Check out this video link: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=XdRS7eVVZbU

Electric motors in the wheels appear to be the most efficient for hybrid automobiles. the installing of electric motors in the wheels (Hub Motors) not only make for much more room but allows for the placement of a small motorcycle engine to charge the batteries and is a superior way to go.

This motorcycle engine is not intended to drive at freeway speeds but to provide enough horsepower for the battery charges. The batteries will take you down the road at freeway plus speeds. You need not be a rocket scientist to figure this out. All you need is to install an engine that gets 100 plus miles per gallon and, like the Toyota Prius plug in, or like the Toyota Spirit of D.C. that gets 100 miles to the gallon. The installation of a 5 gallon tank will allow you to travel a minimum of 500 miles before you have to plug in or get more gas. YOU SAY,”It costs too much to buy one of these!”

I contacted a college statistician and he calculated the following:

1. A 25 year old today will drive for a minimum of 25 years and travel 1,876,875 miles.

2. At a price of 15 cents per mile, they will spend: $281,531.00. That’s for gas only and does not include parts, repairs, oil changes or car replacement purchases. 

3. The current cost per mile of an all electric plug-in is 2 cents or a cost for that time: $37,537.00

4. This total of a saving to you of $243,993.00

5. A plug-in  hybrid that gets 100 miles to the gallon will cost: $ 4.8 cents per mile, or a total of $90,090.00: Savings : $191,441.00.

Even at $50,000 the savings of a plug-in hybrid are great!

Guest Blogger: The Logger Blogger

Work on the amazing car above was done by Mike Dawson. Although he is not a doctor he should be considered an MD of mechanics. This is a major operation that can create a whole new experience for you and your automobile. That is, one that will run on just electricity for energy.

First you must select a proper cadaver, one that is not obese, light weight and small in size, so that it will survive the operation without complications. I this case Mike Dawson (0Dr. Winchwrench) chose a 1993 Geo Tracker that had a bad heart and angina (IC engine). (Purchase price, $450.00)

Step By Step Operational Proceedure

Step 1: The heart of the car transplant. Removal of the old heart: (the IC engine) which was choked and died along with other complication. The parts were just too worn out and not repairable. This wll make plenty of room for new electric operated heart with pacemakers. (Batteries)

Note: it is not necessary to restart the old heart and the subject can not move.

Step 2: Removal of the Life Blood Supply: The gas, gas tank, filters, pumps and oil are no longer needed. This lightens the subject considerably.

Step 3: Removal of the Intake and Exhaust system. Breathing aids and filters are no longer needed for the survival of the subject along with loud coughing, wheezing sound and expelling noxious smells.

Step 4: Removal of the Cooling System: This is not needed, as the subject will no longer gets too hot or cold and lightens it considerably.

Step 5: Installing a New Hears: Attaching the life lines (Electric connectors) and bolting up was complicated but easy when properly fitted.

Step 6. Installing the Controller and Related Parts: This made the new heart work properly.

Step 7: Installing 10 new Pacemakers (Batteries, 120 volts.)The hard part of this operation was coordinating the pace makers to run the heart properly.

The oparation was an excellent success, and there is no  energy or cooling requirements from here forward. The subject should live for many years. The only requirement is periodic electrical rejuvenation (plug-in) to charge the pacemakers. Total operation cost including the cost of the cadaver: $8.700.00

Guest Blogger: The Blogger Logger

It has captured my attention that many people are blaming today’s mortgage problem on banks who have given millions of dollars to people who are less than deserving of loans. It’s difficult to believe that this is the case. The mortgages labeled as sub prime are only 7% of the total outstanding mortgages.

According to Professor Mark J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance

Fortunately, subprime ARMs make up only 7% of the total mortgage loans outstanding according to the MBA, or about one out of every 14 loans, and of those subprime ARM loans outstanding, about 1 out 20 were in foreclosure in 2007-Q3, or about 1/3 of 1% of all mortgages.

So it seems impossible that this tiny portion of foreclosed mortgages could possibly cause such a large drop in housing prices. Some say the failing sub prime mortgage market poisoned land values in surrounding areas, which caused a ripple effect that lowered prices of  neighboring land. In the end, decreasing prices pared with adjustable rate mortgages led to large scale foreclosures.

What if we take a different idea altogether into consideration. Many modern day cities in the United States was built around the gas combustion automobile. For the past 70 years the country has been developing a system of roads and highways that connect dense cities and jobs to the suburbs. This system was great while gas prices were low, but as prices doubled it became difficult for many to pay commuting costs.

Originally, When the United States began industrializing rapidly, the main mode of transportation for both was predominately rail. It was after 1910 or so that a shift occurred to the automobile and trucks for transportation.

If gas prices reached a point where people could not pay their mortgages, would it be possible that this was the cause of the larger scale foreclosure rate? The same principle behind the ripple effect of foreclosures can be put into action again here. After a few foreclosures, housing prices would fall in the area and increase the monthly cost mortgage cost for the people who were paying their adjustable mortgages without a problem.

So, what is the solution? Go Electric!

Convert your car.
Buy an electric.
Buy a hybrid.
Take the train (if possible)
Install Solar Panels.

Now that gas prices are becoming a problem, solutions are being put into action. It’s never optimal to live in a reactionary society, but it’s the most efficient system we have. We’re not at a critically point now but, logically speaking, eventually something will have to be done. Small changes over a long period should alleviate the problem and eventually lead us to a more sustainable future.

Can anyone out there how many all Electric vehicles and/or hybrids there are in the US today? This includes home made retro-fit’s (converting a gas to electric)

I can come up with a mathematical guess. In our area of 250,000 people there are about 45 PEV’s and HEV’s. The national population is 305 million. This equates to about 54,900 EV’s including hybrids.

Taking into account mass transit in more populated areas, I cut this by 50% and came up with a total of about 27,450 and this seems like a large amount.

According to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), there are over 250 million registered vehicles in America.

1. Cars: 135 million plus
2. SUV’s and Pick up Trucks:  35 million Plus
3. Motor cycles, Trucks and Others: 80 million Plus

The newly manufactured vehicles average sticker price is: $29,749.00.

I think the major concern that the average American has today is, how much the monthly hybrid or plug in EV going to cost me? And, how much am I going to save by buying one? Or am I paying to save the environment? They do know that it takes between $ 30.00 and $ 70.00 each time they fill  their cars. 

The biggest question  today is, If I buy and electric vehicle, am I going to save any money?