How do I convince my husband that we can afford to move?

kids electric cars for 2 year olds image

Becalek

We are currently living in a government assisted apartment with 3 bedrooms 1 bath central heat and air, and new windows. The rooms are very small and with 2 daughters (14 and 7) we are very cramped. I recently found a brick house for rent in an area where I have been really wanting to move to. It is very close to both my mother and our church. The school district is the same but just a different school. My oldest daughter will be starting high school next year and the high school is the same. My youngest daughter will have to change schools, but she really wants to anyway. The girls and I looked at the house and fell in LOVE with it and desperately want to move there. It is a 2 bedroom 1 bath country house with a big kitchen, bigger bedrooms big living room and a den (that we can use as master bedroom) Utility room a big yard, barn for kids to play in a carport and an additional 2 car barn, pets are allowed has a range celling fans in every room and a trampoline that stays with house. Only hang-ups are electric wall heaters and old but sturdy windows. The big hang-up is that my husband does not like to pay RENT, He would rather make a house payment so we could own a house instead of paying to live in someone else's house. But if they decide to sell we will have 1st option to buy. Well he says we can't afford it anyway the rent is $400 a month (which I believe is really great.) like I said right now we live in a government assisted apartment,no pets, no place for girls to play, their bikes got stolen, have to pay to do laundry($60 a month) have electric and gas bills and $144 rent verses $400 a month rent just electric bill and our own washer and dryer. He is disabled and receives $710 a month we get food stamps and I am working for his mother at her cake shop.My feeling is that we can't afford not to move.

Answer
Your husband according to your previous question from 6 months ago is very overweight and does nothing all day but eat. You mean to say this man who gets free food, free disability, free rent has an issue about throwing away money on rent? No way your family is purchasing a home anytime soon. Not with a man who doesn't work because of a disability caused by his own lack of control. I don't mean to sound cynical but, I don't see how he has any place making a fuss about paying rent when you guys barely pay anything right now, thanks to your fellow tax payers.

If buying a home is a priority for him, he needs to do something about his health and get your entire family off all forms of public assistance. Since that is not happening anytime soon, I would say rent the home. They don't give mortgages to people who don't have a down payment saved up. And he cannot have a big savings account if he wants to keep his disability check.

Why do some women have kids just to dump them in daycare?

They ca

Now that I have your attention, I have a legit question. Why do people have children just to dump the child off in school once they turn 5 years old? We have these people making judgements about daycare, yet isn't school the same thing? Kids are in school for about the same amount of time. Just think we they get older and are involved in sports/band/choir/etc. How terrible that these children can't spend every second of everyday with their parents.
(note the sarcasm)
Kimberly, see where Isaid note the sarcasm?//I posted this because Ise daycae-bashing question every day. MY ids aren't in daycare but I know parents who have to put their kids in daycare. I've seen people say on here "Oh, those poor childrne have to be away from mommy 8 hours out of the day." Now remind me how many hours a child is in school? Isn't it 7 or 8. Then when they start with sports and then an after school job when they turn 15 or 16, that's even less time with mommy and daddy. Why don't these same people complain about this even though not sending your kid to school is illegal?

Answer
Like Ellie said, thank goodness you were being sarcastic, cause I was very tempted to give you a tongue lashing too! :)

I don't understand why either group, (the SAHM's or the working moms), feel it necessary to insult and put down others for the choice they have made. The comment that people have made, "Why have kids if you are going to have daycares raise the?" is just really rediculous! So basically, without just outright saying it, these people are saying that unless someone is financially able to stay at home with their children and not use a daycare or a private babysitter, then they don't deserve to be a parent. That is very judgemental and just plain hateful. Not every woman has the luxery of falling in love and marrying a man who makes $35-60,000 a year. I married one who only makes about $25,000 and brings home alot less after he pays child support on his children from his ex-wife and insurance premiums on all the kids. I don't think the fact that I didn't marry someone who made alot of money, means that I dont deserve to have children.

What about a woman who is widowed? My best friend was widowed with 2 young children, and had no choice but to work to support her kids. So I guess according to some of these women, she didn't deserve to have the kids, because she ended up having to put them in daycare. Point is, no woman, even these ones that are so freely judgeing working moms, know how their life will turn out and what might happen to them.

I don't know any woman who enjoys dropping her kids off at a daycare in the mornings, I certainly don't. But my husband and I live in an older house, and have had alot of things break, like our hot water heater, pipes, leaking roof. We have not had the money to repair these things outright, so we have had to charge them on a credit card. The motor on my car blew up and it cost over $2,000 to fix it, so again that went on the credit card. I was a SAHM for 18 months, and any unexpected large expense that came up, went on that cerdit card. So, I will be trying to pay all that off for years now. But it was either do that, or go without hot water, or no water, or have no vehicle. Which would have ended up hurting my kids more than me. So I did go back to work, and I do have to take my daughter to a babysitter during the day.

I do not live an extravagant life. I don't go shopping every month, I don't have a Coach purse, we don't have 4 wheelers or motor bikes, we don't go on vacations, we don't eat out every week, I don't buy new clothes for myself on even a monthly basis. If I have an extra money, from working over time or getting a bonus at work, I spend it on my husband or kids, not on myself. I took some extra money I had about 4 years ago, and bought my husband one of those $65.00 do-it-yourself outdoor pond kits, and

What cars are just as good as a 96-97 toyota camry?

best electric cars reviews image

Best P

I'm shopping for a used car and I heard toyota's are pretty good, and was wondering what over makes equal or surpass that brand. When it comes to reliability and gas mileage in that 1996-2000 era.


Thanks in advance.

Answer
The 1997 Camry was probably the most reliable mainstream car of that era. See the first source for owner reviews. Be aware that the V6 is notorious for sludge if the oil change intervals are not followed faithfully, and the sludge gets very bad very fast. Change the oil on schedule and the problem does not exist. See the second source for an example.

That was not a stellar time for many of the major manufacturers. Honda had problems with ignition switches and the ever-troublesome main relays. Honda also had horrible problems with the automatic transmissions they used with their 6 cylinder engines between 1998 and 2004. It is wise to avoid those altogether. GM was doing some wild and wacky things, with terrible problems in their vehicles that used the new Electric Power Steering. Their adoption of the Passlock anti-theft system leaves a lot of people wondering why their car won't start; it seems more effective against owners than against thieves. The real thief-stopper was Dex-cool, the GM-required coolant that destroyed intake manifold gaskets on the 6 cylinder engines and was sludging up cooling systems on all GM models in the late 1990s.

Ford was beginning to improve in the late 1990s. The nightmares they had with the first decade or so of AXOD transmissions were under control and they had begun to use better parts. GM and Ford had both been catering to the fleet market for so long they appeared to be making their cars to last for three years. A family friend had a 1990 Escort that had just made it out of warranty and still had a year of payments left when the water pump seized, destroying the timing belt and showering the cylinders with debris from what had moments before been valve guides. At four years old the car was not worth repairing, and I had already heard occasional stories of the same thing from other sources. By 2000 Ford was putting some good cars on the road... although even Ford-o-philes will warn about the Contour.

Chrysler still just didn't get it. Their passenger cars were as troublesome in the 1990s and at least early 2000s as the 1984 Dodge 600 we had. One of the three cars we ever bought new, it was the most troublesome car we ever owned. Much of that was from the Mitsubishi power train.

Has anyone bought an electric car from Yangzhou Dawn Electric?

ashali_bm

I would like to buy a car from this company but cannot find any independant review. If you have bought from them please give me some feedback.

