tpi wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
I guess it's not until the battery runs out 150clicks east of Brandon and the nearest "town" is a John Deere combine dealer. Or when winter is settin in and he's only halfway back home with another 2weeks to go to make that last 1500mi...
In all serious ness, like I said in an earlier post, it's a very novel concept. Not practical, but novel.
Sure and that is why you and I are using petroleum powered RVs. Because we don't have the luxury of the time or locations to charge. But like others, I can't see the negativity on this guy's trip. If he wants to do it, has the time I think it is great! He's most certainly using less fuel per mile than I am in my class C. A debate could be made about the electricity source and compare it to a diesel tow car which could pull the trailer along at over 20 MPG. I think this is future looking. How much power is from hydroelectric? How much solar and wind? Some form of nuclear which hasn't been invented or perfected? How much of that in the future? History has had lot of skeptics regarding new ideas. Lots of dead ends, lots of strikeouts. But successes too! Stuff we all take for granted.
The negative I see is his journey is going to have to rely on the participation of others. Somewhere along he way they are going to have to charge their electric car at locations other than designated recharging stations.
I expect their trip report will not look favorably upon those who choose not to participate in meeting those recharging needs. As I said earlier, we do not allow electric car recharging. It is a business decision we have made and we intend to stick to it. But I bet I would be portrayed in a bad way should they happen to stumble into one of my parks and need to recharge and were told "NO".
