[Monty J. Harder]

On 9/12/07, Nathan Cerny <ncerny at gmail.com> wrote:

> All Storage issues aside...can you imagine the size of wires it would take
> to handle the current flow it would take to charge a capacitor capable of
> running an electric car for 500 miles (using current electrical engines of
> course)?!  Not to mention the havoc it would play on our electrical
> grid...massive capacitive loads being connected to the grid for 5 minutes?
> We would have blackouts across the nation from these "fueling stations."
>

Obviously, the 'fueling stations' would also have supercapacitors too....

Before there is ANY chance of a plug in car that can charge quickly, we'll
> have to almost completely rebuild our power grid...
>
> ...And maybe fusion reactors.
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