Answer
yeah, they're horrible. I tried to put gas in it and it just stopped working. I even payed for PREMIUM.
do not buy it.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

are RC vehicles appropriate for a 10 year old boy with ADHD?

kids electric car replacement battery image

Jr. is ang

I am looking for something he can focus his over abundance of energy on. I am thinking of buying broken vehicles and let him take them apart, learn how to fix them and swap parts until he gets some of them working.
can he work on them with minimum supervision? i mean, he can use hand tools, but no power tools without an adult, so he needs to do most of the work on his own.
should i go with the better adult type, or the cheap ,kids, wal mart type?
battery or fuel?
can a 10 year old use the fuel powered ones without adult supervision?
if you think it is a good idea, are there clubs or on line groups he can join to get help fixing things?
at this point i am not trying to get him to build these with pride, i expect him to use a lot of hammers and duct tape, i just want him to learn to think, create, take several vehicles apart to build one.
he is getting into trouble, getting into things he shouldnt, breaking things. I want to find something where he can start to learn if he takes the time to study it, find the right tools, go online for help, he can build something he will like. then , of course he could get more broken vehicles and make something even better.
right now, everything is hammer, smash. or worse, "can I use the table saw"? " how about the chain saw"?

Answer
I think it would be a great idea. You can get some pretty cheap on ebay. I would get him some good opens and stay away from WalMart, Radio Shack, etc. If you get the cheap kinds they are impossible to find replacement parts. If you go with a hobby store grade RC, the parts are endless. It all depends on how much you want to spend too. Some of the top brands are Traxxas (my fav), HPI, Losi, Kyosho, Associated and Tamiya. If you go to ebay and search "(brand name I mentioned) Roller" you will see a ton of used rolling RC's with no motor or electronics. Basically parts cars. You can get a couple of them for him to work on. That's what I do, fix up old beat up RC's and make them new again. It takes some concentration and patience and no power tools or saws are required. There are some RC tool kits you can get him around $35+ that will fit any RC car. And when he fixes them up, he would have a blast running them, crashing them and fixing them up again. Nitro fuel isn't something to mess with if you don't trust that he can take care of it. The flame is almost invisible and dangerous. Nitro RC's require more maintenance and more skill to put together though. Like rebuilding the motors. So he might like that better, and you or another adult can be in charge of the fuel. Electric is good too, just not as much to learn, in my opinion. Either way, I think he would love doing it and it would require him to focus and concentrate. It does get frustrating but what doesn't, really? Good luck and get involved with him. You might enjoy it as well!

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

My wife wants to buy an electric car.?

electric cars for kids 24 volt image

madcityd06

In this part of the country there are not many of them. Have you owned one and how did you like it. How often did you plug in your car, everyday or after the 50 miles were used?
In this part of the country there are not many of them. Have you owned one and how did you like it. How often did you plug in your car, everyday or after the 50 miles were used? If you have owned one, would you purchase a second one or one to replace the one you already have. I am trying not to have this be a political discussion. I know the rumors. I just want someone who has owned one to tell me their experiences

Answer
You have to start by answering the question, "What do I need to get out of the vehicle?"

If your primary use is just to put around town like take the kids to school, run down to the grocery store, commute the 5 miles to work you can get way with a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) or some times called Low speed Electric Vehicle (LEV). The cars are limited by law to 25 MPH (35 MPH in some states) but they recharge from any outlet you can plug your cell phone in.

If you need to take to the highway your options become severely limited. Currently the only highway speed EV available to the public is the Tesla Roadster at $120,000. Everybody else "is working on it and will be ready by 2010".

You don't need a 300 MPC (miles per charge) electric car. When you get home after a hard days work, you plug in the car, eat dinner go to bed. In the morning you get up, get dressed, unplug the car and leave every day with a full load of "fuel". Two minor additions to the usual routine and you've made the world a little better. A gas car doesn't self fill at night an since you don't want to visit the gas station on a daily basis 300 miles is a light range requirement.

The length of the charge time at night is irrelevant. I'm asleep so what difference does it make if it takes 1 hour or 6. Think how many hours a day is your car actually being used out of 24? The rest of the time it is just sitting, waiting for you to use it.

As for plugging it in everyday, don't you plug in your cell phone every day to charge it? An EV is the same deal, put the car in its parking place, hop out plug the cord in, go in and eat dinner. The rest is automatic and baring some kind of minor catastrophe your car is ready to go in the morning. You can also plug in wherever you stop, called opportunity charging, if your vehicle has a 110 volt charger. Since 80% of people put less than 40 miles on their car on a daily basis a 50 mile range isn't an inconvenience.

Solar generator for $700-$800?

Hakim

I've been shopping and really don't know what to get.
I've found:
-Goal Zero Sherpa 120
-Goal Zero Escape 150
-Humless Roadrunner (has hand crank, good lithium battery)
-Instapark® Mars20S-SP30 (although only $400, this way i can get two for backup)
-Nature Power 40400 1800-Watt Power Kit with 40-Watt Solar Panel
-Grid Eraser Portable Solar Generator ($2500)

Purposes:
-extended power outage (like hurricanes)
-2 children
-heat at night
-warm water if needed (for freeze-dried food)
-boil water if needed to drink
-medical devices (ie. nebulizer for my dad)
-charge rechargables (laptop, batteries, phone)
-small fridge (nice to have, but secondary)


not too many reviews out there. i never worked with solar but i guess i should start, so i'm a total newbie.
Any maintenance tips?
regarding Humless, i see more bad reviews than good. i wonder how it's still in the market. as much as i love the features on it, is it reliable?

Answer
Vis-a-vis bad reviews, I keep giving the Eden Pure (and their similar knock-offs) line of heaters the lousiest reviews I can, but they're still around, too. There's a small, hard core of people who think the things are made of unicorn horns, and the rest of us recognize they're actually unicorn farts. But it's the horny ones that buy them, so that keeps Eden Pure in business.

Before you start shopping for solar power systems, you need to establish how much power you need. Add up the amperages of all the things that are likely to run at the same time, multiply that number by how many hours per 24-hour day they will run, and that's how many amp-hours you need. Multiply that number by how many volts each item runs on, and that's how many watt-hours you need.

Now we can start talking about system capacity.

If you have an electric water heater, drop that desire right now. You'll be bleeding money from the jugular before you get a big enough system to run a water heater.

If you have a heat pump or electric resistance heat OF ANY SIZE, drop that desire right now. Refer back to what I said about the water heater. Converting sunlight into electricity, into chemical electrical potential (battery-stored electricity), back into heat is a Get-Poor-Fast scheme. You'd do much better to design and build a solar heat collector with storage capacity. That would also provide hot water, or at least warm water that didn't need much heating. Your energy gathering efficiency even from halfwitted homebrew will far outstrip the efficiency of even the very best, lab-results-only photovoltaic (solar electric) system. NOTE: it is super easy to do way better than "halfwitted homebrew," even a car is a very effective flat plate solar collector. Just park it in the sun.

For cooking or water purifying, you're better off to have a couple of gas burners and a 20-lb propane tank. If you never need it, no problem. But when you do need it, 20 pounds of propane gets a lot done, and you can take sponge baths with water heated on the burner. The whole time you're not using it, it just sits there, waiting until needed. That's tough to beat.

A Mr. Heater portable propane heater can do most of your heating if you don't mind everybody in the house all staying in the room with it. That would be best, it would maximize the good of the heater's output.

Considering your dad's need for a nebulizer, maybe a direct vent wall heater would be a better choice. They're out there that can run on propane and again, if you never need it, the fuel just sits there, waiting. No problem. A 20 pound tank of propane will run a 7500 btu heater (admittedly that's not a lot, but if you're in a mild climate it may be plenty, especially with all the house's tenants all in one room staying warm) for more than two days nonstop. Conserve the heater for running mostly at night when it's coldest and you can stretch that out pretty far.

I think your best setup would be this:

A small, modest solar system to provide constant power for your dad's nebulizer and a couple of dedicated, low-amperage outlets for recharging communication and entertainment devices (kids can't live without their games anymore. Suggestion: wean them off those things and onto books, which work even when the batteries die). That will be very affordable.

Then invest in a couple of burners and a couple of tanks of fuel. 20 pounds of propane cooks a LOT of meals.

