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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (4019)1/7/2009 3:18:16 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
The difference is that Mindmelt says we should deny the oil industry any subsidies at all, which would include denying them access to places like ANWR and off-shore areas currently prohibited.

Hum, I've never seen him say that. But there are probably places that are worth more protected than the marginal production of oil.

,i>Face it, aside from those like you who don't drive long distances in your Tesla, few people will wish to trust a all-electric plug-in for their daily commute.

I don't 'face that' at all. I for one would love an electric 'city car'. 90 mile range would be perfect, 70 mile range would be acceptable. You could probably do that with non-Lithium batteries and some creativity.

But EVEN RIGHT NOW the cost of Lithium Battery packs is about $10K even WITHOUT the pending global demand that would come from a worldwide gov't subsidized "command" transition. This would likely make Lithium prices skyrocket even further and undermine the economic attractiveness, regardless of whatever domestic production we might bring back online.

$10k sounds like a lot, but amortized over the life of the batteries it's not that expensive (especially with "fuel" cost savings). Isn't there supposed to be a huge lithium find in SA, I think Chile? And aren't lithium batteries able to be recycled? It's got to be easier to mine lithium than to deep sea drill for oil.
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