Why Dont Car Manufacturers Do Away With Combustion And Harness The Power Of Solar Energy?
I just read this article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/107535/volt-vs-prius-which-wil-be-cheaper-to-drive??mod=family-autos
If some people are worried about electricity charges regarding the 230 mpg Chrysler Volt why don’t they harness solar power? They state a consumers electricity bill may rise by $321 in a year.
I’m amazed most manufactures havent harnessed the power of solar energy, its free and clean…and do away with combustion all together. I mean may lose jobs but this needed change may also lead to more jobs.
First its the CHevy Volt…..Second its the Chrysler EV……Third bio-diesel is the only realistic way to go…….Forth would you rather pay $321 more to the electric company or would you rather dish out $2000 to an oil company…….
You assume that solar power is actually efficient in regards to cost outlay.
That would be wrong.
That is why petroleum based fuels are still around. Abundant, rather cheap, and do the job as well as anything out there.
Wind power? No. Anyone who knows their laws regarding fans (that’s what windmill is…a fan) knows that fan speed (and output) is a cubed function of air speed. So, when wind speed drops by half (1/2), fan output decreases to 1/8 (1/2^3) of what it was. So much for that argument.
Besides, if green economies are so great, what about California? I mean…they only ran off all their manufacturing (Toyota is leaving that NUMMI Plant ASAP), taxed every other industry to death and into leaving, and it’s still an expensive place to do anything in.
Yay.
Every want to drive at night? Ha! — Kidding…
Problem is our technology today would require a GIANT solar panel in order to recharge the deep cycle batteries used for electric cars. For now, it’s much cheaper to simply pay a nominal upcharge to the power company for an overnight recharge.
The most practical way to power a car with solar energy is to grow algae or Jatropha out in the sun and make bio diesel fuel from it.
It’s a good idea, but the problem is getting enough solar panels in a small area to power a car any distance.
The problem of sol;ar is that it takes a lot of area to convert power to run a car and sol;ar cannot be used as is, it must be converted to DC and stored in batteries.
Only a limited number of jobs would be lost, cars will still be made and putting electric motors together is not much different form IC engines, there are clearances to to be met.
Not all cars will be small, Cadillac Escalade is already available in hybrid getting 24MPG in the city.