Energy Dept. Spends $43 Billion on
researching better electric car batteries
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Daily Caller – Paul Conner –
8/2/2012
In a press
release describing the projects, the Department of Energy admitted that the
research and development done through its Advanced Research Projects
Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is not market-driven because the projects are too risky
for private-sector investment.
“This latest
round of ARPA-E projects seek to address the remaining challenges in energy
storage technologies, which could revolutionize the way Americans store and use
energy in electric vehicles, the grid and beyond, while also potentially
improving the access to energy for the U.S. military at forward operating bases
in remote areas,” Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said in a
statement.
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COMMENT: Right around 1900 an electric car was built that the exact same range
as obama motors volt. In over 100 years they have not even doubled the range or
for that matter improved it much. It has always been about the battery- how much
energy it can store, how fast it recharges and how long until the entire battery
must be replaced. In trying push technology before it's time, you will make it
so that if and when you do have a real solution, people will be MUCH slower to
adapt.
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