Courtesy Autoblog Green: An excellent Infographic on electric Vehicle Usage Costs

I seriously wish that someone in New Delhi, especially in the Energy Ministry and in the Planning Commission would read this. The fact is that electric vehicles do not have the range that gasoline vehicles do because they are slow to charge. But, for more than 90% of daily commuting, they are more than adequate. The fact also is that they are very cheap to run. Even mains supplied electricity costs vastly less than filling the tank up daily, and, if you use solar power to charge your car, you don't even pay for electricity.

Now, wait a minute - I hear skeptics like energy policcy specialist and all round idiot N N Sachitanand in India blabber about how inefficient solar PVs are. I've got news for these bozos and I've posted this on my other blog. A North Carolina solar panel manufacturing company has exceeded the efficiency of even the most advanced diesel engines. I also have information that Japan's Sharp Corporation (a division of Panasonic now) are planning to introduce their own very high efficiency solar panels in 2013 with efficiency levels competing with internal combustion engines. And, the "fuel" used in these solar systems, I must remind the anti solar bozos, is free.

Courtesy Autoblog Green: An excellent Infographic on electric Vehicle Usage Costs

I seriously wish that someone in New Delhi, especially in the Energy Ministry and in the Planning Commission would read this. The fact is that electric vehicles do not have the range that gasoline vehicles do because they are slow to charge. But, for more than 90% of daily commuting, they are more than adequate. The fact also is that they are very cheap to run. Even mains supplied electricity costs vastly less than filling the tank up daily, and, if you use solar power to charge your car, you don't even pay for electricity.

Now, wait a minute - I hear skeptics like energy policcy specialist and all round idiot N N Sachitanand in India blabber about how inefficient solar PVs are. I've got news for these bozos and I've posted this on my other blog. A North Carolina solar panel manufacturing company has exceeded the efficiency of even the most advanced diesel engines. I also have information that Japan's Sharp Corporation (a division of Panasonic now) are planning to introduce their own very high efficiency solar panels in 2013 with efficiency levels competing with internal combustion engines. And, the "fuel" used in these solar systems, I must remind the anti solar bozos, is free.

Kuwaiti study: Conventional oil to peak in 2014 — Autoblog Green

Kuwaiti study: Conventional oil to peak in 2014 — Autoblog Green

For the first time, an Arab country has admitted that the world's oil supplies are close to peaking. I seriously wonder if ANY of India's politicians / planners have the foresight to consider the implications of this admission by one of the world's leading oil producers? In the short term, this will mean that oil prices will skyrocket. In the long term, it will mean that the future will belong to countries that are prepared for a mainly post oil era. Yes, some morons will talk about converting coal to gasoline or of gasifying coal and using it in conventional engines. The smart brains will be working to wean themselves off oil and coal altogether and work on wind, solar or other sources of energy.

It will be interesting to watch this develop - I am going to wait and see if any Indian media outlet even takes cognizance of this Kuwaiti admission.