Environment & Energy
Using solar power for transportation solves many serious environmental and economic problems as listed below:
1. Climate change is a serious problem that must be addressed.
2. Climate change legislation will not pass now, as it makes electric power
and fossil fuels more expensive. See: Carbon Tax, Cap and Trade.
3. Solar power is an abundant alternative that does not harm the environment
but cost 3 times more than utility power.
4. Making Solar power competitive requires:
Carbon tax OR
Massive subsidies
5. Either option is a drain on the economy
6. At 3 times utility rates, solar power can never be a significant part of the
energy equation
A key advantage of Freedom Transit is that it enables major reductions in green house gases without having to charge a premium for the energy. In fact, in this application, solar power cost substantially less then the fossil fuels it replaces and is therefore a stimulus to the economy.
As an example: According to the DOE the average car/truck MPG is 20.4 if gas cost $3.00 per gallon the cost for fuel is $0.15 per mile. Energy for electric cars cost $0.03 per mile. A savings of $0.12 per mile. In 2008 Americans drove 2.922 trillion miles that year spending $430 billion per year for fuel. Electric cars would save $343 billion per year which could be used to build Freedom Transit.
1. Climate change is a serious problem that must be addressed.
2. Climate change legislation will not pass now, as it makes electric power
and fossil fuels more expensive. See: Carbon Tax, Cap and Trade.
3. Solar power is an abundant alternative that does not harm the environment
but cost 3 times more than utility power.
4. Making Solar power competitive requires:
Carbon tax OR
Massive subsidies
5. Either option is a drain on the economy
6. At 3 times utility rates, solar power can never be a significant part of the
energy equation
A key advantage of Freedom Transit is that it enables major reductions in green house gases without having to charge a premium for the energy. In fact, in this application, solar power cost substantially less then the fossil fuels it replaces and is therefore a stimulus to the economy.
As an example: According to the DOE the average car/truck MPG is 20.4 if gas cost $3.00 per gallon the cost for fuel is $0.15 per mile. Energy for electric cars cost $0.03 per mile. A savings of $0.12 per mile. In 2008 Americans drove 2.922 trillion miles that year spending $430 billion per year for fuel. Electric cars would save $343 billion per year which could be used to build Freedom Transit.