Then invest in the purchase and installation of a single direct vent wall heater. Purchase another tank of fuel.

That's it. You're ready for the apocalypse. Skip water heating for the whole house, it's wasteful in this paradigm. If you have a solar heating system you won't need to worry about it.

[edit]
NOTE: if Peter W weighs in on this question, take a good look at his answer, he's good at this stuff too.

Good luck with it.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

How to handle a harrassing neighbor?

kids electric cars for 8 year olds image

Elaine

I have lived next to this older gentleman for 6 years now in one of nicest neighborhoods in Sacramento, CA. He was always annoying at first. Always making comments about my electric mower or how the construction project I was working on was not the way he would do it. He is one of those that will stand in his front yard with a glass of wine and try to draw up conversation with people or is always in his backyard working on his house. If I'm outside, he is there too. He thinks he owns the neighborhood.

I had a couple parties on Saturday nights about 4 years ago that went pretty late, but I moved people inside after eleven. He was so mad that he came over and screamed at me and wrote me nasty letters. I just ignored them.

Ever since then, we have not been on good terms. He constantly is making harrassing comments to me. He accussed me of turning him into the building department. He tried to "tattle" to my dad when he came over on all these things I was doing. Now my parents can't stand him.

Last night topped everything. He was having his buddies over in his backyard. They were drinking a lot and being really loud. I tolerated it, but at 10:30 when they were leaving, they were being really loud in the front. I walked out onto my front porch, and said, "can you please be quiet, it is 10:30 and Wednesday night. The young kids across the street go to bed at 8:30am". The neighbor's guest called me a, "grumpy old woman", eventhough I am half his age and don't know who he is. Then, the neighbor said it was only 10:15 and to just stop being so pissy. Lastly, the neighbor's guest said, "how about I knock over all your trash cans". I said, "excuse me". He got his car and drov off. I told the neighbor, "I can't believe you are letting him drive drunk". Then, I got scared and shut the door.

Any advice? We both own our houses, so it is not like we rent, and can move, but I am about to. It is really sad because I have been remodeling this 1940's house, and I hate to walk away because of a bad neighbor.
Having a party on a weeknight that goes late when everyone has to get up and work the next day is not appropriate. The kids do not go to bed at 8:30pm on the weekends.

I also caught the guy looking in my windows once.

Answer
First, stop taking to him. It only causes problems.

Second, if he has guests over and they are noisy after "all quiet" time, call the police. Let then deal with it. Report them anonymously. But be ready to be reported for your parties as well.

Guests diving dunk? Report them to the police.

Outside working and he comes out? Ignore him. If he talks to you, keep the answers short or go inside.

If he comes over and yells at you, call the police.

If he does it often, get a restraining order. But that also means YOU don't talk to HIM.
.

If our country had universal health care would our businesses be more profitable?

Kasey pink

Not only would we be able to actually buy locally produced goods, but goods and services would be cheaper. A lot of the reason for outsourcing has to do with the high cost of labor. If we took some of the burden off the private sector by having health insurance provided for like it is in other industrialized nations, perhaps our businesses would be more competitive in a global market?
Not to mention that it is incredibly inhumane to deny poor people health care...people are dying in this country of preventative illnesses for the sake of saving tax dollars while greedy insurance executives own several mansions. It makes me sick.

Answer
Mansions? Greedy Capitalists? Hello? OK ... I'm awake!
Wuh?

Obama has been saying that the nation should be on the health insurance that is used by the govt, by Congress.

This would save business about $1,000/year depending on how many employees they have.

Outsourcing is GREAT for business profits but they neglect to figure in the fact that if fewer people are employed this means fewer people can afford to purchase goods and services. Business declines nationally ... less biz = less profits = shoulda kept the jobs here.

The govt is still covering my health care through MediCare ... but they are threatening to cut it severely. California is now begging the Federal govt to give it a bailout but the govt claims they have no more money available, and yet it would only take a "quick print" of $26 billion for California to go back to normal and keep my medical coverage in tact. The govt pays about $20,000 year for my coverage. I could pay that myself IF I could get a job. But it seems that the Mexicans get hired first if they are willing to work for minimum wage or less ... next it's the kids who will work for school wages ... then the rest of the 18-30 work force who will work for minimum wage ... and right now that's about all the jobs they have. No jobs for older people who require higher wages. Business no longer wants to deliver a quality product. So they hire newbies who need to be trained and the whole nation suffers b/c our businesses cannot afford to hire descent labor. What they forget is that with my experience I could do the work of two people, or more, thus saving them quite a bit of money but they don't look at that anymore.

You want to know the solution? GE needs to make more wind generators in THIS country. Companies like Exxon who are fat with cash need to buy one or two of GM's closed plants and turn the lights back on and change the molds to produce the new bodies for the new electric vehicles. Do you know that Aptera makes a car that gets 300 mpg? And an electric model that uses no gas at all?They're only $25,000 and up. Cheap! But think of it ... you could go from California to New York (4,000 miles?) and back (8,000 miles total) for $80. How much do YOU spend on gas to go to work? What if you got TEN TIMES better gas mileage? YOU would spend less ... the manufacturers would save on shipping ... UPS could lower their prices if gas were cheaper for them ... EVERYONE would pay less if we could get fuel prices DOWN!
So, Exxon could supplement their income by producing electric and fuel efficient vehicles. Why hasn't anyone mentioned a nuclear car? I would think by now they would have a little pellet they could put in an engine and have it run for 5 years or more. Is there such a thing as recycling the nuclear waste? Can it be reused in commercial vehicles?
GE could also go in partners with Exxon to make solar cells for ALL the homes in America. Since the govt likes giving money away they could cover the roof tops of America with solar panels that are made by the energy companies and charge people the SAME monthly power fees but instead of losing that forever, the families would be paying off their solar panels. Make them payable over 20 years. Monthly power bills should remain about the same and after 20 years, when they are paid off, the panels will still have 5-10 years of life left and then there would be another business boom when people replace the old units.
GE would cover all the areas with wind, but few residents. Who wants to live on a windy mtn? Why not put windmills everywhere there is wind. Put solar panels everywhere else. Sell off the excess power to Canada and Mexico.
AND THEN, the govt needs to legalize marijuana and produce as much hemp as possible. The BEST oil for cars is HEMP OIL! Do you know your car will run with NO major maintenance for 500,000 miles if you used Hemp Oil instead of petro oil. If they can make oil out of it, couldn't they make fuel out of it. Instead of using corn for fuel, FEED corn to the people and grow WEEDS to produce fuel. This country could be covered in weed plants, like back in 1920, and the govt could make rope and fuel and oil products for the country by hiring some defunct company to come back to life and produce this stuff that is so vital to the country and at the same time they could employ more people. Win Win Situation!
If businesses had solar cells on their rooftops and could save $3-5,000 per month on utility costs wouldn't this offset a LOT of their costs? Next to labor I would venture to say that utility costs come in a close second to rent/lease fees. IF business wanted to have the solar cells installed immediately by the govt and then pay a monthly fee to repay the govt it would still save them a lot. OR they could use the tax credits to buy solar and install it themselves.
Nuclear fuel cells are now available that will power entire neighborhoods. You put the

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Is the mayan calender that says that the world will end in 2012 true?

kids electric cars for 11 year olds image

Maddalicio

Im a bit worried about the calander, I am 11 and dont feel like dying 4 days before christmas when i am 14! dont lie to me to make me feel better, my mom says only gos knows when we will die, so she doesnt believe it, but the bible says it will end in 2012, so im worried. Help?

Answer
The people making up the wild and crazy claims about "doomsday" in 2012 are grifters and liars. Some want your money (BUY MY BOOK!) and some just want notoriety. The claims themselves are nonsense. It is INSULTING to anyone with even a High School education in science that these people are allowed to espouse and print such ridiculous lies.

