[Silly Little Cars] Chinese made

[John Call]

How about natural gas, liquid propane, bio-fuels, and renewable methane
just to name a few alternatives for the internal combustion engine? We need
to think outside the box.


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM, <brickwood at ccountry.net> wrote:

> >> But, "It's Green" and does not pollute, at least in the eyes of the
> >> politicians, but they fail to realize where the electricity to charge
> >> the batteries actually comes from.
> >
> > Electricity coming from a central generation plant (even if from coal) is
> > many times more efficient and clean than burning gas in a small internal
> > combustion engine. Besides, most people charge at night when there's
> > usually a surplus of power in the grid anyway.
> >
> > As a mechanic friend put it to me, if you were to design a machine who's
> > sole purpose was to create maximum pollution, the engine in each of our
> > cars would be a really good design.
> >
> > And another nice benefit of electric cars is that they leave open the
> > possibility for alternative energy sources.  Heard of any viable
> > alternative energy sources for internal combustion engines lately?
> >
> > http://www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com/electric-powered-cars.html
> >
> >
> > seems to me the hybrid gas / electric cars are an alternative and a good
> start on overall reduction of gas consumption
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iMagiggy
> >
> > On Feb 19, 2013, at 12:10 PM, "Charley" <clent at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> No, the Firefly is made in Texas with 95% of it coming from USA made
> >> components, according to the manufacturer's website. This probably is a
> >> partial explanation for the high list price of $32-35,000. But, "It's
> >> Green" and does not pollute, at least in the eyes of the politicians,
> >> but they fail to realize where the electricity to charge the batteries
> >> actually comes from.
> >>
> >> Charley
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: DanTuel
> >> To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:48 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] Chinese made
> >>
> >> Don't know if the fireflys are chinese made or not but a big caveat to
> >> anyone considering chinese scooters, little cars etc. The chinese will
> >> use any motor , tranny electrical system they can find and its not
> >> uncommon to see a differant engine in a scooter thats made the next day
> >> after yours. No quality control at all and parts are usually almost
> >> impossible to find. In other words it might be cheap (inexpensive) but
> >> stay away from chinese stuff if at all possible.
> >> ___________________________________________
> >> Silly Little Cars Email List
> >> sillylittlecars at sillylittlecars.com
> >>
> http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/listinfo.cgi/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com
> >> To unsubscribe, click that link above.
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Silly Little Cars Email List
> >> sillylittlecars at sillylittlecars.com
> >>
> http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/listinfo.cgi/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com
> >> To unsubscribe, click that link above.
> >>
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Silly Little Cars Email List
> > sillylittlecars at sillylittlecars.com
> >
> http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/listinfo.cgi/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com
> > To unsubscribe, click that link above.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Silly Little Cars Email List
> sillylittlecars at sillylittlecars.com
>
> http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/listinfo.cgi/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com
> To unsubscribe, click that link above.
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.sillylittlecars.com/pipermail/silly_little_cars-sillylittlecars.com/attachments/20130220/09296bd1/attachment-0004.htm>