01 Mar 11 19:07, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> TW> So for matched horsepower between the electrical motor and the   
    RW>> TW> Internal combustion engine it is no contest off the line.   
      
    RW>> Right. But, either the long extension cord or the charge in the   
    RW>> batteries that power it, limits the amount of distance one can go   
    RW>> with an electric motor.   
      
    TW> That is the down side. And a very big one and IMHO makes wide   
    TW> adapton of Electric Cars really impractical. BESIDES just where would   
    TW> we get the Electrical Power to charge those electric cars if it was   
    TW> widely adapted by the public??   
      
   Exactly. There would be more pollution by the power plants that make the   
   electricity to charge them, than we're seeing now.   
      
    RW>> PS - When I was a kid, a bunch of us pooled our money and built a   
    RW>> slot-car dragstrip for 1/24th scale cars in the basement of an   
    RW>> insurance company. One of the guys used an electric motor that had   
    RW>> dual shafts and mounted his wheels and tires to it giving him a   
    RW>> direct drive. All of this in a 1/24th scale 1963 Impala and it was   
    RW>> fast to say the least. Unfortuntely, we didn't have a long enough   
    RW>> shut-down area after the finish line, so it ran off the track and   
    RW>> crashed into the wall. It was after that, that we thought of reverse   
    RW>> polarity in the shut down lanes.   
      
    TW> I rembember the days of Slot Cars and the slot car tracks in some   
    TW> areas. As I recall I took my kids to one in Lemon Grove a couple of   
    TW> times.   
      
   Today they have radio controlled cars with gas engines running on outdoor   
   tracks.   
      
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