If I claimed that tomorrow the Sun would turn pink and bunnies would take over the world, you might suggest that I seek psychological help, yet when someone like Patrick Geryl says that "streams of positive ions will push the South Pole over making the Earth flip" like a pancake... or a crepe (he IS Belgian), you hardly EVER hear anyone say "Is he forgetting to take his meds?" It is just silly!

So often in Y!A we hear people say "scientists say..." or "look at the evidence that civilizations collapse every 3600 years" when NOT ONE of these people have ever even taken a science class. That much is obvious. Please disregard any such statements and only treat claims with some citations as at all likely. For example there is a nice NASA site in astrobiology which debunks nearly ALL the 2012 claims very neatly... and don't forget Penn & Teller! They show, with a healthy dollop of humor, just how laughable all the hoaxers are.... I LOVED the guy with the styrofoam balls on the strings!

Don't worry about 2012. Worry about your kids growing up to be sociopaths or not growing up at all simply because you forget to buckle them in your car. Worry about the government selling mining rights to big oil companies that want to drill for Natural Gas within a mile of old atomic bomb tests. (If you live in Colorado... switch to electric stoves)

There is plenty of real things to scare you in this world, you don't have to make anything scary up.

http://www.2012hoax.org

Thoughts of visiting Kings Park Psychiatric Center?

Amanda S

I'm really interested in photographing abandoned buildings. I've always known about Kings Park but i'm not sure if I should go. I've been to Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center, but got kicked out by police about 20 minutes in. Can someone please give me some advice, or maybe other places in Long Island that are abandoned? Thank you

Answer
I haven't been on Long Island in 7 years but when I was growing up there the police were a little diligent, but nothing that couldn't be snook around.

There is a train lookout tower a few miles west of the Levittown on ramp. Just follow the bike path and you'll see it before you hit the park.

The electric company building is a staple, on Sunrise around Freeport/Baldwin.

I don't know if that old bank on the fork in the road is still abandoned right in the center of Freeport.

Mt Misery is a fun place.

The Missile silo in Rocky Point, I don't know if that is guarded or locked up.

The old concession stand at zach's Bay.

There are a few Waterwheels all over the place, Albertson, and Massapequa park are 2 I know of.

Unless 9/11 freaked people out and they gave cops a huge amount of money, they are easy to trick. They won't get out of their cars, they won't come into the woods, they hate their jobs. Just put the effort into getting away and they won't follow far. If you are out of the building, they did their job and they leave you alone. Do it during the day before noon. Friday night is the worst time to get in trouble because they have all the cops out looking for kids getting into trouble. I've found acrobatic skills are useful. If you can hop a fence in less than 2 movements, the cop can't. You're home free and you make less of a racket going in as well. I'm a grown man and I still look at a fence or a wall and think "I can hop that, 2 seconds."

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Ways to make money in a rich neighborhood?

best electric cars for kids image

Ginan

My little brother could be a good way of advertising.
I was planning on selling something like cookies or lemonade....but i don't know yet... but I'm doing it outside my house. I just really need to know what to do for some money.... I want to buy my little brother one of those electric cars for kids or something for him :)

Answer
Knock on your neighbor's doors and tell them why you are there... State your purpose. Then ask them politely if they need or would like you to do anything for them. If they say no then politely thank them and move on. I love when kids come to my house and show off their entrepreneurial spirit.

Is there some one out there that can design and produce and sell electric cars for the public?

remsonbuil

when I was a kid in the fifties there were electric milk cars /floats delivering lots of crates of milk, to the houses in the city.up the hills and down.they were powered with ordinary car batteries.they had a lot of weight on them, but they had no problem going.quiet and no pollution.where are they today?electric cars are the future, and I do not see why our government can't invest in this technology and set up factories to produce and sell to the world before some other western country does.Just because we might be at the forefront of some other leading technologies does'nt mean we have to stop there, does it?

Answer
With the President being an 'oil man', you can pretty much hang up the prospects of him pouring any money into electric car technology. If he were interested, he would have at least asked Congress to allocate funds in the last 6.5 years. Maybe the next President has the ability to see farther than 6 months into the future and invest for our future. If nothing else, our future cleaner air and less dependance on foreign oil.

I know what you are saying about electric vehicles yester-century. There were electric vehicles around when the combustion engine came along. Thanks to the oil companies, they died.....probably a painful death. The resurrection is a slow and agonizing process, but it IS happening!!

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Is there an international standard for size, form factor, etc. for electric car batteries?

best batteries for electric cars image

Jake

I am wondering if a standards document has been established for electric car batteries. Are there any working groups, ISO, etc., currently working on this? It seems to me that if electric cars are to get any traction in the market place, the batteries that power them need to be inter-changeable between different makes and models.

Thanks.

Answer
Not yet. Even batteries for your existing car are not perfectly standardized.

It makes no sense to specify a battery size and shape if in 5 years batteries can be 1/4 the size and weight. Or maybe we will switch from using batteries entirely to either ultra capacitors or powering directly from roadways. At this point, even the charging port is not standardized internationally. In the US we do have a standard charging port configuration but where it is located on a vehicle is still subject to debate. (Europeans have another and the idea of induction charging (EV1) has not completely died.)

Standardized batteries would be one requirement for any system that swaps the batteries out instead of having them charged in the vehicle. It may be that one company will come to dominate the market and others will conform in order to make replacement parts. An industry standard could evolve in this way without regulation.

Electric car technology is very new with an almost a 200 year history.

Is it cumbersome or expensive to charge the battery of an electric car?

webstorage

I'm entertaining the idea of buying a fully electric car. Is it cumbersome to charge the battery? Expensive?

Answer
It's very easy and cheap. Electric vehicles plug into your normal wall outlet - or for fast charging, you can have a 220v outlet installed.
*
Electricity is way cheaper than gasoline. I did a comparison of fuel costs this week: we drive 1300 miles per month. In our 18mpg car at $3.10/gallon, that costs us $224 per month. That same 1300 miles costs $8 in an electric vehicle. Yes! EIGHT DOLLARS! (4 miles per kilowatt-hour, and we have an 'EV charging rate' for electric cars here of 2.5 cents per kwh.) The fuel savings, plus EV tax breaks will almost cover the monthly payments on an electric car, like this one below:
*
http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
*
This car costs $28500, and gets 200 miles per charge.
How long do the batteries last? Well LI-ION batteries are good for 500 charges. At 200 miles per charge, that's 100,000 miles.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

How do I loosen really rusty bolts on license plate?

kids electric cars with roof image

Dan

I have to remove bolts from my car to get the license plate off, but they're really rusty. I'm really limited for tools too, all I've got is a couple of small screwdrivers and a hammer. My uncle's got a blowtorch, but I doubt he'll let me use it. I thought I could chisel away around the screw, and make it fit on the new car with a washer, but that might take too long. Also, a screwdriver won't lock into the groove, it's too rusted over. What do you think I should do?

Answer
WD-40

Water Displacement #40. The product began from a search for a rust
Preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was
Created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical
Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a "water
Displacement" compound. They were successful with the fortieth
Formulation, thus WD-40. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect
Their atlas
Missile parts. Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is
Nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you.

