[Homestead] Two ranchers get together to chat

Don Bowen don.bowen at earthlink.net
Sun May 18 15:14:07 EDT 2008


>I listen to the praises of electric cars and why didn't we develop and
>manufacture them decades ago.
We did.  In the early 1900s when automobiles where just becoming available 
for more people, companies like Detroit Electric produced thousands of 
electric cars and trucks.  The electric was much more reliable and easier to 
operate than the gasoline engine automobiles.  But as gasoline engines 
became more reliable and the electric starter became more available, 
electrics lost popularity and have mostly faded from the scene.

>Some day maybe the nut will crack and we will look at some other solution
>rather than just another way to leap into the saddle and go where we will.
Most of what you read is based on maintaining the current system.  Just 
replace the trip to the gas pump with a nightly charge and we can all 
continue running around as we see fit.  What is needed is a complete change 
in the way we do things.  Rather than jetting back and forth across the 
country, more  business needs to be done locally and remotely.  Rather than 
long distance personal auto trips we need to revitalize our rail and mass 
transit systems.  Rather than food being shipped from half way around the 
world we need to eat locally and seasonally.  Many changes needed but few 
are addressing them.

Don Bowen      KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html 



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