Comments on: The Sustainable, Rechargable Electric Car: Japan Takes Up the Challenge http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 06:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Cool Energy’s SolarHeart Brings Solar Power to Cold Climates : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-1674 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:53:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-1674 […] a two-piston Stirling under the seat, and Mitsubishi is looking into infrastructure support for its MiEV electric car, including a solar thermal dish hooked up to a Stirling […]

]]> By: Uncle B http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-1673 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:15:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-1673 Will the Japanese facts and figures extrapolate to America? I doubt it very much! First they are a more compact, less extravagant nation, second they don’t have to lug around 200 to 300 pounds of excess body weight per mind, as Americans do! I think wind, solar and nuclear plans will tailor to Japanese needs well. As for the average American, he needs quite a few acres of prime farmland just to provide him with the meat he eats daily to survive! This is what the (GRD) great republican depression is really all about – the resources are drying up faster than the people are dying off, and attrition by disease has been eliminated in the U.S., save for AIDS! We have a very heavy, high consuming, high producing population, looking for work in a country where most jobs have gone off-shore and there is economic chaos! Japanese solutions to American problems are like comparing apples to spaceships!

]]> By: Uncle B http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-18118 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-18118 Will the Japanese facts and figures extrapolate to America? I doubt it very much! First they are a more compact, less extravagant nation, second they don’t have to lug around 200 to 300 pounds of excess body weight per mind, as Americans do! I think wind, solar and nuclear plans will tailor to Japanese needs well. As for the average American, he needs quite a few acres of prime farmland just to provide him with the meat he eats daily to survive! This is what the (GRD) great republican depression is really all about – the resources are drying up faster than the people are dying off, and attrition by disease has been eliminated in the U.S., save for AIDS! We have a very heavy, high consuming, high producing population, looking for work in a country where most jobs have gone off-shore and there is economic chaos! Japanese solutions to American problems are like comparing apples to spaceships!

]]> By: Brian Jackson http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-1672 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:23:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-1672 Over hyping electric cars is difficult to do given the multitude of advantages they have over internal combustion engine (ICE) powered cars. Electric cars have the ability to store energy generated by wind and solar. They have the ability to use energy that is otherwise wasted off peak. They have reasonable or equal range to ICE-powered cars. They pollute less than ICE-powered cars even when the energy source is primarily coal, they are quieter and require less maintenance. They are cheaper to “refuel”. They don’t require that we practice questionable foreign policy. The list goes on for ever.

The question that Mitsubishi is answering is not one of whether or not electric cars are the solution. Companies like Mitsubishi perform these tests so that they can get the specifics straight. Exactly HOW MUCH energy can an EV redeliver to the grid. HOW cheap is the “refueling”. HOW MUCH less pollution does an EV emit when it is recharged from a primarily coal-fired infrastructure, etc. Again, the advantages of an EV are well understood. The magnitude of the advantages and how best to exploit them is really what is in question.

]]> By: Brian Jackson http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-18117 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-18117 Over hyping electric cars is difficult to do given the multitude of advantages they have over internal combustion engine (ICE) powered cars. Electric cars have the ability to store energy generated by wind and solar. They have the ability to use energy that is otherwise wasted off peak. They have reasonable or equal range to ICE-powered cars. They pollute less than ICE-powered cars even when the energy source is primarily coal, they are quieter and require less maintenance. They are cheaper to “refuel”. They don’t require that we practice questionable foreign policy. The list goes on for ever.

The question that Mitsubishi is answering is not one of whether or not electric cars are the solution. Companies like Mitsubishi perform these tests so that they can get the specifics straight. Exactly HOW MUCH energy can an EV redeliver to the grid. HOW cheap is the “refueling”. HOW MUCH less pollution does an EV emit when it is recharged from a primarily coal-fired infrastructure, etc. Again, the advantages of an EV are well understood. The magnitude of the advantages and how best to exploit them is really what is in question.

]]> By: Khurt http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-1671 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:28:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-1671 Wow! Someone is actually willing to do the work find out what is practical and what is not instead of over hyping EV cars!!

I can’t wait to buy a household stirling engine.

]]> By: Khurt http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/09/the-sustainable-rechargable-electric-car-japan-takes-up-the-challenge/#comment-18116 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:28:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=642#comment-18116 Wow! Someone is actually willing to do the work find out what is practical and what is not instead of over hyping EV cars!!

I can’t wait to buy a household stirling engine.

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