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What is an Electric Drive System?

An Electric Drive System is to electric vehicles and plug in electric vehicles what an engine and transmission is to gasoline and diesel fueled cars, trucks, buses, and all other vehicles fueled with fossil fuels. 

More and more companies and owners of fleets are making the switch to plug in electric vehicles for a large number of reasons, including; significantly lower;

• Fuel costs 

• Maintenance expenses

• Greenhouse gas emissions 

and helping our country end its' dependence on foreign oil. 

Business owners with fleets (including cities/counties and state governments) with; transit buses, school buses, public safety vehicles (fire, police, ambulance, etc.) as well as utility flees, work trucks, trucks with routes, postal delivery trucks, walk-in step vans, medium and heavy-duty trucks, and other operations with demanding duty cycles - all require significant fuel consumption.  Electric vehicles and plug in electric vehicles eliminate these ever-increasing fuel expenses as well as maintenance expenses associates with vehicles that have internal combustion engines and transmissions. 

Electric vehicles "EVs" and plug in electric vehicles or "PEVs" are vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, etc.) that are "fueled" with electricity that comes from the electric grid or electricity generated on-site from solar PV panels.  See  www.DistributedPV.com  or  www.RooftopPV.com  for more information.

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What are Plug-in Electric Vehicles?

Plug-in Electric Vehicles or "PEVs" are vehicles (cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, etc.) that are "fueled" with electricity that comes from the electric grid or electricity generated on-site from solar PV panels.  See  www.DistributedPV.com  or  www.RooftopPV.com  for more information.

Plug-in Electric Vehicles come in two basic forms;

• Those PEVs that use both gasoline and electricity.  Plug-in Electric Vehicles are similar to hybrid vehicles but have larger batteries with a receptacle "plug" for re-charging the vehicle's batteries. 

• Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) use only electricity like the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla BEV.  (BEV's do not use any gasoline, therefore have no engines or gasoline tanks.)

Plug-in Electric Vehicles have no:

• "black boxes" or other complicated engine electronics

• sophisticated engines that only the car dealership can work on

• expensive emissions controls

• catalytic converters

Plug In Electric Vehicles have ZERO EMISSIONS!

Plug-in Electric Vehicles never need; tune-ups, oil changes, transmission repairs or engine replacements!

There's Only One Simple System at the "heart" of every electric vehicle, battery electric vehicle, plug-in electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle - which is the "electric drive system."  The electric drive system  takes the place of all of the items above, and outside of the batteries, can last 25 to 30 years or over 1 million miles, and without any 

Some Plug-in Electric Vehicles Now Have Ranges Exceeding 300 Miles on One Charge!

Different models from various manufacturers of Plug-in Electric Vehicles have different ranges. 

Some Plug In Electric Vehicles can travel only about 40 miles on battery/electric power before the need to switch to the gasoline engine. 

New Plug-in Electric Vehicles are capable of traveling > 300 miles before their batteries need to be re-charged using only about $3.00 worth of electricity!

PEVs will cost about 2.5 cents of electricity per mile with PEV's requiring 4 miles per kilowatt-hour and electricity prices of $0.10/kWh

Compare the cost of driving 300 miles in a Plug-in Electric Vehicle to a gasoline-powered car:

A gasoline-powered car that gets 20 miles-per-gallon at $3.00/gallon for gasoline, would require 15 gallons of gasoline to travel 300 miles - which equals $45.00.

The same 300 mile trip in a PEV requires only $3.00 for electricity!  

$45.00 for gasoline  versus  $3.00 for electricity 

There is no comparison!

Plug-in Electric Vehicles are Now a Viable Alternative

The Department of Transportation has determined that approximately 80% of commuters travel less than 40 miles to and from work each day.  With Plug-in Electric Vehicles now exceeding 100 miles on a single charge, PEVs are now a viable alternative for people commuting up to 100 miles to and from work each day.

Multiple Benefits, Advantages and Reasons for Switching to Plug-in Electric Vehicles!

• American Energy Independence!

• Plug-in Electric Vehicles are easy to re-charge.  Simply plug-in your PEV to your home's electric supply when you return from work each day.

• Re-charging your PEV is simple!  If you can plug-in a hair dryer, you can plug-in your PEV using a regular 110-volt household electrical outlet or a 220 volt electrical outlet using a special PEV plug.  The 220-volt electrical outlet is the same outlet as your electric clothes dryer.  The 220 volt electrical outlet can be installed any time by an electrician in less than 30 minutes if you don't have one located near your PEV.

• No more trips to the gas station or indirectly supporting terrorism by having to buy oil from middle-east/OPEC countries!

• PEV's have zero emissions (when re-charged with electricity from solar PV panels or other renewable energy resources).

• PEV's help clean our air

• PEV's reduce the use of fossil fuels

• PEVs are the best choice for a cleaner, more sustainable environment! 