When you read the "shower door" part, try it. It's the first thing that
Has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works
Just
As well as glass. It's a miracle! Then try it on your stovetop... Voila!
It's now shinier than it's ever been. You'll be amazed. Here are some of
The
Uses:

1) Protects silver from tarnishing.
2) Removes road tar and grime from cars.
3) Cleans and lubricates guitar strings.
4) Gives floors that 'just-waxed' sheen without making it slippery.
5) Keeps flies off cows.
6) Restores and cleans chalkboards.
7) Removes lipstick stains.
8) Loosens stubborn zippers.
9) Untangles jewelry chains.
10) Removes stains from stainless steel sinks.
11) Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill.
12) Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing.
13) Removes tomato stains from clothing.
14) Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots.
15) Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors.
16) Keeps scissors working smoothly.
17) Lubricates noisy door hinges on vehicles and doors in homes
18) It removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor! Use WD-40 for
Those nasty tar and scuff marks on flooring. It doesn't seem to harm the
Finish and you won't have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just
Remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks.
19) Bug guts will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly!
Use WD-40!
20) Gives a children's play gym slide a shine for a super fast slide.
21) Lubricates gear shift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on
Riding mowers.
22) Rids kids rocking chairs and swings of squeaky noises.
23) Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to
Open.
24) Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close.
25) Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as
Vinyl bumpers.
26) Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.
27) Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans.
28) Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons, and bicycles for
Easy handling.
29) Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running
Smoothly.
30) Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools.
31) Removes splattered grease on stove.
32) Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging.
33) Lubricates prosthetic limbs.
34) Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).
35) Removes all traces of duct tape.
36) Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve
Arthritis pain.
37) Florida's favorite use is: "cleans and removes love bugs from grills
And bumpers."
38) The favorite use in the state of New York -- WD-40 protects the
Statue of Liberty from the elements.
39) WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a LITTLE on live bait or lures and you
Will be catching the big one in no time. Also, it's a lot cheaper than the
Chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind
Though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not
Allowed in some states.
40) Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and
Stops the itch.
41) WD-40 is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray on the mark and
Wipe with a clean rag.
42) Also, if you've discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and
Dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick
Spots with WD-40 and re-wash. Presto! Lipstick is gone!
43) If you sprayed WD-40 on the distributor cap, it would displace the
moisture and allow the car to start.

P. S. The basic ingredient is FISH OIL.

P. P. S. I keep a can of WD-40 in my kitchen cabinet over the stove. It
is good for oven burns or any other type of burn. It takes the burned
feeling away and heals with NO scarring.

What is your vision for the future of America?

Lleh

I don't mean what do you think is reasonably possible given the present circimstances. I don't mean the names of the leaders who can make it happen. I just want to know what you really want America to be like in the best of all possible (or impossible) futures. What will your kids and grandkids and great great grandkids experience in the best America you can envision?

Answer
What I would want the nation to be and what it is most likely to become are two entirely different things.

It would have been nice if Americans discovered to concentrate their living into compact but livable cities, rather than the sometimes insane urban sprawl. I myself live outside the nearby city, but in a housing development that is surrounded by meadows. Unfortunately, that scene will soon change when the nearby airport expands.

We spread out so much, not to farm or do ranching or such then-localized economic activity. But it is to live apart from where we work. If this country did as a hundred years ago, in this aspect alone, there would be people living near where they work. There also were trams and trolleys in network through some rural areas, so not everyone had to have a horse or car in order to live their lives. But today, mass transit solutions are impossible (or impossibly expensive) because we are not conveniently concentrated.

I would like to see the use of solar cells on every roof, storing up energy (probably in basements or garage batteries or fuel cells) during the day and keeping the home conveniently comfortable at night when we return from work or whatever. While some, though not all, manufacturing processes are terrible polluters, perhaps the alternative, mechanical processes would work (their efficiencies are greater, but need more maintenance considerations) such as mirrors that heat fluids into gases. I would think that telecommuting would be a bigger thing, more people comfortably working from the comfort of home, but with technology keeping them sufficiently connected to keep them from loneliness (or loafing). With robots and automation, a home with a basement or a workshop in the backyard could even be a mini-assembly stage of industry.

Closed-cycle processes need to be employed, not so much as the "green thing to do" but because they are less polluting and more manageable. Electric cars (charged up by my home's own electricity, generated by the sunlight that naturally falls on my roof, currently merely heating my attic and the air around it) could help me get around.

Another thing is the old concept of staged transportation. Air travel is only for long distances where the travel must necessarily be swift (family emergency in a distant city, an engineer needed to fix a unique problem) or for very long distances. Trains were for regional transport of people. Buses were for local transport. Of course, as suggested before, places like work, church, and the grocery should be close enough to walk there.

Finally, I suspect that some common services might need something akin, but not directly, to socialization of medicine and transport. I like capitalism and the freedom it allows. But until we discover on our own the ways to nicely live together we are missing the convenient opportunities to do such common things as provide an inexpensive and unburdening transportation or medical system. We largely do that with education.

Unfortunately, politics and historical baggage make my 'vision' impossible, impractical, or undesireable, even to me. Getting the needed agreement simply won't happen. The ideas have been around a long time, good ideas, but unworkable unless forced upon us -- undesireable if they are forced.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

How much HP motor should I use for 2000 kg car to make electric car?

best value electric cars image

iamback

I want to make a electric car. The car weight's 2000 kg. I want to know that how much HP motor should i use for it.

Answer
Well, you would need to know the air resistance at various speeds and the rolling resistance, particularly at your intended cruising speed. Then you need to add power to that value to give you the amount of acceleration that you want to still have at that speed based upon the F=MA formula.

You'll probably want to check out some of Robert Q Riley's books. He's been promoting DIY microcars for some time now. His latest, the XR3 hybrid looks pretty cool.

Would you trade your car for an electric one?

rambling v

If someone offered to exchange your car for an electric car of comparable value, would you make the trade?
(I beg your pardon, afratta437. Before asking questions in the future, I should consult with the republican cyberbully.)

Answer
Yes, I would make the trade! There is technology available NOW to make an electric car run up to 300+ miles on one charge. Why is it that an oil company owns the company that makes the batteries? Afraid of the competition?

We are talking about breaking our dependency on foreign oil, yet every year fuel milage on new vehicles BS. How is it that back in the late 70s, early 80s fuel efficiency increased by leaps and bounds, but now, it jumps by 2 mpg, and auto makers expect a technological award.

Auto makers and oil companies CRUSHED the first electric car since the beginning of the LAST century. There were electric cars and trucks in large numbers running on 19th century technology, yet here we are in the 21st century dealing with global warming, high butt gas prices, SMOG, etc, but we can't make a totally electric vehicle to satisfy US consumers? I don't think so!!!

The hydrogen car is not a future dream, it's a nightmare. Nothing about it is economical. If you think the electric car is bad, the hydrogen car is multiple times worse.

There is a company in Australia and one in France working on a car that runs off compressed air. If you haven't heard of either of them, here is a link to help you out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4

As much as it costs these days to own and operate a vehicle, anything other than gas powered will cost more to purchase, but in the long run will cost less to operate.

It's sad, I guess the US will have to wait for a foreign auto maker to come in and put that last nail in the coffin before they create a vehicle that the people want. Oh, people DO want an electric car, air car.....anything that will run on something other than gas, but won't do as much harm to the environment. Not that many people want Hummers, but GM produced them. I wil bet my dollar to anyone's penny that more people would be interested in a vehicle that runs off of the means mentioned than the number of Hummers H1 sold. US automakers are getting beat as though they stole something by Toyota. When will they wake up? I guess with 'oil men' in the white house, it will have to be under another president to encourage and FUND research for alternative fuels.....other than hydrogen.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Cost of living with an offer of 24000 SAR per month for an Indian in riyadh?

electric cars for kids london image

devil dude

I have got an offer of 24000 SAR per month but i have not been given housing ,medical and electricity provision in my salary...

pls guide me and tell me what will be my cost of living in riyadh,saudi arabia and will it be safe for an Indian family of four over there.....

Answer
OMG! Foreigners don't get paid as much as local citezins do to be honest. But this, this, is spectacular. For heaven's sake man, Specialized surgeons get started with 20,000 SAR. And don't forget that you'll get a LOT of raises.

Let's see family of four...hmm...I'll assume you're children are in school. I suggest you take them to an international school it has much better teaching than others an they'll graduate as geniouses. I know a lot of indian/pakistani/american/saudi/british kids who study in an international school (which is not a mixed school so boys and girls are seperated). It's VERY good and it's called Manarat International Schools. It has both boys and girls. The tuition fees are around 20,000SR (about 5.000$) per year for highschoolers (which I think you can afford).

