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To: Snowshoe who wrote (57070)	10/29/2009 4:57:54 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 218197

Kind of expensive "swarm." From Popular Mechanics: HAWTHORNE, CALIF. – It's not hard to see the drawbacks of the Tesla Roadster. Though the tiny electric sports car has plenty of speed, its two-seat configuraton and $109,000 price tag will keep it out of most garages. But the Tesla Model S sedan unveiled at SpaceX headquarters yesterday seeks to change all that and, by late 2011, offer a commercially viable electric-powered sedan that seats seven, for $57,400. That's still not an inexpensive automobile. But the figure does dip to $49,400 after the maximum $7,500 Federal Tax Credit for plug-in electric vehicles kicks in. We took a look inside Tesla's ambitious sedan. —Basem Wasef

To: Snowshoe who wrote (57070)	10/30/2009 2:34:33 AM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218197

The Tesla roadster gets its energy from the grid which in turn gets its energy from a carbon source. So what you are saying is that coal and natural gas will indirectly provide the energy for cars and trucks. Maybe. Sounds plausible. Of course the conversion has a cost. Carbon source ----> Grid ----> Vehicle. This compares with our present system: Oil ----> Gasoline ----> Vehicle. The very important question is: which way is cheaper? I don't know the answer to that. In the longest run, our carbon source, including the tar sands, will be exhausted and the grid will get its energy from wind, hydropower, geothermal, etc. Seeker of Truth