Re: my letter to electric car companies

On Jul 2, 3:50 pm, Yevgen Barsukov <evgen...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 1, 9:51 am, "misterf...@xxxxxxxxx" <misterf...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Hello;

 I thought you would like to know of my following activity recently:

 I saw a GEM EV on the street near my home.

 I asked the owner if he charges his car from the sun. He said, "no".
He said he charges it by plugging into his house current every night.

 I then made the following placard and stood by his car while it was
parked on the street. The placard read:

 "This electric car is one of the WORST polluting vehicles in the
world! The batteries in this car are NOT charged with CLEAN solar
energy. The batteries are charged with house current which is
generated by POLLUTING electric companies. Companies which continually
emit carbon dioxide and who knows what else!

  SAVE THE PLANET BY NOT BUYING ONE OF THESE CARS !
           (that is- unless they come with solar panels) "

Just about every person who read my sign- agreed with my statement.
When the owner returned, he was somewhat distressed. (which was not my
intent-hopefully, he will go out and buy some solar panels)

 I just want you to know that I plan to show my (above) sign next to
YOUR EV if I ever see it on a street.

 I will do this UNLESS:

   1. Your company gets rid of the 110v ac plug on your car.

   2. Your company  provides the car with a REMOVABLE battery pack.

   3. Your company sells an extra battery pack or more with the car..

   4. Your company sells an array of solar panels (with a decent
warranty)which is enough to charge the extra battery pack in 8 hours
of sunlight! (while the driver is out driving his car)

   In other words; there is enough sunlight in just about every place
on earth to charge an extra battery pack in 1 to 4 days. The packs can
be made to be quickly and easily exchanged from panel to car, and vise
versa by the owner. (by hand or with a wheeled dolly) There is no
reason to plug your car into the grid!

 I am declaring WAR on plug-in vehicles!

 I hope I've made my position clear on this.

 Sincerely,  Michael Korman

1) Electric motor in 90% efficient, your grid electricity is coming
from Power Plant that is
 45% efficient, uses cheap coal and potentially clear nuclear (some
wind and solar coming up)

at the other hand

2) Gasoline motor is 25% efficient, uses expensive oil that is about
to be used up in 50 years

Do the math which combination will waste more energy and pollute more,
and which is more expensive.

At present prices, it cost me 4$ to go to work on gasoline driven
Prius, and 70$ on charged
^^^^^^^
Upps, that came out wrong. It was 70 cents, NOT 70$.


from the grid plug-in Prius (it is the same car with the same energy
needed to drive it!).
Prices reflect the efficiency to society - electrically powered cars
are much more efficient
even without any changes to the grid.

And of cause, Amen to home-installed solar cells, but to charge your
extra battery you will
need to cover your entire roof with them (again, do the math of needed
Wh), and they will
cost twice more than the car.
   As for extra battery, much better deal is to feed back electricity
into the grid during the
day. Saves a lot of cost - presently plug-in battery is more expensive
than the car itself!

Regards,
Yevgen

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