The Dance of the Electro-tard
This is the EP Tender:
What is that, you ask? Why, it's a generator that you tow behind an electric car. Because electric cars don't have enough range, you understand... Let's break this down.
Electric Cars In A Nutshell (Or, You're A Big Fat Sucker)
1) The car must be charged from a coal- or oil-fired power plant, since the hippies moan and whine every time we try to build more nuke plants. There is a considerable loss of efficiency built into this method of powering vehicles, as semi-conductors are a poor long range transmitter of energy.
2) The batteries, which are toxic and/or explosive, must be completely replaced every two to four years. It's not just a few of them, either: the average electric car has 12 batteries. More landfill fodder!
3) The car itself is dangerously flimsy, having to be ultra lightweight in order to reach anything like the energy efficiency of vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Get hit by a pick-up and you'll be an electric pancake.
4) At an average of 100 miles, the range sucks. That makes it completely useless for people like me who live in a large urban sprawl with a long commute in bumper-to-bumper, stop-n-go traffic. Nothing is less energy efficient than constantly fighting at cross-purposes with inertia. Once I finally get there, if I have to visit a customer or job site that day I'll need to plug the car in while at work. I'm sure my employer will really enjoy helping me shoulder my exorbitant electric bill. Don't be looking for a big Christmas bonus if you're driving an electric bugaboo.
Conclusion: In order to make an electric car viable, you have to tow a gasoline engine behind it.
Stupid. Fucking. Hippies.
What is that, you ask? Why, it's a generator that you tow behind an electric car. Because electric cars don't have enough range, you understand... Let's break this down.
Electric Cars In A Nutshell (Or, You're A Big Fat Sucker)
1) The car must be charged from a coal- or oil-fired power plant, since the hippies moan and whine every time we try to build more nuke plants. There is a considerable loss of efficiency built into this method of powering vehicles, as semi-conductors are a poor long range transmitter of energy.
2) The batteries, which are toxic and/or explosive, must be completely replaced every two to four years. It's not just a few of them, either: the average electric car has 12 batteries. More landfill fodder!
3) The car itself is dangerously flimsy, having to be ultra lightweight in order to reach anything like the energy efficiency of vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Get hit by a pick-up and you'll be an electric pancake.
4) At an average of 100 miles, the range sucks. That makes it completely useless for people like me who live in a large urban sprawl with a long commute in bumper-to-bumper, stop-n-go traffic. Nothing is less energy efficient than constantly fighting at cross-purposes with inertia. Once I finally get there, if I have to visit a customer or job site that day I'll need to plug the car in while at work. I'm sure my employer will really enjoy helping me shoulder my exorbitant electric bill. Don't be looking for a big Christmas bonus if you're driving an electric bugaboo.
Conclusion: In order to make an electric car viable, you have to tow a gasoline engine behind it.
Stupid. Fucking. Hippies.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:31
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