Jack quiet_celt at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 13 00:57:49 CDT 2007


--- Nathan Cerny <ncerny at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/12/07, Monty J. Harder <mjharder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Meanwhile I'm much more interested in the
> supercapacitors that are
> > supposed to allow electric cars to go 500 miles
> between 5-minute recharges.
> > If I can buy one of those at a price point similar
> to an ICE car, I'm all
> > over it, because if I drive 500 miles, I'll need
> to stop to use the bathroom
> > or something for 5 minutes anyway.  "Gas stations"
> will provide recharging
> > stations where you can plug in, then go inside and
> buy cokes, smokes, chips
> > and dips, lottery tickets and maybe even cricket
> wickets.
> 
> 
> 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
Oh, 2/0 wire ought to do it.
Let me rephrase that, 2/0 wire will do it.

> 
> Before there is ANY chance of a plug in car that can
> charge quickly, we'll
> have to almost completely rebuild our power grid...
It's possible today if you want to spend the money.
It's not cheap, but I could build you one today for
about $15 - $30K (or more depending on your
requirements). I could have for you in a month.




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