Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them. — Tony 11. I miss my EV1.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. in layman’s term, would state that conversion of one form of energy to another — in this case the primary energy sources (natural gas, oil and coal) to electricity — is not 100% efficient. — Dean Hewitt 20.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. She spent the previous year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and before that she was the Southwest correspondent for The Economist based in Austin, Tex.

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