[lit-ideas] Re: Unable to deliver your message

  • From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 23:31:37 -0400

>
> Has anyone in Portland gone to the Ecomotion dealership, yet?  They are
> selling electric cars--and I keep thinking the ZAK sedan for $10,000 looks
> interesting and reasonable for a teenage boy next year...(and 40 miles per
> hour--it's for the city, after all--there is one that goes 70 mph but not as
> nice looking--at least from the pictures nor does it seat four)  They just
> opened this dealership--wondered how it was doing.
>

I want to know how many watts of electricity per mile it uses. I can't find
that ANYWHERE. My guess is that in the end, it will use just as much, if not
more "energy" as a gasoline engine. It'll make you feel good driving it, but
you are still adding number to your blessed "carbon footprint".

paul

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