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Given that there was a link in the question, what does "feasible" mean and what does "make sense" mean? What does "pedantic" mean? What does anything mean? I a

Given that there was a link in the question, what does "feasible" mean and what does "make sense" mean? What does "pedantic" mean? What does anything mean? I am so sorry for having troubled you and for wanting to discuss something on the Internet. To think that I made you type all of those words. I truly am a monster.

je_bailey 11y ago
The questions he posed are legitimate given his final statement. Converting legacy cars to electric is a waste of time and money. Unless of course, your definition of "feasible" and "make sense" is different than mine. Or maybe there is a different question you're trying to get too. Like, is it feasible to start a start up producing kits to convert cars, or a boutique conversion company. Which in my opinion would be the best option.
- kagamine 11y ago
  What, using Donald Duck cartoons as evidence?
  - dalke 11y ago
    The example is evidence that the idea of a gas-to-electric conversion is not new, yes. Such evidence is trivial to find, so I didn't think it worth pointing out a specific example. If you want a concrete example, here's a newspaper article from 1993: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930921&id=hJ4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1384,1657576&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930921&id=... . Looking over it now, very little has changed about the overall procedure.
dalke 11y ago
"Feasible" here means things like "are you a hobbyist car mechanic", "do you have access to a car shop", "how much time are you willing to spend working on it"? There are people who can easily say "yes" and "lots". For those it's feasible. Indeed, it's been done for decades. Six years ago I drove a borrowed converted pickup running on lead-acid batteries, with a solar panel in the back. The owner had acquired it used, and he had several other electric vehicles. He lived in the high desert, running 12 large solar panels, which he also used to power his house and his recording studio. He loved that he didn't have any 60 Hz noise on his recordings. For him it made sense. In Norway, which has a government policy to switch from oil to local hydropower, an all-electric car gets an exemption from car taxes, tolls, public parking, etc. and can drive in the bus lane. For someone in Oslo, a conversion can make sense. Since "feasible" and "make sense" depend on the person asking the question, neither I nor anyone else can really answer effectively, other than to point out that if the economics were really good then a lot of people would be doing it.

je_bailey 11y ago

The questions he posed are legitimate given his final statement. Converting legacy cars to electric is a waste of time and money. Unless of course, your definition of "feasible" and "make sense" is different than mine. Or maybe there is a different question you're trying to get too. Like, is it feasible to start a start up producing kits to convert cars, or a boutique conversion company. Which in my opinion would be the best option.

kagamine 11y ago
What, using Donald Duck cartoons as evidence?
- dalke 11y ago
  The example is evidence that the idea of a gas-to-electric conversion is not new, yes. Such evidence is trivial to find, so I didn't think it worth pointing out a specific example. If you want a concrete example, here's a newspaper article from 1993: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930921&id=hJ4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=1384,1657576&hl=en https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930921&id=... . Looking over it now, very little has changed about the overall procedure.

dalke 11y ago

"Feasible" here means things like "are you a hobbyist car mechanic", "do you have access to a car shop", "how much time are you willing to spend working on it"? There are people who can easily say "yes" and "lots". For those it's feasible. Indeed, it's been done for decades. Six years ago I drove a borrowed converted pickup running on lead-acid batteries, with a solar panel in the back. The owner had acquired it used, and he had several other electric vehicles. He lived in the high desert, running 12 large solar panels, which he also used to power his house and his recording studio. He loved that he didn't have any 60 Hz noise on his recordings. For him it made sense. In Norway, which has a government policy to switch from oil to local hydropower, an all-electric car gets an exemption from car taxes, tolls, public parking, etc. and can drive in the bus lane. For someone in Oslo, a conversion can make sense. Since "feasible" and "make sense" depend on the person asking the question, neither I nor anyone else can really answer effectively, other than to point out that if the economics were really good then a lot of people would be doing it.