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size=2>Joby,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343034302-15082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think the answer is the same as why we do EV conversions. Many hard
problems are solved because a wide variety of people look for ways to solve
them. We only remember about the winners. Every EV conversion is a
innovation seed. Every EV conversion is a drop of water in a wave of
innovation. You pick the analogy... the point is that lots of people
thinking = break through.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343034302-15082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If EVs
were all basically the same (like ICE cars today) then that would be a true
waste! I love seeing all the innovative ways that EV converters and *new*
car companies are trying to solve transportation. If you like cars, this
is a great time to be playing!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343034302-15082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>OT PS:
I don't think that there is any clear winner (e.g.: fission) for power
generation at this point.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343034302-15082008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Rob</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ausev-bounces@austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces@austinev.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Joby Wieser<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ausev@austinev.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ausev] AusEV Digest, Vol 31, Issue
8<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>It’s easy to say “We should develop
alternative energy”, but how do you propose that would happen?<SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The PV industry has been working
hard for that cost /KW manufacturing breakthrough that would make solar
cost effective for 40 years with very slow improvement.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Wind farms only work in
certain areas and they are far far away from population centers which is
why T Boone wants the Feds to get into the transmission line business
and even if he gets it built there still has to be a conventional power
plant idling on line to back up the wing generation because sometimes
the wind just stops blowing like it did for an hour this last march
which triggered a capacity emergency that came very close to tripping
off large interruptible customers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>As Wind generation becomes a larger percentage of the total
generation mix this problem will increase without higher levels of
spinning reserve.</FONT>
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face="Times New Roman">The bottom line is that the only economic
alternative to fossil fuels, Is Fission fuel. Nuclear generation
combined with an effective battery technology allowing more people to
use electric cars that would be charged at night when demand is
otherwise low is our best hope.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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