Re: Electric car economics

Don Lancaster wrote: 
Bret Ludwig wrote:

 Energy is not money. Energy costs money, but they are not the same. A
movement called Technocracy thought they were, and argued for the
international unit of currency to be the "erg". But like a lot of
ideas, Technocracy petered out. Like the unstable Dymaxion car, the
6502 microprocessor, and a few others.



The energy to dollars relationship is sometimes loosely coupled and sometimes variably coupled. Long term, of course, thermodynamics guarantees that it will average out.

But in the case of a dime-for-dime utility synchronous buyback contract, dimes and kilowatthours ARE equivilant representations that you have obligated yourself to.

And are EXACTLY and precisely the same as using an erg for a unit of currency.


BTW, the PIC was (and remains) the heir apparent of the 6502. And is going like gangbusters.


And the "erg" was a real unit of energy in the metric system prior to the SI revision. An erg is a dyne centimetre.
FK
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Electric car economics
    ... movement called Technocracy thought they were, and argued for the international unit of currency to be the "erg". ... But like a lot of ideas, Technocracy petered out. ... PIC is a limited architecture with limited use. ...
    (sci.energy.hydrogen)
  • Re: Electric car economics
    ... movement called Technocracy thought they were, and argued for the international unit of currency to be the "erg". ... The energy to dollars relationship is sometimes loosely coupled and sometimes variably coupled. ... And are EXACTLY and precisely the same as using an erg for a unit of currency. ...
    (sci.energy.hydrogen)