First Name | Michael |
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Last Name | Minich |
Email Address | tascmail@verizon.net |
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Subject | Build the EV, Power it any way you Must...[For Now] |
Comment | To bring EV technology to the fore front must happen. It is the only truly universal energy use medium that makes any sense. Any alternative medium must have an infrastructure built to be viable. Even the Hydrogen power plants that CARB previously endorsed is built on an electric platform. It only makes sense to allow, encourage and endorse building the foundational technology that is the Electric Vehicle. Electric A/C, Steering, and Drive technologies must be built now. To wait will further delay the growth of these industries which MUST exist bringing down manufacturing and technolgy costs, to build truly economical, viable EV's. A Hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt is an excellent example of an EV technologically based vehicle. Current hybrid texhnologies are too rooted in existing ICE platforms and prohibit true EV technolgies from being timely established. So what is the best way to encourage new technology? While mandating is one way to force EV technology, is it the best? It would seem some other initiative, tax credits, fuel/emission quota points similiar to the Flexfuel quotas would be much prefered. Unless, of course, CARB believes that the manufacturers are truely stagnating the EV technology to take profits instead of promoting new, clean emission healthy technologies. Our dependance on fossil fuel, climbing prices, increasing costly complexity to control emissions, and frequent servicing to maintain them will end when alternative technolgies are established. Why wait when we can begin to build the future, we have the ability and the need, all we need is the want to. Thank you for your time. Mike |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-03-18 16:00:46 |
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