[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: I gotcher donor car right here

[Speireag Alden]

On 2007, Dec 16, at 13:57, Lawrence Lile wrote:

> So it looks like your conversion timetable is similar to mine.   
> i.e. Not now.

     Not now.  Got to pay building debt down, and then save up toward  
the car.  I have an account established, and once the current car  
debt is zero, the payment will go into that account, toward an  
electric car, so that when the current guzzler finally goes, it can  
be replaced with an electric.  This is, I hope, at least five years  
out.  By then I'm hoping that the new batteries will be widespread,  
and electric vehicles will be easier to come by.  We'll see.

> My buddy Jim says I should wait for Lithium Titanate nano-batteries  
> to really hit the market, he thinks that within 5 years they will  
> replace lead-acid in electric vehicles.  So far, they look totally  
> out of reach, i.e. I don't even know where to buy one, and if you  
> need less than a traincarload, you are on the wait list.

     That's probably a good sign, actually.  That means that supply  
and demand will be bringing production up, and costs down, and  
eventually they'll be within budget for us.

> BUt if you buy wind power off the grid (many utilities including  
> mine are doing this now) and charge up your car, you're way ahead.

     One of the reasons I want to get the basic grid connection, and  
a solar system, in place is that I could charge from the grid for a  
car, and then gradually and steadily add panels until someday I'm  
overproducing.  I think it would make it easier to spend a hundred or  
so on a panel and frame every few months, and realize the benefits  
immediately, than to drop $20,000+ on a system large enough to keep  
up with a car.

-Speireag.