On 2 May 2015 at 23:00, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > Distributed electrical utility is far more efficient than every little node > meeting peak demand. It just requires people to share, and to value that > efficiency enough to engage in collective collaborative activity. >
To me, the idea of an electric cooperative has strong appeal. However, the pessimist in me says that if such a movement ever really got going in a big way, the commercial power producers would call in their lobbying chips and have at it. If ISPs can get laws passed against cities developing internet service, surely utilities can get laws passed against co-ops providing electric service. > I DO believe that some Li ion cells can be operated to last at least 10 > years, some types probably 20. There is science to back this up. New > testing with good correlation to reality. > Maybe you and I are just using different language for this, but we need knowledge, not faith. We can get real knowledge of whether some (many?) kinds of lithium batteries last 10-20 years. However, it'll take 10-20 years. Accelerated life testing is useful, but it's not the final answer. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
