[DMCForum] Re: Hybrid question for Dr. Dave - Paging Dr. Dave...

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bernie, not true

You can invest in solar cells for your house & garage to break 
yourself free of the grid. Then you can power your own needs, charge 
electric vehicles, and have an onsite battery array to store energy 
when needed.

back to the spend to save technique, it will run you between 10-15 
grand to accomplish this.

But if energy goes through the roof in a few years, it may pay for 
itself sooner.

I would strongly advise having a competent electrician to wire it up 
though. Anther 3-5 grand on top to live independent. 

But it can be done, and the plug in car is not a fantasy, I will be 
waiting to purchase one if it ever gets made again.

Hopefully this one will see the light of day soon:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/08/subaru_joins_ra.php


http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=article&storyid=642



Hopefully it gets made,


-Joe










--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bernie" <bmanderville@xxxx> wrote:
> The plug in car is a fantasy, you still have to pay for 
electricity to 
> charge the batteries.  So no matter what you do you are going to 
use at 
> least a little bit of fossil fuel.  Every electric company in this 
> nation buys and sells power from someone else.  And most are 
fossil 
> fueled plants.
> 
> Until someone comes up with a viable fuel cell car, we are all 
> handcuffed to petroleum based fuels.  Even the new hybrids, have a 
gas 
> engine.
> 
> Bernie
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > Dave Stragand wrote:
> > 
> > > It amazes me that some folks are dropping everything and 
spending 
> over
> > > sticker price to get a hybrid to "save money on gas".  These 
folks 
> don't
> > > seem to realize that spending $25,000+ on a new car to save 
$500-
> $1000
> > > is essentially spending MORE money.
> > 
> > Nor do they look at basic energy conservation. Take out the 
motor and 
> > the batteries, and just run on the engine, the car would get 
better 
> > mileage. It's all about emissions in cities
> > 
> > Martin

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