Power Plant Construction Cost << 2% of Liquid Fuel Cost Over

[David P.]

"Rod Speed" &lt;rod.speed....@gmail.com&gt; wrote:

(David P.) wrote:
"Rod Speed" &lt;rod.speed....@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
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Thats why it makes a lot more sense to stop wasting natural
gas on heating houses and to heat the houses with electricity
from nukes and use the natural gas in cars. And when the
natural gas is getting low, use hydrogen from nukes in cars.

Also makes a lot of sense to limit longevity by stopping
the suppression of influenza, so we stop wasting energy
on the growing percentage of demented, Alzheimers,
invalids, etc.

Makes more sense to do what the chinese do with their drunks, bullet
in the back of the neck and send the bill for the bullet to the relos.

That ain't gonna happen. You watch.
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[Bret Cahill]

That ain't gonna happen. ďż˝

In spades.

You watch.

You couldn't bs your way out of a wet Rod Speed cardboard box.


Bret Cahill

 

[Rod Speed]

Bret Cahill wrote

A system for changing a battery in under 5 minutes would be very simple to design.

Pure fantasy.

Why hasn't anyone done that with common electric fork lift battery stations?

Because they don't need to.

No one cares about warehouse productivity?

They just charge them when the forklift isnt needed like overnight etc.

Those that need 24/7 forklifts dont use electric forklifts.

Motorists don't want a post modern car so the battery compartment
must have a pretty door that must not be damaged by either
collision or dripping fluids when opened. ?High current [large]
lugs must be disconnected. ?The heavy battery must be mechanically
secured when in motion so some kind of clamp must be disconnected.
The entire process reversed for the installation.

All of which could be done in a couple of minutes, using the
kind of technology already being used on production lines.

Consumers generally don't want to be part of a production line.

Of course it won't be economically viable to do that until there are
lots of people wanting to change batteries quickly.

That's the _real_ problem with battery charging stations:

How to deal with lots and lots of large batteries.

Your battery charging "shack" would require at least an order of magnitude
more land than the typical gas station just to recharge the batteries.

Not when they are recharged at the rate the batterys in hybrid vehicles charge them.

And instead of one or 2 or zero attendants the charging /
rental station would need at least a half dozen workers
to move the fresh batteries out to the drive through area

And since the batteries only last 1/3rd the distance
of liquid fuel you are talking 3X more stations.

Mindlessly superficial. The current liquid fuel station spacing isnt determined by that.

 

[Bret Cahill]

A system for changing a battery in under 5 minutes would be very simple
to
design.

Why hasn't anyone done that with common electric fork lift battery
stations?

Because they don't need to.

No one cares about warehouse productivity?

Motorists don't want a post modern car so the battery compartment must
have a pretty door that must not be damaged by either collision or
dripping fluids when opened. �High current [large] lugs must be
disconnected. �The heavy battery must be mechanically secured when in
motion so some kind of clamp must be disconnected. �The entire process
reversed for the installation.

All of which could be done in a couple of minutes, using the kind of
technology already being used on production lines.

Consumers generally don't want to be part of a production line.

Of course it won't be economically viable to do that until there are lots of
people wanting to change batteries quickly.

That's the _real_ problem with battery charging stations:

How to deal with lots and lots of large batteries.

Your battery charging "shack" would require at least an order of
magnitude more land than the typical gas station just to recharge the
batteries.

And instead of one or 2 or zero attendants the charging / rental
station would need at least a half dozen workers to move the fresh
batteries out to the drive through area

And since the batteries only last 1/3rd the distance of liquid fuel
you are talking 3X more stations.


Bret Cahill