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Old 01-29-2006   #1
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Re: $262/barrel Oil

How hard would it be to take the engine and tranny out of a 1G, and attach an electric motor to each one of the hubs (where the axles would have gone)

that would leave us with a light electric AWD car

as for a power plant, how about one of JETs corn burning furnaces modified to boil water with the corn.

Steam>turbine>alternator>electricity>

a cost effective method of transportation, not really a DSM anymore, but it will look and feel somewhat similiar
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Re: $262/barrel Oil

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How hard would it be to take the engine and tranny out of a 1G, and attach an electric motor to each one of the hubs (where the axles would have gone)

that would leave us with a light electric AWD car

as for a power plant, how about one of JETs corn burning furnaces modified to boil water with the corn.

Steam>turbine>alternator>electricity>

a cost effective method of transportation, not really a DSM anymore, but it will look and feel somewhat similiar
Not impossible but would cost way more than what it is worth.

I had a doctor come into work today with an electric 1997 s-10. He payed like 17,000 for it last year. I have always heard of them but never seen one in person. His other vehicle is an 02 F-250, go figure.
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