Re: wouldn't it be wonderful (across the pond)

[Paul G <neong@gte.net>]

>At 03:20 PM 8/29/98 -1100, soisland@gte.net wrote:
>>if people would stop trying to compare our EV problems with solutions
>>from some country that would fit inside a    state     as     huge
>>as     New Jersey, and where they have tiny roads and it costs over
>>$3.00 a gallon for gas.please keep things in perspective of ouirs needs.
>>
>I believe that is the perspective of OUR needs, We currently enjoy the
>luxury of inexpensive gasoline ( I remember gas at 13 cents a gal) currently
>$1.29 and the refinery and oil wells are right here. The needs for electric
>vehiles here in Wyoming is for RANGE, gas stations are 25 miles or more
>apart (in some areas)
>vehile traffic is low on the freeways. (Imagine driving from Cheyenne to
>Casper, about 185 miles, and maybe seeing 5 to 7 cars on the interstate).
>
>Wyoming has 251,000 sq kilomiters (96,000 sq miles) and less than 400,000
>people.
>
>A hybrid system makes sense here, HI POWER DENSITY batterys make sense here,
>LIGHT WEIGHT vehiles make sense here, HI PAYLOAD CAPACITY makes sense here.
>If some other country has plans or desins that are adaptable , then great,
>we all
>share the information.
>
>ralph

To disregard ideas from across the pond as not "in perspective of ouirs
needs" here in the US is unfair. Many of us here will find that our needs
are more like their needs, rather than yours. Its not so simple in a
country as large as the USA.

Personally I live in a rather large town and very close to a major US city
(Seattle WA). A twenty mile range and 50 mph top speed would cover most of
my driving. A 100 mile range and a 70mph top speed would cover everything
I've driven this year except for the Portland EV awareness day and the trip
900 miles south to see my grandparents. I suffered both of those in a Geo
Metro (not bad Portland and back, but very annoying on the longer run). 1/2
of the US population lives within 50 miles of salt water. That 1/2, myself
included, live in a very different setting compared to those who live
inland.

Neon