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On 4 Apr 2006 at 15:35, Steven Ayres wrote: > DaveH=> poor heating on their vehicles - that's probably the single > => over-riding reason for not bothering with pure electric vehicles. > > That's an interesting point. So the *inefficiency* of combustion engines > (in terms of waste heat) is a critical criterion for marketabillity! > > Seems like there should be another way to address that problem, like > more efficient electric heat elements. Electric heating elements are already 100% efficient--not much room for improvement. Turning energy into heat is always efficient. Maybe this is the "upside" of global warming. ;-p -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~