Plug-In electric charging stations are being deployed rapidly across the USA.  You will soon be able to "fill-up" whether you go to work, park downtown on the public streets or even at the supermarket!  Eventually, gas stations will offer the option to "fill-up" with electricity as they will have a quick-charge "fill-up" capability from their own Rooftop PV solar power plant!

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What is Battery Energy Storage?

Battery Energy Storage, and Battery Energy Storage systems, use stored electrical power in batteries, and feed this energy to the electric grid (building, or facility) at times when it makes economic sense.  For a "Net Zero Energy" building or facility, a Solar Cogeneration, or Solar Trigeneration energy system is used that stores excess solar power in the Battery Energy Storage system during the daytime, for use when the sun goes down, and during inclement weather.

Battery Energy Storage is an ideal solution for utility-scale wind farms, particularly in Texas, when most of the renewable energy is generated at night when the power isn't needed.  

Battery Energy Storage is also an ideal demand side management or load leveling solution.

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How we make and distribute electricity is changing! 

The electric power generation, transmission and distribution system (the electric "grid") is changing and evolving from the electric grid of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was inefficient, highly-polluting, very expensive and “dumb.”  

The "old" way of generating and distributing energy resembles this slide:

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Hubbert's Peak Oil Predictions Now Proving True?

Marion King Hubbert was a geologist and scientist who worked at Shell Oil company's research lab in Houston, Texas.  Hubbert made several important contributions to geology, geophysics and petroleum geology.  Hubbert is most recognized for the "Hubbert Curve" and " Hubbert Peak Theory" which is now referred to as " Peak Oil. 

Hubbert's life work determined that the world has a finite amount of petroleum that can be produced.  (Similarly, there is a finite amount of coal.) Many scientists and engineers believe we have reached Hubbert's "peak oil" limit.  Hubbert's espouses that when 50% of domestic crude oil production has been reached, that there will be such significant upward demand on prices of the limited supplies of oil production, that the U.S. economy will experience severe economic, social, and political turmoil.

Hubbert's Peak Oil predictions have proven to be true and this is validated as the U.S. in the early 1970's produced about 60% of its' oil demand and imported 40%.  That equation has flipped since then, because our domestic oil production has been on the decline since 1970, so now, due to our declining domestic oil production, we have to import 60% of our oil supplies, to meet our country's oil/energy demands.

The Next Oil Shock Could be the "mother" of All Oil Shocks

How severe our economic calamity and next "oil shock" will depend upon a number of factors, including when this occurs, as well as the following:

1.  the dependence of the individual country upon its own crude oil production to meet its energy needs and to subsidize consumer imports; 

2.  the rate of relative decline in crude oil production; 

3.  the degree of difficulty encountered in replacing missing energy inputs; 

4.  the degree to which our country had prepared in advance for this inevitable geological and economic calamity.

Examples of past "oil shocks" and the economic and political calamities that followed:

United States: Our peak crude oil production of domestic oil occurred in 1970; the first "oil shock" and oil crisis followed in 1973 with the Arab/OPEC Oil Embargo.

Iran: Their peak crude oil production occurred in 1974; They had their islamic revolution 1979 that overturned government and replaced it with radical islam.

Soviet Union: Their peak crude oil production was in 1989; what happened next? 
Their country disintegrated and the collapse of the Soviet Union followed in 1991. 

Indonesia: Their peak crude oil production was in 1991; their financial and government crisis followed in 1997.

Iraq: Iraq's crude oil production was in 1989; they then invaded Kuwait (for their oil) in 1991.

Using Mr. Hubbert's predictions, that beginning around 2000  we would see peak (global) oil production, then, if the country's not weaning themselves off of their oil addiction, and had not begun making the switch to renewable energy, that the negative economic and political calamities would soon follow, including ever-increasing prices of energy that is from fossil fuels. 

Now is the time to begin weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels and making the transition to and increasing the use of renewable energy. If you don't believe in climate change, or global warming, GREAT! Join us in the switch to renewable energy and a fossil-free economy!

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America's Clear and Present Danger

America Has INCREASED its' Dependence on Foreign 
Sources of Energy by 50% Since 1973.

America is even more "addicted" to foreign oil today, than we were in 1973 - 1974 when OPEC, Saudi Arabia and other suppliers from the Middle-East  stopped selling us their fossil fuels, and created a significant blow to our economy.

