[Fanman Posted Apr 24th 2008 11:01AM]

Which jenius designed an eco friendly car that is powered by electricity from a coal fired power station?

[andrewh12 Posted Apr 24th 2008 11:48AM]

That would be the Norwegian engineers that live in a country where 100% of the energy comes from hydroelectric power stations.

Also, Norway happens to be the world's 3rd largest exporter of oil, and 4th largest exporter of natural gas. So we are not exactly aching for you to stop buying gasoline..

[Jon Doe. (Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2008 11:51AM]

#1 - Who says it is coming from a coal source instead of nuke, wind, or water?

#2 - Having power being drawn from a single source makes future advances easier to implement. Read: More efficient nuke plants, "cleaner" (Yah I gag on that word too) coal, etc vs. needing to roll out new power plants to 50,000+ cars.

#3...because its better then nothing?

[Fanman Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:15PM]

Hydrogen power is the way forward. Honda are well into getting something produced, and there all ready hydrogen cars doing above 200mph.

It's going to take a lot more than the prospect of an easier conversion later on for me to pay that much money for something that will be rendered useless if we run out of oil before we get sparky and his freinds out of the trees and convert to nuclear power. Sorry :(

[Greg (Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:39PM]

Fanman, hydrogen isn't a power source. You'd still need a coal, nuke, wind, solar, hydro, etc. plant to get the hydrogen into usable form.

[ZeroCorpse Posted Apr 24th 2008 12:52PM]

Just as an example, I get a 30-mile range on my electric bike from a charge using *less* than 25 cents worth of electricity.

So, I'd imagine a 110-mile range would be about $1.10 worth of electricity, give or take.

That's not very much fuel at your electric plant. That's miniscule. That's less than it takes to power your computer on standby for a day.

[psyclotron Posted Apr 24th 2008 1:13PM]

drink drink drink that hydrogen flavored kool aid!