Thread: Your opinion on electric vehicles
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Old 06-27-2009, 12:22 PM   #137
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Agreed. Nuclear control requires a uniform responsiblity that can not be maintained aross land and time.

We are self centered, arrogant and bigots if we think that we will be able to maintain a sense of responsibility across time. Any containment can be breached by ignorance. The past tells us that all civilizations disappear after a short while, our own word is about to be blown to bits (pun intended). Who will understand our warnings then? The use of such poisons is selfish and pretentious, period. Wez goin' down the drain baby!
There was a fascinating article in the New Scientist (I think about a year ago) dealing with the difficulty of providing signs that would make sense after such long periods of time. (Assuming that the engineering issues could be solved.) One point that came up (I think) was the even if the warnings were understood, would people heed them -- think of the warnings on the tombs of the Eygptian pharaos.

However, I do think that the constrained area of danger that a nuclear dump presents (ignoring the risks in Space 1999) is preferable to the spread out problems of a airborne polution.

Getting back to electric vehicles, I think the have the *potential* to be better for the environment. First off, the power can be generated in better fashions. Secondly, the overall efficiency can be far better than current internal combustion engines.

I am very impressed with the current level of electric vehicles. I rode in a friend's Prius some months back on a standard journey. Compared with my current car, it is about 15% more efficient. Maybe not outstanding, but significant. And my (ordinary) car is pretty good. (We both drive in about the same energy efficient style.)

I also use another type of electric vehicle quite a bit. The train.
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