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boykster:
Oh, and while I don't believe that hybrids are teh solution to our energy prices, I do think they can help reduce the demand for some consumers / demographics.  That said, we just bought a hybrid SUV just before gas prices shot up.  We didn't replace our car specifically to get a hybrid to 'save money', rather we were in the market for a new SUV, and my wife wanted to explore hybrid options.  Not only will the hybrid not save me any $$ monthly on fuel, it will take approximately 70k miles to offset the additional cost of the hybrid vs the non-hybrid model of the SUV we bought (Lexus RX450h vs RX350).

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Thenasty on March 05, 2011, 11:13:31 am ---this is what we need....

WATER powered CAR.


http://wn.com/a_filipino_inventor_created_the_water_car_before_china,_usa_and_japan_took_credit_abs-cbn_news

http://greenchoicesmart.com/videos-water-powered-car-no-more-gasoline-%5BKZOsOB3z3IE%5D.cfm

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:duckhunt

Never gets old  ;D

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: dextercf on March 07, 2011, 02:51:41 am ---I love people saying its soo smart to buy electric cars, cos it's cheat to drive cos of no gas needed  ::)
Still gotta plug it into a socket when you get home, and raise the electrics bill ALOT! :D

Either way

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People miss a few points about electric. The energy it takes to charge your batteries is a lot less per kilometer than to burn petrol in an internal combustion engine, which are normally no more than about 30% efficient. About 70% of your petrol is turned into heat which goes straight out the exhaust! Even if the power plant is coal powered, you will be putting out less pollution than with petrol. As well, the pollution that is put out is concentrated in one area- not filling up your whole city.

The other thing to remember is that power plants have to keep running, and therefore keep producing electricity, even when there's low demand. In those periods, the price to the consumer is dropped (normally in the small hours of the morning). Guess when most people would be charging their cars?

I can't remember the exact cost to 'fill up' the Tesla, but I think it's something like 5 - 10 bucks. Talking of which, they are releasing their Model S next year (",)

http://www.wptz.com/automotive/27111800/detail.html

Oh, and those of you in the states? relax, price of gas there is still heaps less than most other places in the world. I just noticed today that 98 octane here in Brisbane, Australia is $1.65 a litre. That's $6.27 a gallon...

dextercf:
Prices in Norway allso rise, and we produce our own petrol right off our coast..
Prices for 98 octane just tipped 14 NOK ($2,51 with todays exchange rate) a couple weeks ago.

Converted to per gallon that should be $9,5

DillonFoulds:
I was under the impression that electric cars only get about 100km/charge?

My car gets about 700 km/tank. If it's only costing me $7 to charge once, and it's taking 7 times the amount of charges to equal a tank of gas, that's 49$ worth of electricity. That's roughly what it costs to fill my car up with gasoline, anyways?

Are these numbers wrong?

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