[Vwdiesel] Diesel vs hybrid

[David Cook]

You and your engine might be burning less "oil" (gas
or diesel) but your electric plant is burning more to
charge the batteries.

You are simply moving the emissions from your tailpipe
to the power plant.  This is similar to the discussion
about hydrogen vehicles.

However, electricity is relatively cheap in many areas
so that might save you money on the cost to drive your
vehicle.

David

--- William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:

> I read the article you did. It was in the latest or
> Aug. issue of Popular Mechanics. I also agree with
> your other comments, that the issues you brought up
> would likely be brought into the design of a diesel
> hybrid. Also, I admit I was referring to diesel
> engine designs that were 25 to 30 or more years old.
> The best idea is to build plug in hybrids. There is
> a non profit organization here in Calif. that is
> developing them For further details, go to
> www.calcars.org . The basic idea is to build a
> hybrid that has a 40 mile battery range before the
> engine starts up to recharge the batteries. Since a
> majority of trips are less than 40 miles, you could
> upon reaching your destination or return home, you
> could plug it in to recharge your batteries & not
> have to run your engine burning fossil fuel at all.
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David Cook
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