[ausev] Are EV's too one dimensional? Maybe if alternative electricity near

[Charlesvsi at aol.com]

As I understand it, Austin Electric and City of Austin are encouraging  
technology that would allow Hybrid Electrics to idle at night and plug into  power 
grid and provide power to your home and the power grid if your system  
provided surplus electricity and ran the electric meter backwards. 
 
This system would (logically ??) have a way to drop your house off the grid  
and just use solar or Hybrid Electric generated power to supply your home.  
Speaking of government subsidies, it seems like this process should be  a 
required effort for Homeland security support and money .  
 
There is also a move afoot to have hundreds of the hybrid electrics running  
in communities to reduce the cost of high peak load generating systems 
creating  electricity. This will offset the high costs for building new nuclear or 
coal or  whatever generating plants. 
Honda Hybrid Chuck 
 
In a message dated 5/18/2007 11:12:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dbecker215 at hotmail.com writes:

This is  true. But right now, and probably for several years to come, it's 
not  feasable to do that without government subsidies. The best way to 
generate  your own power with reasonable expenses is to engineer it yourself. 
 
Although I enjoy that kind of stuff the majority of America does  not.
Donovan


>From: KensCircus at aol.com
>Reply-To:  AustinEV News Announcements and General  
>Discussion<ausev at austinev.org>
>To:  ausev at austinev.org
>Subject: Re: [ausev] Are EV's too one  dimensional?
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:35:06  EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 5/17/2007 1:42:38 PM Central  Daylight Time,
>dbecker215 at hotmail.com writes:
>
>I just  replied to a message under a different subject about how I was  
>living
>up north when that great power outtage happened. This  got me thinking are
>EV's too dependent on one energy source? Have we  stopped to consider the
>potential risks of vehicles getting their  energy from the power grid? We 
>all
>know how powerful the mega  oil companies are; the money,  the corruption,
>the physical and  political power and influence, etc. Have we stopped to
>consider what  will happen if we transfer all this power to energy companies
>that are  already large and powerful. Do we really want one infrastructure
>and  one source of energy for our home, personal vehicles, and  public
>transportation. That's a lot of power and influence all wrapped  up into one
>package. Seriously though, how powerful could a company  like TXU become if
>they control so much. They would have a monopoly on  our daily activities.
> >From turning on the coffee pot in the  morning to driving to work to 
>watching
>tv in the evening, one  company would tell us how much we have to pay for 
>the
>majority  of our daily activities. Do we want to trust these companies with
>that  much?
>
>This is something that I haven't heard anyone talking  about so I thought
>that I would bring it  up.
>
>Donovan
>
>
>That would certainly add  power to TXU and it would be putting a few more
>"eggs in the  basket."
>One difference that I find encouraging, however, is that it is  possible to
>generate your own electricity in a number of different  ways.  It is quite
>difficult, however, to generate your own  gasoline.
>
>Ken
>
>
>
>
>**************************************  See what's free at  
>http://www.aol.com.


>_______________________________________________
>AusEV  mailing  list
>AusEV at austinev.org
>http://www.austinev.org/mailman/listinfo/ausev

_________________________________________________________________
Catch  suspicious messages before you open them—with Windows Live Hotmail.  
http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_
HM_mini_protection_0507


_______________________________________________
AusEV  mailing  list
AusEV at austinev.org
http://www.austinev.org/mailman/listinfo/ausev





Chuck Simms

Director, North Austin M.U.District  #1
e-mail: charlesvsi at aol.com
Phone: 512-331-9630
Cell:  505-331-1237



************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.austinev.org/pipermail/ausev/attachments/20070518/e6479339/attachment.htm