[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> An electric motor can be made darn near 100% efficient. As a bonus
> electrical lines are found almost everywhere. It's like a built in gas
> station in every building you see. So, I do believe that electric cars
> will end up being the way forward.

It remains to be seen how efficiently synthetic hydrocarbon fuels can
be made; If those can be made sufficiently efficient, powering cars
off the grid won't work.

Granted, corn doesn't appear to be getting us off to a good start.
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