RANT: Electric Conversions, Not what you think...... Options

[KaptKaos]

There's a fellow selling a motor in the classifieds. Here's the link:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=92077

Seems normal enough. I assume, maybe wrongly, that this person is using the car for an electric conversion.

I have no issue with people converting their cars to electric motors. However, I am wondering if it is reasonable to ask or inform the people that are looking to do this to please try to use '76 cars? This is particularly important in California, as the smog checks in California aren't required on Pre-76 cars.

There are two counter arguments that I can think of and they are:

1) '76 cars are fairly rare, and therefore either more expensive and/or harder to find.
2) The point of an electric conversion is to reduce emissions, so using a car that has higher emissions makes more sense.

I am not sure if this is practical/possible/reasonable/feasible, so I figured that I'd ask.

Am I out of line here?

Please note that I mean no ill will to the seller above.

[PeeGreen 914]

So where is all this extra electicity going to come from to charge these cars every night? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[r_towle]

So where is all this extra electicity going to come from to charge these cars every night? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Solar, wind, tidal.
All work, all are being implemented in large scale outside the US.

Largest producer of solar Electric on earth....Saudi Arabia.
We also have deserts...lets use them.

Wind...see Picketts plan...it makes sense.
UK, largest wind farm in the world...no one can see it from land.

Tidal...see UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Netherlands...huge tidal turbines generating major amounts of Electricity.

OR
We could build more coal plants to keep the existing rich businessmen wealthy..
Or, we could build more nuclear plants and give the waste storage issue to our grandchildren.

We need more power plants...that is a fact.
Why build crappy old technology coal plants??? I dont get that.

Why build nuclear plants with no disposal method...its the NIMBY (Not in My back Yard) principle..hell, we cant transport nuclear waste on the highway or across state lines. In some states it is not allowed in the state at all.
How does Nuclear make sense??

Even with our existing electrical power plants, those can be made alot cleaner if they are forced to do so. Its money...

Instead of regulation...offer us ALL, the whole country a choice of where to buy power...buy green, renewable power or buy coal power..
What would you buy if you had a choice and the price was the same?
It happens in my state. We buy 100% renewable power by choice.

It is a choice.
For the people who need an SUV...we need to ask for a greener solution.
For 50Billion dollars of tax money and more to follow dont you think we should ask GM, Chrysler and Ford to make something greener...
If not, lets not give them that money and give it to a car company that WILL make greener cars..

Larger trucks need diesel/hybrid...or natural gas (I dont buy that part of Picketts plan)

RIch