Updated continuously by citizens like you, Newsvine is an instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment.
Article Source: Think Progressby Randy Essex, cross-posted from the Rocky Mountain Institute
With Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, chokepoint for the passage of 17 percent of globally traded oil, this is a good time to introduce myself to Outlet readers. This set of issues—oil addiction and the vehicle-centric, land-abusing society it engenders—has a lot to do with why I joined RMI as editorial director after a 30-year newspaper career.
Randy Essex
These decades-old ideas, which have not yet made us secure and leave us to depend on the continued stability of Saudi Arabia, of course do nothing to address the environmental and economic risks of continued fossil fuel dependency. We urgently need a new storyline, such as the Reinventing Fire vision of freeing the U.S. from fossil fuels by 2050, with business leading the way.
Now, the U.S. burns 13 million barrels of oil a day at a cost of $2 billion. That oil dependence also incurs hidden costs totaling roughly $1.5 trillion a year, or 12 percent of GDP.
#1 - Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:56 PM ESTThough I am stating the obvious.
We need energy independence and we need a cleaner environment. The hope is the electric vehicles will get rid of the fumes and exhaust associated with fossil fumes.
I am not an expert in the area. Though my own thoughts are like these. I want electrical vehicles to be the main transport system in america.
How do it? We know how batteries work. The battery is made up of 6 main parts. We have the housing of the battery, The anode and cathode and electrolyte solution and the two different types of plates connected to the anode and cathode.
That is not an exactly detailed description. We need to make this work in the market place. Id like a policy of battery development where we have liquid anode, liquid cathode and liquid electrode or some combination of these to be refilled at the gas station. What ever it takes it get it to work. Why this system? It allows each part to separately worked on and the energy is replaced quickly.
That is what I believe is needed to make the electric vehicle battery economy work.
#2 - Mon Jan 9, 2012 11:41 PM ESTYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
Log In | Register
