Jeep may have been picked is, like I said earlier, the people who purchase them tend to pick though bone yards and these vehicles rarely (if ever) get crushed as a whole intact vehicle. So, I must disagree that Jeeps are not "green" even though I still believe that all this green speak and hybrid this electric that is only a marketing tool that amounts to total BS to make people feel all warm and gooey on the inside.
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