The house: you can buy or rent villas or apartments over here. Maybe you'd like to live in a compound??. Both villas and apartments rent for 20.000 SAR (around 5.000$) to 40.000 SAR (around 10.000$) a year (it depends on the size). You'll do fine there's nothing to worry about. And of course if you have the cash you can BUY a villa with 4 bedrooms, in a decent neighborhood about 250mX650m for 1.200.000 (about 300.000$) SAR if not less.

As for Medical inssurance, you can go to one of the clinical offices and get a check-up for 20 (5$) SAR or less (which is really nothing to worry about).

Don't worry about electricity or gasoline they're both relatively cheap. An electric bill of a house of EIGHT is about 700 SAR (about 170$). People fill up their cars up to its LIMIT for only 28 SAR (less than 8$).

You'll do just fine COME HERE and get the greeen$!!! <= :P

P.S. Since women aren't allowed to drive here, I advice you to get a driver for your family members to get around the city. Because this isn't a city like Paris or London where there are a lot of pedestrians. And there aren't any public transportations. A driver gets around 1500 SAR (around 400$) per month.

So let's how you'll do:
What you make per year: 288.000 SAR.
What you'll spend for the schools, yearly: 40.000 SAR (on both).
What you'll pay for electricity, yearly: around 5500 SAR.
What you'll pay for medical care, yearly: Less than 2500 SAR.
What you'll pay for a driver, yearly: 18.000 SAR.
What you'll pay for the rent, yearly: 30.000 SAR
**What remains after everything= Let's say that it will be around 190.000 SAR. Maybe after you get miscallenous things like food 150.000 SAR will remain in which you can save by putting it as a college fund or in the bank or if you want to save for buying a house....etc

BTW, there are NO taxes over here so that's another thing that you scratch off the list ;)

Hope I was a help!! :D

Peace

Do you know any good racist jokes?

JK8lvr

It can be about any group. I'm not offended by racism.

Answer
Mexican jokes:
Why don't Mexicans play hide and seek?
-Cause nobody will look for them?

What do you call a building full of Mexicans?
-Jail

What does a mexican get 4 christmas?
-Your TV

why do mexicans put there names on their car
-so they dont steal them

what do mexicans and vending machines have in common?
-they both take your money and don't work.

What is the difference between a Mexican and an elevator?
-the elevator can raise a child

Why are there no Mexicans in Star Trek?
-They don't work in the future either

Why do mexican kids walk around school like they own the place?
-Because their dads built it and their mom clean it

2 mexicans are in a car, who is driving?
-A cop

How do you stop a Mexican tank?
-Shoot the guy pushing it

What do you get when you cross a Mexican and a black person?
-Somebody too lazy to steal

Why doesn't the border have electric wires?
-Because Mexicans will steal the electricity to power their house

Did you hear about the winner of the mexican beauty contest?
-Me neither

What is it when a Mexican is taking a shower?
-A miracle

A bunch of Mexicans are running down a hill, what is going on?
-Jail Break

What do you do when a Mexican is riding a bike?
-Chase after him, it's probably yours

Black Jokes:
How do you start a black parade?
A: Roll a hundred dollar bill down the street.

Q: What do u do when your sitting in the dark and your TV starts to float?
A: You turn on the lights and shoot the black people stealing it.

Q: What do you call a barn full of blacks?
A: Farm equipment.

Q: What do you call a group of blacks in the ocean?
A: An oil spill

Q: What do you call a pool full of black kids?
A: Cocoa puffs

Q: What do you call a school bus full of black people?
A: A rotten banana

Q: What do you call Mike Tyson if he has no arms or legs?
A: Nigger, Nigger, Nigger!!!!

Q: Why are black people like jelly beans?
A: No one likes the black ones.

Q: Why are black people so good at Basketball?
A: Cause all you have to do is RUN ⦠SHOOT ⦠and STEAL

Why do more niggers get hit by cars in the winter?
They're easier to spot

Blonde jokes:
Q. How do you confuse a blonde?
A. You can't, they have always been like that.

Q. How do you amuse a blonde for hours?
A. Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.

Q. How does a blonde try to kill a fish?
A. She drowns it.


Q. A blonde is going to London on a plane. How can you steal her window seat?
A. Tell her the seats that are going to London are all in the middle row.

Q. Why do blondes wash their hair in the sink?
A. Because that's where your supposed to wash vegetables.

Q. Why is it good to have a blonde passenger?
A. You get to park in the handicap zone.

Q. What do you do if a blonde throws a grenade at you?
A. Pull the pin and throw it back.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Do you think the government should force manufacture of fuel effciant cars?

kids electric cars sale image

Nate H

They have electric roadsters that do 0-60 in 3 seconds and have a 100 mile plus range lineing up for production. Just add a small desile generator and some solar panels and it will get 100 to infinity miles per gallon. Why don't they mandate hybred and solor car manufacturing! Think they should make a limit on how much fuel a vehical can consume? Like 1 gallon per hour private and 3 commercial?

Answer
You can't mandate something like that.

The consumer dictates what will be built. The companies respond to that.

When gas got to $3.00 a gallon, SUV and pickup sales went down to its lowest levels since 1995. People were looking into more efficient cars. Toyota and Honda had already thought ahead and been producting them. The government encourages it by giving tax breaks and allowing them into HOV lanes. The US car makers were still churning out SUV's and fell behind yet again. Now Toyota is poised to become the number one car maker because they're able to think ahead, innovate, and respond quicker to the market.

Now that gas is back to $2.06 a gallon, people are going *whew* and are driving SUV's again. But there is a percentage that are thinking ahead and are selling their SUV's and buying the Toyota's and Honda's.

You can blame the SUV and Minivan market in part on the increased safety levels required by the government. Since they require car seats for each kid, a family with three kids needs a larger vehicle so Minivan's were born. Guys were harassed about driving a "minivan" so the car manufacturers created SUV's to satisfy a guy's ego.

Then you have the Hummer type ads. You've seen them. Where they harass the moms now, calling them wimps and pressuring them to buy Hummers. What a bunch of crap.

What are some advantages of getting a Hybrid car?

Q. ..and which one is better? Is there any difference in hydrid cars? I'm thinking about the Toyota hybrid...

Answer
Snob appeal. Just kidding. My sister has owned a Prius for the last 2 years. She bought it "new" and I've heard not one complaint. Go with Toyota because they are one of the first to have perfected a Hybrid priced for the masses (more or less..I'll have to buy 2nd hand) This old world is suffering from pollution, so any little thing can be a positive. I've seen some really innovative electric cars on-line, but have never seen any for sale and one the road. Then electricity rates will climb! Mark my words.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

what is the difference between a brushless rc petrol car and one without ?

best electric brushless rc cars image

Samuel

okay so im thinking of buying a rc nirto petrol car and i dont know what the brushless things is and what it does, is it better to buy one with it or without ? ¬_¬

Answer
nitro rc cars dont have brushes at all its only electric rc cars which have them, they are inside the motor of an electric rc car so that the car can go fast, (electromagnet)

What will be the speed of a RC car with 500 RPM?

Q. I am planning to make a RC car with 4 wheel drive and a geared DC motor. I need to know what will its maximum speed be. Thanks in advance.
If I want 45-50km/h then what motor, battery, wheel size should I use?

Answer
I just read this over at RCU,not to fast,the bigger diameter the tires the more top end,the more teeth on the pinion gear mixed with less teeth on the final drive the more top end.Vise vers for low end.Wich is of the line.500 rpms is not fast considering there's a 3.0 turn brushless motor made that spins over 84,000 rpm's.Your best bet is to get a roller of ebay or RCU slap a high rmp motor in it some servos and experiment.Also keep in mind with electric,the more turns the motor is the less rpm's it spins.+ brushless motors turn way higher r's as to brushed motors.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Electric Car Range: How is it affected by the Electric Motor wattage?

best electric cars range image

agrafa

Imagine you have an electric car with a specific battery capacity and you want to test the effect of the electric motor to the car's range.
So, assume you have 2 motors: one with A KW and another with 5A KW.
If placed on the car and used to test the range till total battery depletion (assuming same constant velocity) which motor would lead to higher range?