According to Monty Goodell, Founder and Chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute, "our increased dependence and reliance on foreign energy supplies represents a Clear and Present Danger to our national security, our economy, and the lives and livelihood of every American. Energy - including the energy we use from imported fossil fuels, is the very "lifeblood" of the American economy as it is for every industrialized country.  An economy dies without it's lifeblood of energy. This Clear and Present Danger we face is far more serious than the problems related to greenhouse gas emissions.  And while greenhouse gas emissions are very serious issue, in the long-term, pales in comparison to America's vital national security interests and America's economic stability in the short term.  For this reason alone, America needs to transition away from its addiction to foreign energy supplies. And America's abundant renewable energy resources such as the energy we receive from the sun, and renewable energy technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) plants - can supply 100% of America's power requirements with a concentrating solar power plant measuring 75 miles by 75 miles, located in the Southwest U.S.  By generating America's power from concentrating solar power plants, America resolves its' short-term Clear and Present Danger as it relates to importing its energy from foreign countries, and the long-term problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions."

Continuing, Mr. Goodell states that "too many Americans have forgotten what happened to us in 1973, when the Arabs and OPEC brought the United States economy to a screeching halt during the OPEC Oil Embargo.  This happened because they (mainly the country of Saudi Arabia) disagreed with our foreign policy and is the reason why they "turned off the tap" of our need for their oil supplies. When Saudi Arabia and OPEC stopped the vital flow of oil to our country in 1973, they caused an "oil shock" that severely and negatively impacted our economy. 

Mr. Goodell's question for us to ponder is, "do these countries who sell us 60% of our daily energy requirements, like us and our foreign policy, or might they leverage our addiction to their fossil fuels, and turn off the tap to make us adjust or revise our foreign policy??  Like any addict, America's foreign policy may be held hostage to its addiction, and in this case, our addiction to foreign oil, may over-ride our national interests."

Have American's forgotten the gas shortages and long lines at 
their gas stations to get gas during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973? 

"Apparently so."  Mr. Goodell states that "in 1973, America was 'addicted' and 'over the barrel' of foreign oil to the amount of 40%.  Forty percent of our energy 'needs' in 1973 came from countries - many of which didn't like us then, and I'm afraid, many of them still don't.  The difference between 1973 and today - is that today we receive 50% MORE foreign oil now than we did in 1973.  And now we know about the problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions that we didn't know then.  America needs to change course, and change course now, in terms of its' energy supplies and how we keep America's economy strong, without the threat of being held hostage to a middle-east tyrant or regime, that could once again, turn on us, and turn off our supply of foreign oil." 

Remember ????

"Sadly," Monty Goodell continues, "most Americans have forgotten the long lines of people waiting in their cars - lined up and waiting for gasoline at their nearby gas station, with lines that were many blocks long.  And, after waiting 4-5 hours, many even waiting overnight in many places, to finally take their turn to fill up their car with gasoline, only to find that the gas station had run out of gas." 

"Let me Repeat.... That was 1973 when we imported 40% of our daily energy requirements in the form of crude oil from overseas, and from foreign countries - and many of these from countries that don't like us.

Today, over 35 years later, America has yet to learn the lesson.  We cannot continue our reliance on energy from foreign countries that supply us with 60% of the crude oil that our refineries use as a feedstock for producing gasoline and diesel fuel for our cars and trucks comes from overseas. 

America is "over the barrel" and it's not our barrel, but the barrels of oil that we are addicted by and owned by other countries.  Why have we not learned the lessons we needed to learn in 1973 when we were cut-off from the vital energy supplies we need? 

Countries like China, are growing rapidly, and have an insatiable need for crude oil. China, with their booming economy, is increasingly growing in its clout and control over international supplies of crude oil - whether they do this through their ability to buy as much oil as they need on a daily basis, or whether they simply but American drilling rigs, technology, and explore and produce oil and gas from their own fields. China, is buying large amounts of oil for their country, and causing upward pricing on declining supplies. What happens if Russia, with all of their oil and natural gas, along with China and Venezuela, with or without the help of OPEC, decided to NOT sell oil to us????

To be sure, greenhouse gas emissions are a problem, and to some, greenhouse gas emissions are also a Clear and Present Danger, but not to the extent that it presents an imminent Clear and Present Danger. 

America's reliance for 60% of our energy "needs" coming from foreign suppliers is un-acceptable.

The "driver" to get America to begin reducing and eliminating fossil fuel use should be our nation's national security and the welfare and safety of its citizens. And this can all begin with developing and investing in our own renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies, let's start by putting solar on every rooftop that has a clear and unobstructed view of the Southern sky. See www.RooftopPV.com  or  www.DistributedPV.com  for more information.  Let's create incentives begin with adopting a national "Feed In Tariff" as Germany did in 1990. 

America, we simply do NOT have the luxury of time on our hands.  We need to end our dependence and reliance on foreign fossil fuels, especially from countries that don't like us! We need to rapidly begin expanding renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies from our vast and abundant renewable energy resources, such as; solar, solar energy systems, solar cogeneration, solar trigeneration, "solar on every roof," waste to energy, waste to fuel, biomass gasification, B100 Biodiesel, Biomethane, Synthesis Gas, geothermal, E100 Ethanol (from sugar cane and NOT from corn), and wind, where it makes economic sense."   

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