Electric Bikes & Scooters Reports on Oil Supply

September 14th, 2009 |

Author: Elmo

Ok, now just strain your brain for a minute and think back a year or so ago. The oil industry took every opportunity to complain about any reason that they could muster as to why they could not produce enough oil. Remember? If it wasn’t because of war in the Middle East it was because of bad storms or machinery breaking down. Like Rosanne Rosanna Danna’s father used to say on Saturday Night Live, “It’s always something!” (Boy, now I’m really starting to show my age!)

Well, here we are again electric bike and electric scooter fans, right back in the middle of another oil crisis, however, this time oil is going to escalate because of a SURPLUS of oil. Yep, you heard right. We are going to have an escalation of oil prices because oil companies are cutting back on production and scaling down, thus, creating a gap in oil production which will lead to a shortage.

Put on your B.S. filters because it is gonna get deep.

Gene McGillian, an analyst at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Conn said that, “It’s the continuing battle between (weak oil supply/demand) fundamentals and economic optimism and there’s a lot of uncertainty over which is going to be the strongest performer”

Oh, and if that brand of Ka-Ka asn’t enough for you, then you will have to factor our old spanish buddy, El Nino. That’s right, weather reports are saying we are going to have a warm winter and that because Americans are not going to be heating their houses enough this winter, then we will have excessive amounts of oil resulting enough of a cutback to cause shortages.

My way of thinking, is that the sun has an enormous amount of energy that can power solar cells which can be then transfered into electricity which will power our cars, ebikes and electric scooters. We will always have an amazing surplus of that energy. Don’t believe me? Well, here is a Youtube clip of an old retired guy that powers his car that way everyday and he did it on his own!

Here is the Volts Wagon, Check it out!

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Tags: electric bike, electric bikes, electric scooter, Electric Scooters, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, oil crisis

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12 Responses to “Electric Bikes & Scooters Reports on Oil Supply”

geneva:

September 14, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Too cool. I want an electric car. perhaps my fiance can get me one!!!
zbot:

September 18, 2009 at 12:23 pm

I heard that the Russians have moved down into this region pretty thick. Has anyone heard about them being in Venezuela?
ralph:

September 18, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Hey, great blog. Just wanted to say how impressive the old guy is that is driving the electric car. I liked the way he named it the Voltz Wagon. Too cool!
Lucas Parker:

April 29, 2010 at 12:54 am

Solar Energy is one of the best sources of clean and green electricity. I think that we should build more efficient solar thermal power plants and solar cells. frequently. ‘
Andy:

February 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Hi Mark,
The thing that worries me is we are going to be dinking around with fossil based fuels until it is too late. We know we are running out of oil but the politicians and Big Oil have done a great job of making the public think there is no problem. So we will keep burning oil till we run out and then what?
Electrical scooters and electric bikes will play a big roll once we see what is really going on. It will just be one of the many solar power business opportunities that will be available as oil prices continue to sky rocket.
Thanks for providing this information.
Mark:

February 1, 2011 at 3:04 pm

Andy,

I share your sentiments about this problem. I was watching the history Channel recently and there was an expert on there that was talking about how the oil shortage problem has already started as well as water and a couple of the things. Collectively, as a large group of people we are not paying attention to serious shortages and deficits that are going to greatly change our way of life. The problem with Western civilization is that it has a very integrated infrastructure. In other words, if you just take away one element like electricity we are in big trouble. The same can be said for oil and fossil-based fuels. If we were a Third World country like some of the ones in Africa, we would be still out killing our food and living off of the land somewhat. In a country like that if there was another Great Depression or oil shortage, it would not matter and people would probably not even notice that there was a difference. But because we are such a wealthy nation in the United States and because we have such a large infrastructure, an oil shortage would be disastrous. So, with all the great minds we have in the United States, we really need to focus all of our attention on getting away from fossil-based fuels and as a nation becoming self-reliant and independent.
Rod:

February 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm

It will be nice when solar power becomes cheaper to use. The investment for a homeowner, at this time, is prohibitive even more so if it’s for an existing home.
Dan:

May 22, 2011 at 4:09 pm

The thing to remember, however, is that 100 watts per hour purchased from the power grid would only cost about 24 cents a day right now, or $91 a year. That’s why you don’t see many solar houses unless they are in very remote locations. When it only costs about $100 a year to purchase power from the grid, it is hard to justify spending thousands of dollars on a solar system. Also the life expectancy of a solar panel is 20 years at their peak and a maximum of 40 years of life span. I should mentioned that from 20 years and up the efficiency is lower to below 80 percent.
admin:

July 1, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Dan,
All of these are excellent points, and I agree with your assessment, you are obviously an expert at this particular science, which is far more than what I can say for myself. However, necessity is the mother of invention and I am sure that if there is a big enough demand for alternative energy, to include solar energy, that there will be better products and innovations as time goes on. Consider communications for example, we have far exceeded anything that visionaries and scientists could’ve expected in this area and I am hoping that the same will be true in the future about alternative energy. But, only time will tell. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, they were obviously well thought out and you are obviously an expert in this field.
Stan Hjerleid:

September 27, 2011 at 6:13 pm

Glad I found this blog. I’ve always been interested in electric cars. I liked the Volts Wagon. My question is how long does it take to recharge? If you drive 40 mi to work, can it recharge in 8 hours?
Elmo:

September 28, 2011 at 3:57 pm

Stan,

Thanks so much for your comment and question.

If you are using a 12 volt 18 watt solar panel and you are charging a car battery that is rated at 40 amp hours it will take approximately 26 hours to charge. Of course, this depends on a variety of factors such as sunlight on the panels, winter months, and the amount of sunlight per day you will have in your location to charge the battery. Also, it will depend on the condition of the battery and how much of a charge has been left in the battery to begin with.
I hope this adequately answers your question. God Bless!

Mark “ Elmo” Ellis
Raven:

October 22, 2011 at 9:41 am

Electric cars already existed back in the old days, but it was because of the oil companies (there reason is they will lose money) that car manufacturers was ‘forced’ to stop producing them. oh, and the government too.

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