tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post9011106816777317530..comments2023-10-01T08:47:11.930-05:00Comments on The MinusCar Project: Electricity: Part IImytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-47463010717695653802007-03-26T13:15:00.000-05:002007-03-26T13:15:00.000-05:00There you guys go again. Making all sorts of sense...There you guys go again. Making all sorts of sense about cars and electricity.<BR/><BR/>The argument that use of electric cars replaces a bunch of tailpipes for one longer tailpipe (the coal burning plant) is compelling.<BR/><BR/>Sans - exhausting the motor into the passenger compartment of the vehicle - brilliant. It takes a VW van driver to think of things like that.mytzpykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-30093166725095418222007-03-26T11:28:00.000-05:002007-03-26T11:28:00.000-05:00CF bulbs are good for power companies. They bring ...CF bulbs are good for power companies. They bring down peak demand which current facilities are having difficulty meeting. <BR/><BR/>I think I'm correct in saying that the best case scenario for power production (both for the companies and the ROEI - return on energy invested) is to have the facilities operating at near max, all the time. <BR/><BR/>CF bulbs dampen the load during the day, and Woodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769362288913959772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-72425089830909751362007-03-26T10:45:00.000-05:002007-03-26T10:45:00.000-05:00Electric automobiles... I don't think that's the a...Electric automobiles... I don't think that's the answer. It just separates the consumer from the consequences. I realize that hydroelectric and other electricity sources are "renewable", but the vast majority of energy production is still coal. <BR/> What they need to produce is a car where the exhaust enters the car through the dashboard. It will effectively limit the length of drives and Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12970191392795369846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-5661169612050767752007-03-25T23:45:00.000-05:002007-03-25T23:45:00.000-05:00I don't think the slow turn on time and the flicke...I don't think the slow turn on time and the flickering are such an issue anymore. When LT and I bought our first ones (circa 2000 - for $15 each!) all of the above were true. But, after having just replaced all the fixtures in the house we bought wth new CF bulbs, I can't really tell the difference anymore. Plus, the price is waaay cheaper now. Besides, those ones from 2000 -- still going (Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03054131943834746217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-65914098361320579892007-03-25T16:52:00.000-05:002007-03-25T16:52:00.000-05:00I know what you mean about the spousal input. Alth...I know what you mean about the spousal input. Although, those bulbs, which i have convinced him into using, do not work in a dimmer device. (no, I'm not talking about MY dimnness..but those bulbs are great. We have them in most sockets of our very small, yet efficient home. We do the caulking, the efficient appliances. Now, if I can just talk him into letting me buy that bright red Mini Cooper!peddlinshutterbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624979712101548132noreply@blogger.com