We might be alittle behind but I think Nano which is an American based company will get us up to speed.

Also your wrong about energy being produced for consumption in the US. Wind Turbine Farms and Solar Plants could easily meet and even exceed our need if implemented on a MASSIVE scale.

Why don’t we do. You may want to start with the Oil companies or do you work for them????? I rest my case your argument for saying we can’t produce enough electricity for the entire US need is Bunk. Next

As per your 90 Taurus wagon I am glad it is of good utilitarian use to you. I have a 01 Taurus SES which is great with only 116,000 miles on it, and had a 93 Taurus Sedan and it was good as well.
the new V6 Twin Force Turbo is just the Duratec engine now – aluminum Block- Lighter and Twin Turbo hence the name twin force and its a Ford Engine.

The Size of the current Taurus is elephantine and compared to homer Simpson mobile- The New Taurus compared to Superman on Wheels. We’ll see! We’ll See. SAAB(Pseudo-GM owners) and BMW owners look out while I take you down town through the twisties and hit the afterburners!!!

I like Ford’s current plan and believe it will do fine. Give it time, that’s what it needs, GM’s is more intermediate while Chrysler’s just down the drain, but is making some very swift changes.
The Taurus does sound like it’s going to be big, I haven’t heard a lot of hype on it but the little I have, it sounds great.

What year Taurus do you own? I own a 90′ station wagon, LX (something along those letters). Really nice vehicle, great for camping, just shove everything in the back and then put a carrier on the top. It would be cool if they produced an electric SHO, but I think the next gen SHO will use the Yamaha V-8, Volvo’s Yamaha version or Mazda’s 3.7 liter. Those would be my ideal engine choices, but I wouldn’t doubt it being a slightly upgraded 3.5 liter. It’s really grown though, so not as much of a performance sedan.

True the Electric companies want to make a profit and some may and do over charge for electricity. Most Solar-Photo-Electric panel systems are still extremely expensive. Your friend is no exception. Sure he’s paying for it through the nose for his power, because the system he has now is one that will take him several years to recoupe his investment.

However, at least One company that I know of is changing the game of create your own solar electricity. This way any common home owner could either buy a home with this newest solar-Electric system in place or have it installed and never need to get hooked up to the township power grid! Now how nice is that. I think we could all learn to enjoy cheap renewable energy. This would enable cheap source of power for energy needed to recharge a Hybrid or Plug-In Electric Vehicle should you go in that direction early. However it would provide all the power you needed and then some is what I am telling you. And cheaply.

The one company that I am referring to is Nano-solar and I am sure there are a slew of other competing companies right behind them. However this company should put a huge dent in the non-affordable too expensive silicon based Solar Panels and make solar power affordable the way Henry Ford did for the Automobile Industry.

So there you have it nano-solar will make the first cheap solar panels using Nano-Technology. And the First ever Mass production Solar Panels. Here is there website http://www.nanosolar.com/about.htm-even though I am not a broker but I feel this will be an awesome company to invest in when it goes public of course.

Also, On the subject of cars I disagree with unenthusiastic89 I think the Ford Motor can turn it around with the Plan they have going forward. Ecoboost is a good plan but as long as too other things are met Ford should succede. One the Ford kids have to stay out of the decision process in the Auto as wall street and the market has determine and secondly as long as they get in on Plug-In electrics vehicles I think they will do fine.
I am anxious about the upcoming 2010 Taurus to see if it disappoints, meets, or excedes my expectations. I have a Taurus I own now that I bought brand new and have enjoyed the car immensely. I would or could even imagine if some day Ford Motor produced the upscale Taurus SHO model as an All electric performance sedan. Hey is Tesla can do it then so can Ford Motor. I am eager to see who wins the 100PMG contest for now.
So Jay I hope that answered your question on cheap electrics. We will see the day soon that electricity prices drop not go higher. But you need to get this new Solar Technology and get off your township power grid that’s for starters!

It’s not the price of making electricity that we’re worried about. It’s the price we’re going to be charged that we’ve got reason to worry about.

Just for the mention, even solar and wind power cost money, but those costs are hen pecking compared to the costs of nuclear facilities, coal/turbine generators, etc.. Friend of mine lives way out into the country, owns a small windmill, a good amount of solar panels and some scuba batteries to hold it all for about eight grand, installations spread out across a few years, and drives an electric go-cart around and owns an old Toyota pick-up. Overall, I’d say he’s spent a little bit more money than he’s already recouped, but if the power goes out, he’s got it all there, totally self sufficient (owns his own livestock, some foods grown there). I believe he plans on updated those batteries next, the most expensive thing by far.

Listen Unlike Fossil Fuel which requires energy to not only extract petroleum from the earth to pump it out of the ground then Crude Oil has to be refined into Petro products another energy wasting technique. Ergo we finally get Gasoline for our cars after it took alot of energy to produce it. Not so with Electricity. And I will explain. So stop having terrible unjustified thoughts ok today. You can quite being stupid!

First off Solar-Electric and Wind-Electric Power is more affordable. Plus the benefit is that it needs no fossil fuel energy to create electricity. True many electrical grids are powered by Fossil Fueled generators. But the Electrical Grid of tommorrow can be power entirely by Solar and Wind pOwer thus reducing the cost of electricity.

I think the biggest problem we will have is congestion and traffic not the source of power.

The last couple of years, as the price of gas has gone through the roof, we’ve all been “conditioned” to accept high operating costs for our cars. So whoever is supplying our fuel in the future—regardless of what that fuel is—is going to price that fuel according to what the market will bear. And clearly, the market is bearing high costs already, so what incentive will any company have to replace gasoline with something cheaper? None.