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Finnster · 08.11.2009, 10:12 PM

The EPA is yet to confirm the mileage, as it sound the testing stds need to be worked out.
You would think cost of ownership (minus batts) would be less as there are so many fewer parts to wear out, but time will tell. Batts are going to be the big hurdle for a while.

You would expect costs to be high initially, but come down over time as market and tech matures (true w/ any other tech.) Gas engines have been used for 100yrs, so they have a pretty good headstart.

It would be cool to go to work and back w/ never having to go to gas station. Soon enough.

Lastly, the thing about using FF in powerplants vs burning them in cars is that you can design and maintain a power plant to a high state of efficiency as the power plant is a static environment, and generators do not have to deal w/ wide ranges of operation like a gas engine does (variable rpms, weather, wear, etc etc) as well as have a better point of control for pollution equipment. Huge gains in eff just from that. The downside is loss of power over transmission lines, but that should be more than made up by the former.

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Finnster KillaHurtz Offline Posts: 2,958 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucks Co, PA	08.11.2009, 10:12 PM The EPA is yet to confirm the mileage, as it sound the testing stds need to be worked out. You would think cost of ownership (minus batts) would be less as there are so many fewer parts to wear out, but time will tell. Batts are going to be the big hurdle for a while. You would expect costs to be high initially, but come down over time as market and tech matures (true w/ any other tech.) Gas engines have been used for 100yrs, so they have a pretty good headstart. It would be cool to go to work and back w/ never having to go to gas station. Soon enough. Lastly, the thing about using FF in powerplants vs burning them in cars is that you can design and maintain a power plant to a high state of efficiency as the power plant is a static environment, and generators do not have to deal w/ wide ranges of operation like a gas engine does (variable rpms, weather, wear, etc etc) as well as have a better point of control for pollution equipment. Huge gains in eff just from that. The downside is loss of power over transmission lines, but that should be more than made up by the former.