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Old 03-14-2009, 09:39 AM   #6 (permalink)
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They have a pretty cheap solar setup for charging your car. $995. If you wanted it to charge faster, you would need to spend more like $3000-$4000. That would be for free "gas" for like 40 years. Not a bad deal, and the big batteries that store the extra sun power can last a very long time too (like 20 years). Then it's TRULY ZERO EMISSIONS.

Try that with gas. Hmm... With my new car, I guess I'll get the extra fancy $20,000 feature (transferable to any new car you may get) of the non-polluting free gas for 40 years that is from that secret endless supply that doesn't benefit psycho dictators.

Lots of people would pay that. Why not $3000-$4000 for solar? Limited range? Charging time? Come on Lithium Iron Phosphate! The technonogy is theoretically capable of 90% charge in 1 minute. 200-300 mile range is doable.
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