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.

[YksKrad]

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??

RIch

I agree and disagree... Personally I'd rather have Nuclear than coal power, but I think something needs to be done with the waste materials. Find a method of removing the spent isotopes and re-refining it for use in reactors. If they are still radioactive then there is still energy to be had there. And I like the idea of the waste being contained. I'd rather it be buried in the desert somewhere with 13 legged scorpions running around rather than a coal plant spewing toxic gasses into the air.

Personally the fear of the transporting it cracks me up. Once every couple years they would take a nuclear flask on the railroad behind my house. And every time a bunch of scared old people sat in lawn chairs with Geiger counters to 'check' them as they passed. Has anyone seen the testing those flasks underwent. They slammed into them with train above operating speeds and only dented 'em. youtube it, the wrecks are awesome!

I dunno, that's my $0.02 for what it's worth. (Likely less than two pennies)

Granted I've grown up scared of the threat of skin cancer due to the release CFCs from spray deodorant rather than nuclear winter.