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On 2007-11-08, wrote:
Electric transportation will never be viable until and unless a dramatic
advance in battery technology is made that will enable electric cars
to go 200-400 miles and power all the trucks on the interstate.

To be pedantic, *personal* electric transportation. Over here in
Rightpondia, electric transportation has been viable for frieght and
mass transport for decades. Here's a picture of such transport hauling a
load of frieght:
http://jasonrodhouse.fotopic.net/p43333298.html

Aviation is probably the hardest nut to crack - it requires a portable
and highly energy dense fuel - batteries probably never will crack it.
It'll always need a fuel with similar energy density characteristics as
diesel or gasoline.

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Dylan Smith writes:

Aviation is probably the hardest nut to crack - it requires a portable
and highly energy dense fuel - batteries probably never will crack it.
It'll always need a fuel with similar energy density characteristics as
diesel or gasoline.

Hydrogen springs to mind, but storing it safely and in small volumes is
problmatic.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Dylan Smith writes:

Aviation is probably the hardest nut to crack - it requires a portable
and highly energy dense fuel - batteries probably never will crack it.
It'll always need a fuel with similar energy density characteristics as
diesel or gasoline.

Hydrogen springs to mind, but storing it safely and in small volumes is
problmatic.


Been done, fjukkwit.



Bertie

Dylan Smith wrote:
On 2007-11-08, wrote:
Electric transportation will never be viable until and unless a dramatic
advance in battery technology is made that will enable electric cars
to go 200-400 miles and power all the trucks on the interstate.

To be pedantic, *personal* electric transportation. Over here in
Rightpondia, electric transportation has been viable for frieght and
mass transport for decades. Here's a picture of such transport hauling a
load of frieght:
http://jasonrodhouse.fotopic.net/p43333298.html

Sure, it works great in some circumstances, especially when the
distances are trivial.

How do you get lettuce from the field in Fresno to the supermarket
in San Diego, much less Chicago?

Aviation is probably the hardest nut to crack - it requires a portable
and highly energy dense fuel - batteries probably never will crack it.
It'll always need a fuel with similar energy density characteristics as
diesel or gasoline.

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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Jim Pennino

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writes:

Sure, it works great in some circumstances, especially when the
distances are trivial.

Distances aren't that much of a problem, and many electrified lines extend for
great distances.

Additionally, a small fraction of a network tends to handle a large fraction
of the traffic, and only that small fraction need be electrified.

The advantage of electrification is that you can haul heavier loads with
electric locomotives.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

writes:

Sure, it works great in some circumstances, especially when the
distances are trivial.

Distances aren't that much of a problem, and many electrified lines
extend for great distances.

Additionally, a small fraction of a network tends to handle a large
fraction of the traffic, and only that small fraction need be
electrified.

The advantage of electrification is that you can haul heavier loads
with electric locomotives.



Wrong again fjukkwit.


bertie