Answer
If the same car is moving at the same speed, it will use the same amount of energy to move it the same distance. (Weight difference between the motors will probably be negligible). The energy different motors use to supply this will vary

Assuming that both motors are rated high enough to maintain the desired speed, the biggest factor affecting range will be motor efficiency. The power rating has little to do with efficiency. It is possible that either the larger or the smaller motor could deliver the better range.

Generally electric motors with lower electrical resistance, better insulation, lower magnetic reluctance and smaller air gaps will have higher efficiencies. Running a motor closer to its voltage limits will mean less power losses. (Power losses=ampxampx resistance)

This link has some typical examples of motor efficiency curves versus output power.(EFF v Wo)
http://www.cyclone-tw.com/dc24.htm

Work out the power range that you car will need, to maintain your desired speed. Then you can then look for the motor with the best efficiency curves to match your needs.(and gearing).

In short it is more a matter of how well the motor is made and how well it matches your needs then what it is rated at. A larger motor will usually run more efficiently at its rated load. If it is running well below that then the smaller motor may well give best results.

The trade off for longer range is usually slower acceleration.

What are the different types of batteries used in Electric Cars?

mark m

lead-acid batteries for an electric car cost about $3,000, have a range of 75 miles, and a charging life of 500 cycles.

what are some other battery types? costs? range? and cycles? that can be used for Electric Cars?

Answer
The 4 most popular are
1) Nickel family Ni-cad and NIMH
2) Lead Acid
3) Lithium Ion
4) Sodium Nickel Chloride

These are all deep cycle meaning they are designed to be discharged deeper than a normal car battery.
Lead acid are found in gulf carts for example.

Lithium Ion will probably get the most use because they hold a pretty long charge.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

How environmentally friendly is it currently to charge an electric car?

best mpg electric cars image

Jeff P

We all know that there is a tremendous benefit to driving a zero-emissions electric vehicle, but that electric charge still comes from a coal fired power plant, in most places.

Can anyone steer me towards any info that shows that, even with the current 20th century methods of mass producing electricity, charging and driving electric cars is more environmentally friendly than normal high mpg gasoline burning cars?

Thanks!

Answer
Electric motors & batteries are much more efficient than combustion engines. Current engines are about 12-20% efficient, whilst electric motors can be 90%+ efficient.

From then it depends on how efficient your power station, grid and batteries are. The latest Economist quotes, per kWh, a combustion engine can drive 1.5-2.5km, a diesel hybrid 3.2km and an electric car up to 6.3km.


Anyhow, the Chevrolet Volt claims to drive 64km on a charge of 8.8kWh:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt
Or about 0.14kWh/km.

CO2 emissions from a coal power station are somewhere between 900-1300g/kWh. Assuming a relatively new power station it's about 900g:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint#Carbon_footprint_for_various_types_of_electricity_production

So a km driven in the Volt on coal powered electricity is just under 125g CO2.

A similar sized car, the UK's Ford Focus Zetex, gets 155g CO2/km. Small cars and hybrids get lower, though.


The UK grid electricity average is about 430g/kWh and in the US it's under 700g. So a Volt in the UK currently gets 60g/km, lower than any marketed petrol or diesel car. In the US it's under 95g.

In France (mostly nuclear) it's something like 15g/km, over 90% lower than the Focus.


CO2 emissions from electricity in many developed nations will probably fall too because of efficiency and global warming concerns.

The UK is planning 30% renewable electricity and a new generation of nuclear power stations, and coal power stations can't be built without capturing part of their carbon.

Does charging electric cars use more energy than if you used a gas powered car?

Big Man

a lot of people have been saying that electric cars use just as much energy to charge them up as you would just using a gas powered car. Is this true?

Answer
Most electric cars still use less net energy than a conventional auto. Many electric cars have mile-per-gallon equivalent ratings to enable comparisons between energy use. The Nissan Leaf has a 99 mpg equivalent. The lower-speed Zap Xebra has a 150 mpg equivalent rating. So the electrics use quite a bit less net energy than gasoline cars.

Electric cars also have the advantage of great renewable energy potential. If you were to have a solar or wind electric charging station for your electric car, you would be using nearly free and limitless energy and producing effectively no emissions.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

LAWS AGAINST LYING WHEN SELLING A USED CAR AS IS FROM OWNER CLAIMING THE PROBLEMS WILL BE FIXED B-4 SIGNING?

electric cars 2011 for kids image

Debi

In July of 2011, I purchased a used 1991 toyota 4-runner. While test driving, I asked what was the noise I ws hearing. The mechanic at the car lot said "It just needs PLUGS AND WIRES, The other sound was coming from a small HOLE in th muffler. The mechanic assured me of this. I had my brother with me. He and his kids and his girl friend. We all were, including my mother. My mother and I both are disabled. My mom has an electric wheelchair. Before signing the tital the OWNER and I discussed the problems that the mechanic described. I got in writing that he would add the trailor hitch and replace the plugs. At that time I was adviced that the repairs would be fixed. When I came to pick up my Toyota 4 runner it had 77k on it. I have had it garage kept, and now not even 1500 miles Now 78k. Two 1/2 weeks later I went there upset wanting my plugs and wires changed. And , also the Hitch still needed to be put on. Several days my truck had got a tune up, and a hitch; But,, the hitch still does not have the wiring harnest to have my mom's lift instailled. Help.. THE OWNER DOES NOT WANT POSITIVE FEED BACK! HELP!

Answer
Your only recourse is through small claims court.

You claim to have in your possession a note from him that he will add the trailer hitch and replace the plugs. That's what you have a claim to, nothing more. You can get an estimate from a dealer or repair shop as to how much that would cost in parts and labor, and sue him for that cost. Anything over that amount would be dismissed.

Anything IN WRITING can be enforced. Anything verbal will not be.

What kind of car should I get?

ScorpioChi

So, my parents are getting me a car. With that being said, I do work and I will be paying the car payments including for gas and car mechanical failures. I am 16 and this is NOT my first car. Yes, my parents don't mind spending money, etc. on me obviously and I was just wondering from your opinion - what kind of car I should get or what do you think is better.

*NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU SAY RICH KID AND PARENTS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THEIR KID, ETC. THAT'S VERY RUDE!* (Yes, I said it in all caps haha!)

I was looking at these cars:
2012 Chevy Volt
2012 Hyundai Tucson
2012 Hyundai Sonata
2012 Cadillac SRX
2012 BMW X6M
2012 Porsche Cayenne
2012 Porsche Panamera
2011 BMW M3
2012 Mercedes Benz CLS 63 AMG
2012 Lexus IS F

MY OPINION:
I have close enough in money to afford a Porsche Panamera & Porsche Cayenne because I have been modeling and acting and I have been saving up with that money since I was 10 when I started. I still do modeling and acting but, little of it now since booking have been slow so I got myself a job at a local restaurant and at a lawyers office. I am home schooled so I have enough time to work, etc.

HERE'S WHERE YOU COME IN:
For value and performance overall, especially for a car that I would like to keep for years from now, what car should I get?

I KNOW: You are going to say also, what is she doing driving a high performance, luxury or everyday car if she doesn't even know how to drive and she is just 16. In my state, the driving age is 14. I have never been involved in a car accident, never caused one and have never gotten any points taken off my license. I know how distracting it is to have friends in the car as my friend has died from that fatal accident but, I honestly don't drive with friends in the car. I only drive with family members in the car or on my own. No music. Just listening to that good old sound of car horns and the environment. (:

From your point of view, like I said, which is better? Please no negativity. Just answers. I know someone is going to put something negative on this post but, I did ask for an answer. I did not however ask for a mean one.

