A look at electric cars, pluggable hybrids, biodiesel and home solar. A condensed version of an "extras" video from "Who Killed the Electric Car?" DVD, a fascinating documentary, available from the usual sources, like Amazon and Netflix.
See ioUSAthemovie, visit the YouTube site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0E-fwdyS-w
Healthcare Fails American Workers, Now 3rd World Charity Offers Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4kbag-f3K8
You choose! U.S. Health Care reform vs Successful Health Care systems of Taiwan and Switzerland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIOScgO-W0
bis-Phenol A, Food Containers, Effects on humans, Gov't Regs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wXGrzDIcr8
Our Corrupt Government, Failing to Protect, Serve and Lead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gEYDz7uCWA
Presidential Election and the Supreme Court
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFM0DEbN1cQ
John C. Bogel and Moyers, Capitalism and Democracy Pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jNpQOKLA1U
Fall of Rome vs Failure of American Politics and Economy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGGm4GQAq4
A worrisome 20/20 report on American education and failing schools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw
PBS Bill Moyers' personal take on Karl Rove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdUZA-yWvE
"Where Does the Money Go?", National Debt, Bill Moyers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziBazBcOD_4
Iraq Cost Accounting, Bill Moyers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG9kYsw8Jkc
Earmarks, Washington Contributions, Corruption pt1, Moyers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahhHlSf-q7w
Free Lunch, Corp Welfare, Bill Moyers and David Cay Johnston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUNHwZVgLB8
conversion is too expensive for the average person. biodiesel is a bad idea considering the food shortages in this world... i wouldn't want to sacrifice fuel for my body to stay alive in order to fuel my car...
i'd say plug-in hybrids are the best options if full blown electric vehicles are not available....
elnegrobembon 1 year ago
Also, as far as selling back to the grid, show me one company that gives you either money or credit for having more current going out than coming in, and I'll show you some beachfront property in Arizona. (Since you seem a little facts challenged, let me clue you in--there ISN'T any.)
If you want to go off grid, then you don't pay anyone for juice. Otherwise, you still are charged maintenance fees by the elec company. You're just not charged for power. They don't buy it back...not here.
cecilbdml 2 years ago
The energy needed to hydrolize water real-time would be more than the batteries to run the electric motor directly. Not a viable solution. Having an infrastructure makes more sense. By the by, it would take AN INFRASTRUCTURE to make electric cars viable as well, considering in America, we actually have topography (for folks in Darwin, that means mountains)...something most of Australia lacks.
I'm not sure how geo helps the car situation, by the way...hard to carry one with you.
cecilbdml 2 years ago
you forget mate. That the only reason people are proposing hydrogen cars as a solution is that they can continue to make billions of dollars from the infrastructure.
What they should be working on is Converting the water into hydrogen in the car whilst running the motor. That would elminate the storage of bomb tanks in your car. In australia you can sell excess energy back to the grid its not uncommon. Thanks for being ignorant. Also find out what Geothermal energy is. It is the future.
Bradtomshore 2 years ago
because the people in power want to see a swift destruction of a once beautiful planet they do not care about things like economy and freedom our leaders are concerned about profit. They make me sick I no why my wife ripped up her voters card because our world is seeing it's last days we will not change greed is out of control
TheSeaMyst 2 years ago
First of all, I don't know of a single electric company that pays you BACK if you have 'excess' current...also, home generation technology via solar and wind is NOT there, as those technologies are STILL dependent on hydrocarbon-based generation.
The only promising alternative I've seen THUS far, is the Honda Clarity, but it still requires a parallel infrastructure for hydrogen. The thing it has over batteries, is the that it actually comes close to the energy density of hydrocarbon fuels.
cecilbdml 2 years ago