I wonder what my clients

Donal — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:28:00 +0000

In reply to If you buy a used car ? let?s

I wonder what my clients would say if I gave them the wholesale estimate for a building.

I'd say that the old car already exists and either someone else will buy it, which is a win for them or I will buy it, which is a win for me, or it will be sent to South America, which is a win for them. Someone who can afford buying a Leaf/Volt/PHEV, like AMan, is a win for me because I can bike while breathing less fumes. Buying a Leaf is a lose for me because well over half of my trips are 180 miles, with lots of hills. I could use a Volt if it wasn't so damned expensive.

They use GEMs here to show real estate. I like them, but I can bike a lot cheaper and just about as fast.

If you buy a used car ? let?s

Rootman — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:50:20 +0000

In reply to EVs on the Grid

If you buy a used car – let’s say, for the sake of argument, a ten-year-old compact with decent gas mileage – instead of a new electric car, you’ve just salvaged the energy cost of manufacture that went into the used car, most of which would otherwise have been wasted, and saved all the energy that would have been spent to produce, ship, and assemble every part of the new car.

That's a fallacy. The old car already exists and someone else will either buy it or a new car, which is a lose/lose. Your best gambit is to get the Leaf and displace the new car. Game theory 101.

When cash for clunkers was active, I wanted to trade for a GEM electric. It wasn't freakin' eligible. Got a Smart. Great car. They have a electric model now that I test-drove. Sweet ride.

You can do a PV system to charge a Leaf for under $6000.

http://www.wholesalesolar.com/

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I wonder what my clients

If you buy a used car ? let?s