"Califbill" wrote in message
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Actually the new, modern car is not as efficient as the Model T Ford.
More
comfortable, safer, but the Model T averaged 25 mpg. That was a real
average, not an EPA faux number. Our coal and fuel oiled fired power
plants
are not much different technology from 100 years ago. I retired from
the
high tech world. Even hold a patent. So in 40+ years of working in
computers I saw a vast increase in power and efficiency. Cars have
not kept
up. The Prius Hybrid is closer to a technology leap than most other
vehicles. But other than stop and go traffic, there are a bunch of
cars
that get better mileage. Early 1900's had a bunch of electric vehicle
makers. Got about same distance on a charge as a 2012 electric car.
Better
engine efficiency through electronic controls, but about the same
kilowatt
hours available then and now in the car. Until we either build more
nuclear
plants or come up with viable fusion reactors we are not going to be
able to
charge the amount of electric cars you think will be on the road.
Plus the
new batteries need to be much better and a whole lot less toxic to
manufacture.

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Henry Ford originally intended the Model T to run on ethanol. In
fact, he
built a car that ran on Hemp ... a plant of the cannabis species. It
has the
same THC as marijuana, but in lower quantities. Imagine our congested
highways with millions of cars belching out THC laden vapors.

Might take the edge off of rush hour commutes.

Eisboch