4LivesPerGallon
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Riddle: What is pink when you got it, grey when you used it, and black when you're done with it, lol. YOUR LUNGS.
I got rid of the best 50cc gas scooter ever made, the 2-stroke liquid-cooled (for 2X horsepower over air-cooled) Kymco Super-9. Felt like riding a jet. When I rode the Super-9 to Salt Spring Island from Vancouver, I led the pack of big motorcycles pretty much throughout, except for the hills.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kymco_Super_9
However, the gas scooter was bad for my breathing. Whenever I stopped, the exhaust fumes would "catch up" with me. I would often kill the engine 20 yards from the stop light, then restart when the light turned green again --- even though my Kmyco scooter had a catalytic convertger on its exhaust system.
Gasoline-powered cars also have exhaust fumes that "catch up" at stoplights, but we're used to these fumes, and do not smell them; except, for days like yesterday in Vancouver, with the smog/haze and the heat. I was chocking while driving. For comparison, I never chocked when I drove my conversion electric vehicle.
http://www.evalbum.com/
For the past few days, there have been a health alert from wildfires in BC. The air stinks. Whenever I stopped at a stop light, I could smell the exhaust from the vehicle beside my open car window. Had to close the window, or choke.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...dvisory-due-to-smoke-from-wildfires-1.3139265
Imo, the cost of an EV, per mile, is much costlier than a gasser.
But, my health is **priceliess**.
Without good health, life is miserable or even paintful.
Read the policy-level book, or at least the Amazon reviews of the book: LIVES PER GALLON
http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Per-Gal...d=1436464517&sr=8-1&keywords=lives+per+gallon
As an aside, imo many conversion (converted from gas) electric cars failed because of "sabotage" components like the Zivan battery charger. In my experience, having owned more than 10 electric bikes, scooters, etc, bad battery chargers, or BMS's, are the main cause of failures.
Ebike battery chargers lose their accuracy from vibration, or aging. They must be wrapped in bubble pack when moving, and tested often.
The ebike or EV wiring ends, and connectors, must be treated with contact cleaning chemicals at least every 16 months. I highly recommend the MG Chemicals Super Contact Cleaner. DeOxit is also good, but has a higher electrical resistance, based on my experience. The majority of sudden or intermittent electrical failures can be "repaired" simply with contact cleaning chemicals.
I got rid of the best 50cc gas scooter ever made, the 2-stroke liquid-cooled (for 2X horsepower over air-cooled) Kymco Super-9. Felt like riding a jet. When I rode the Super-9 to Salt Spring Island from Vancouver, I led the pack of big motorcycles pretty much throughout, except for the hills.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kymco_Super_9
However, the gas scooter was bad for my breathing. Whenever I stopped, the exhaust fumes would "catch up" with me. I would often kill the engine 20 yards from the stop light, then restart when the light turned green again --- even though my Kmyco scooter had a catalytic convertger on its exhaust system.
Gasoline-powered cars also have exhaust fumes that "catch up" at stoplights, but we're used to these fumes, and do not smell them; except, for days like yesterday in Vancouver, with the smog/haze and the heat. I was chocking while driving. For comparison, I never chocked when I drove my conversion electric vehicle.
http://www.evalbum.com/
For the past few days, there have been a health alert from wildfires in BC. The air stinks. Whenever I stopped at a stop light, I could smell the exhaust from the vehicle beside my open car window. Had to close the window, or choke.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...dvisory-due-to-smoke-from-wildfires-1.3139265
Imo, the cost of an EV, per mile, is much costlier than a gasser.
But, my health is **priceliess**.
Without good health, life is miserable or even paintful.
Read the policy-level book, or at least the Amazon reviews of the book: LIVES PER GALLON
http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Per-Gal...d=1436464517&sr=8-1&keywords=lives+per+gallon
As an aside, imo many conversion (converted from gas) electric cars failed because of "sabotage" components like the Zivan battery charger. In my experience, having owned more than 10 electric bikes, scooters, etc, bad battery chargers, or BMS's, are the main cause of failures.
Ebike battery chargers lose their accuracy from vibration, or aging. They must be wrapped in bubble pack when moving, and tested often.
The ebike or EV wiring ends, and connectors, must be treated with contact cleaning chemicals at least every 16 months. I highly recommend the MG Chemicals Super Contact Cleaner. DeOxit is also good, but has a higher electrical resistance, based on my experience. The majority of sudden or intermittent electrical failures can be "repaired" simply with contact cleaning chemicals.