Re: (ET) Dandelions

[dave barden <daveb speakeasy org>]

I wonder if the longevity of these machines didn't contribute to their
unfortunate and early demise ??  I think that's what's happening in part 
to the
EV market today.  GM has all but killed the EV-1, ostensibly because of the
price of its batteries but I wonder too if the marketing boys are looking 
at
thes electric vehicles and saying no dice they run too well too long have 
too
few moving parts, require too little service etc etc.  Once the buyer 
leaves the
showroom with his EV the dealer knows it'll be a long long time before 
they ever
see him and his wallet again!
Of course there's the lack of public acceptance/awareness as well...

dave
E12s 
84v Honda conversion
neither currently running

On Wed, 10 May 2000, Darryl McMahon wrote:

> > On the side question; has anyone else but me noticed that the ET is 
> > MUCH
> > better at cutting grass than it is with dandelions?  Seriously, you 
> > have
> > to drop the speed a LOT for just a few dandelions, yet the grass all
> > around is cut.  Is it the suctionless design of the blades, or the
> > slightly slower blade speed, or something else?
> > 
> I have found the same with my corded electric walk-behind mower 
> (rotary blade).  I am convinced that this is a form of plant 
> intelligence - the dandelions duck.  The grass is trimmed neatly, 
> but the dandelions often appear untouched.  I will have to see how 
> things go once I am using the reel mower this year.
> 
> 
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