shmessy

I've been talking up this guy here since 2007. This is a very exciting time in history.

Good read:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/ma...ewanted=1&_r=1

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Real World

Hydrogen is a much more plausible alternative. I just don't see electric vehicles as being practical. I could be wrong, but the energy you'd need, and the availability of refueling pose big time problems. Maybe in very urban area's, there could be a market for them, but I don't see wide scale usage, certainly anytime soon.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
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shmessy

I'm not being sarcastic, but did you read the link? I found it to be very in depth and an interesting piece.

One of the main points in the article centers around current limitations on range and, precisely, what Better Place is implementing (5 minute replacement stations, dedicated GPS systems with unique info regarding range to replacement stations, etc. in each car).

Keep in mind, however, the range limitations are CURRENT - - battery range development keeps extending every 6-12 months, so it will never be as big an impediment as it is right now.

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scout

That guy is impressive.
I believe, if you took a dozen of Shai Agassi's and an unlimited budget, they would have a solution to our transportation dilemma within five years.
Yes, an unlimited budget. Whatever amount of money that they spend would be recaptured many times over.

patsfan13

How many nuke and coal power plants will be required to provide all this electricity? How much to upgrade the power grid?

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shmessy

From the article:

"So where does Agassi’s Better Place fit into this electric universe? Because Agassi plans to buy only “clean” electricity, from wind and solar farms, Better Place customers will be, in theory, producing nearly zero emissions."

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patsfan13

ok how many windmills, and solar panels?

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

shmessy

A whole lot.

Am I correct in guessing that you are considering the CURRENT capabilities of wind and solar and not taking into account the fact that those technologies are also exponentially improving year over year?

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shmessy

BTW, Agassi giving a 17 minute talk at the TED2009 conference in February in California:

Better Place || Press Room || Videos Detail || Shai Agassi At Ted 2009

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patsfan13

I am thinking about the density of BTU of each technology I am also thinking about the damage to bird populations that would ensue from a massive number of windmills in an area with enough wind and the protest from the NIMBY crowd (think a windmill farm off the coast of the cape for example) or the protest of the greenies in CA when a solar farm was to be installed in the desert...

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."