[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Of course when the gas cart runs out all it takes is a quick call to a buddy or the spouse to bring a gallon of gas and it's back on the road again and a quick 5 minute stop at the gas station and ready to go for another 250 (or whatever the range may be) miles. Or perhaps a Good Samaritan will drive by and have a jerry jug in their car or cart and give you a little fuel to get you to the gas station.

Now the electric cart when it runs out of juice, what will you do... call for a tow and when they finally get it home plug it back into the charger for a few hours. Few Good Samaritans drive around with a jug of battery juice to give you a quick boost. Maybe someone will stop buy in an EV or with a generator in their car and sit with you for an hour as they charge the cart, right.....

Yes the electric carts are nice on the golf course and they don't put out CO2 at the tail pipe (they produce a bigger carbon footprint at the power plant due to the multiple inefficient energy conversions it must undergo to charge the battery) but until they can match the range and quick refueling time of the ICE (carts or cars), they will be little more than roadkill on the side of the road.

Very simple solution - plug the cart in every night. Four hours in a cart is enough for one day (at least for me) so I don't ever expect to find myself as roadkill on the side of the road.

I question the carbon footprint comment too. I suspect there is a great *improvement* in efficiency in mass-generation of electric power compared to individual ICE engines. Otherwise, the electric cost per mile would be much closer to the gas cost per mile.

Drive what you like. Scoff at all the electric carts and cars you see around you. Keep watching for me to be stranded with my electric cart. Fortunately for me, my reality is not affected by the opinions of others.