[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

[Glenn Hennessee]

Magnus wrote:
> jason at monsterjam.org wrote:
>> get a motorcycle.. ;)
> 
> 
> I had considered that.  The idea isn't necessarily to burn less 
> petroleum.  It's to burn NONE.
> 
> I'm not exactly a tree hugging hippy but even I see that we have reached 
> "Peak Oil", probably years ago, and the only way we're going to be able 
> to continue to thrive is to re-examine the fundamental ways in which we 
> live and what we really "need" vs. what is simply a convenience.
> 
> If there were such a thing as a reasonably priced electric motorcycle 
> with a ~60-80 mile range that plugged into an outlet at night to 
> "refuel" I'd probably consider it.  Yes, it's shifting the energy burden 
> upstream, but economies of scale make that a vast improvement over 
> individual internal combustion engines.

There's no price or driving range given but see 
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4216271.html on a 
new electric motorcycle. It reportedly tops out at 50 MPH.
glenn

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