tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post794444636040810849..comments2024-01-26T10:25:48.047-08:00Comments on shrimplate: The Race Is Onshrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-51552039272505494992008-07-15T08:39:00.000-07:002008-07-15T08:39:00.000-07:00I'm looking forward to the disappearance of the on...I'm looking forward to the disappearance of the one-car one-person commuter traffic altogether. Mass transit will do so many favors to us all.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-16082206164936489452008-07-14T07:27:00.000-07:002008-07-14T07:27:00.000-07:00Very cool. Hopefully it will start an avalanche of...Very cool. Hopefully it will start an avalanche of change by the major manufacturers. But you never know. There are other forces at work besides market demand. If customers wanting a car was enough, the EV1 would still be made.dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-39047979331704746162008-07-14T06:23:00.000-07:002008-07-14T06:23:00.000-07:00As something of a Car Guy, I love both these ideas...As something of a Car Guy, I love both these ideas. But the Chevy is better suited for where we're headed--and indeed Toyota will be there very shortly with something similar.<BR/><BR/>All credit to Toyota for doing the hard work to make their technological marvel so user-friendly and workable; from where they are now w/ the Prius to where Chevy is aiming the Volt is a small step compared to the big jump the Prius represents.<BR/><BR/>I think the solution to our transportation issues will not be found primarily with public transit--we're simply too spread out. But with an improvement in battery technology, we can concentrate on more efficient means of generating power centrally (nuclear, wind, geothermal, solar, etc.) and then storing that energy in the car in battery form or with compressed air or the like.<BR/><BR/>It's actually an exciting time to be a machinery geek, as our world will see a lot of change in the next 10-20 years.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.com