I hope you reply with what you think! Thanks! (:

*p.s. I know that I will have to go to driving school if I wanted to drive a high performance vehicle to know how to control the car, etc.* #JustSaying. (:
@mechanic_girl_C: Thanks for responding! (: I'll keep the Hyundai's in mind. ^_^
@iwastypingthat: Yes. No music seriously. (: Thanks for responding also! ^_^ I'll keep what you mentioned in mind about resale and safety with those cars.
@Raff: Thanks for responding! (: Ouch! That's off of my list for good. Haha yes, I do actually. ^_^
@apeweek: I've read through the information given on the volt and yes, it's reliable & very safe, etc. but I have come to the conclusion to just leave the volt off of my list. I did go down to test drive the Volt today and it's not really for me. It's safe, has the features but it also balls down to how much room is in the vehicle. It's great for someone who wants something small but I like to have a more space. (:
@GM Customer Svc: Thanks for the information on the SRX. (:

Answer
You should get a Chevy Volt. I'm sure this will make many readers scream, but hear me out. There is independent support for this position.
*
Consumers Reports has the Volt as one of their "recommended" cars. In fact the Volt is the ONLY recommended American car in the small car category. See link:
*
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/types/new-models-by-category.htm
*
The Volt in fact came in first place - beating every other car Consumer Reports tracks - in their Buyer Satisfaction survey. See link:
*
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57334967-48/chevy-volt-scores-highest-satisfaction-rating-in-consumer-reports-survey/7
*
It also aced their first year reliability rankings. Note that Consumer Reports did not initially like the Volt - they trashed it in an article after the car first came out. But after testing it for a few months, they radically changed their opinion. This is the key - test drive one and see for yourself.
*
Volt got top 5-star scores in safety testing from both NHTSA and the Insurance Institute - see link (yes, recent "Volt fire" stories are sheer nonsense):
*
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/03/chevy-volt-earns-five-star-nhtsa-crash-rating-w-videos/
And
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/04/chevy-voly-nissan-leaf-crash-test-iihs-top-safety-pick/1
*
The Volt's little secret is that this is a wickedly fun-to-drive car, great acceleration, full of technological gadgets, and it attracts a lot of attention. Driving past gas stations is fun, too.
*
Plus - it's not even as expensive as most people assume. Depending on your driving pattern - and taking into account that electricity is much cheaper than gasoline - the total cost of ownership could even be cheaper than a comparable car. Below is a spreadsheet where you can input your own driving needs and see what kind of car is cheapest to drive:
*
http://www.squidoo.com/a-free-calculator-for-economy-hybrid-and-electric-cars
*
Yes, I own one. It's the best car I have ever owned. If you go with a Volt, be prepared for arguments with everybody. Do your research so you can answer your critics. This is a great car, the car of the future.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Where could I get a really cool electric car?

best electric cars in europe image

Eliza

Ok, went to friends house today and she has the coolest small electric car for kids! I really want one but don't know where to buy for someone who is 12 ( you see it's actually for my sister!) Could you guys help me? By the way I live in England.
Just to really outline it.. a 12 year old has to fit in it!

Answer
If you have a Radio Shack store in your area. They have a new line that you can start with and make upgrades called XMODS.
http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032407

or

for about $200 go with HPI micro rs4 belt driven 4 wheel drive - tons of upgrades. These are 1/18 scale, not sure what size you are looking for.
www.hpi-europe.com

or

for about $200 you can get kyosho mini z. Highly detailed metal bodies - ready to run (rtr).

Stay away from toys-r-us and stores like that you can't buy parts for.

Can the Nissan Leaf and Smart Car Electric Drive use the same charging dock?

Sean

Okay so my girlfriend and I are considering getting electric cars. I want to get the Nissan Leaf and she prefers the Smart Car Electric Drive.

I'm wondering if we had a charging dock installed for one of the cars, if we could use the same for the other car? Or do we both have to get separate charging docks?

Answer
Probably, although it depends upon where you are located as the US and Europe have established standards (although different from each other) to enable public charging ports.

The power that comes from the wall is standardized in any event. The new standard in the US is the J1772 plug configuration on the vehicle and the mating part that comes from the wall. The charger on each car will adjust the incoming power to the batteries in the specific vehicle.

The chargers will also adjust to the incoming voltage and wattage. Which leads us to the standardized charge "levels" What you would be installing would be a level II "dock"

"LEVEL 1 CHARGING
⢠Portable âplugâ
⢠120 VAC standard outlet
⢠Delivers power from the wall to
the vehicleâs on-board charger

LEVEL 2 CHARGING (OVERNIGHT CHARGING)
⢠Fixed charging station
⢠208-240 VAC fixed installation
⢠Delivers AC power from the wall
to the on-board charger

LEVEL 3 CHARGING (DC FAST CHARGING)
⢠High powered fast-charge station
(like a âgas pumpâ)
⢠400-600 VAC fixed installation
⢠Delivers DC energy, bypassing
the on-board charger "1

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

How much should I ask for a electric club car golf cart?

best all electric cars 2012 image

Remmington

How much should I ask for for a gray electric club car? It has really nice wheels, a back seat that folds down and a whole light system installed. Just wondering what it would be worth.

Answer
This is all relevant to the year of the cart......also you have not mentioned if the batteries are in working condition. If you have good working batteries its one price and if you have new batteries its another usually at least a 500-700 dollar price difference. If you can include the items above the year and battery condition I can give you an accurate price for your golf cart. New, the Club Car goes arround 8000 and here I am talking about a 2012 Model. Also is this carts a 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 Passenger golf cart? That makes a very big difference as well in the price of a Club Car Golf Cart. The price I have quoted you for your Club Car is for a 2 Passenger Cart this link will help you with getting prices for your cart http://lsvcarts.com/clubcars.html

Are pure electric cars and plug-in hybrid electric cars easier and cost less to maintain? Do they still have?

Edward

radiators, spark plugs, motor oil? When the battery in a plug-in hybrid electric car runs low, does the car automatically start the onboard generator without the driver doing anything? How long does it take to recharge a electric car to travel 15 miles roundtrip to work?

Answer
Electric cars are operated by electric motors. This is a fundamentally different engine than the heat producing internal combustion engine. They are essentially permanently lubricated and therefore don't require oil changes for the engine. Electric motors do not burn a fuel so do not require spark plugs. They are rotary engines so operate virtually vibration free and silent so do not need tune ups or mufflers. Commercial vehicles like the Nissan Leaf have regenerative braking so they are very light on the traditional brake system causing far less maintenance. One owner of a RAV4ev said that he did not have to perform any vehicle maintenance for over 5 years.

"Pure electric cars" as the term is used are battery electric cars that do not have a traditional engine or a generator. The power is transmitted to the vehicle and stored in batteries. Some electric vehicles may have a radiator that is used for liquid cooling of the battery system. The volt does but the Leaf has an air cooled battery system.

Some vehicles like the Volt are closer to series hybrids than a pure electric car. They have an electric motor that is the primary mover for the vehicle. They also have the traditional engine with all its associated maintenance. They never require charging to operate but the batteries will only last about 40 miles. After this the engine starts a generator automatically to continue the operation of the electric motor.

Parallel hybrids like the Prius are never plugged in and charge the vehicle when less energy is needed to power the vehicle. All energy comes from the fuel. (although the 2012 version can be plugged in for some fuel savings.)

Electric cars economy and charge times will vary. The Nissan Leaf EPA rating is 34 KW-hr to travel 100 miles or .34 kWh /mile. A 15 mile journey would then require (15 x .34=) 5.1 kW hr. You need to add about 5% for charger inefficiency so the total charge required would be approximately 5.36 kWh. If charging from a standard wall outlet (15 amp {1} x 120 volt power supply = 1800 watts or 1.8kW ) then the total charge time should be (5.36/1.8=) approximately 3 hours. If charging from a single phase 220volt x 22.5 {1} amp power supply = 5400 watts or 5.4kW ) then the total charge time should be (5.36/5.4=) approximately 1 hours.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers