Originally Posted by skyguy79 (Post 483185)

It would seem to me that if we stopped eating beef that the cattle population would increase and it would therefore be a reasonable conclusion that the if the cattle population increases, so would the carbon footprint. Smile looney, your Whimpy burgers are safe!
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Originally Posted by angiefox10 (Post 483206)

That's why I say... Spay and neuter your cow!

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 483151)

it is approx 16 miles from rt42 to rt 44 on Buena Vista
the average electric golf cart can make that round trip once.
the 'new' 60 mile range carts can make that trip maybe 1.5 times since I've yet to hear of anyone getting much more than 45 miles a charge.

Originally Posted by ajbrown (Post 475522)

My 6 volt T105 batteries turned two years old and I wanted to share some range testing

My test runs:

• Front window was down as it was hot, but this would decrease wind resistance and increase range.
• Only weight in cart was a husky man, lab assistant Caly, and possibly a couple of beverages with enough ice to keep them cold.
• All driving was on tar paths or roads.
• All mileage was not continuous. I stopped for periods of 15-30 minutes at various places to visit and take voltages of the pack.
• Voltages were measured after the pack rested for 15-30 minutes post arrival at a destination. (Future post will have details of voltages for the truly curious)
• The distance was measured with the cart speedometer and a GPS app on my Blackberry, I used the lower number.

Test run one: 42+ miles, ending voltage was 48.6 volts (~55% SOC)
Test run two: 63+ miles, ending voltage was 47.6 volts (~37% SOC) (last run of 9.5 miles had lights on)

I was extremely pleased with these numbers.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 483144)

I would think they are just as bad, any gas engine with or without emission controls is bad for our environment.

However, there aren't 25,000 + of them running around day and night.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 483216)

I saw this posted here



Now with solar just over the horizon, we should see 75+ mile ranges soon.


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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 483121)

Our adult children and grandchildren are HUGE into the green movement.

Ditto for other relatives in California who keep sending us circulating emails about not having the pipeline come down from Alaska, etc., etc., etc.

For those who live in a colder climate who must use home heating oil and have seen the prices escalate to as much as their yearly property taxes, gasoline isn't really the big deal in a small walkable town that has all the services one needs, meaning not a lot of driving unless heading off to visit or on vacation. We use very little gasoline but a lot of home heating oil.

But there are folks in New England who go CRAZY trying to avoid purchasing heating oil........so yank out their baseboard hot water heating system to put in pellet stoves and regular wood stoves, plus wood furnaces all over the house.......then have to chop and split **wood all year long to keep the fires going (and the smoke does contribute to breathing issues).........I find it a lot easier to turn one of the four themostats either up or down. **not killing the trees.

We have kids who have taught their kids "not to flush" if it is yellow.

So, we've lived in both these worlds. They recycle. It's all admirable.

We have switched from paper cards to electronic ecards ........that saves paper and postage.

We've always bought smaller sized cars, but brand new. After this last visit to The Villages, my husband so admired the SMOOTH ROADS down there that he immediately purchased a full sized new gas guzzler car similar to the one he rented at Orlando International Airport. It was retired man's one luxury.

Upon returning and picking up our one year old car at the long term parking, he realized how bad our pot holed roads are up here.........so he's going the opposite way from "being into saving of the planet."

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 483217)

actually I would bet that the total of all the gas run lawn implements used daily would probably be in the 8,000-10,000 range between the private homes, golf courses and public land in the 100+ square miles of the villages.

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 483223)

atypical but thanks for pointing this post out. If you had good practical experience, i.e. lived here, you'd know. sorry.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 483227)

Not sure how you figured that?

50,000 homes once a month for 15Min I guess more like 75 landscapers working a day.

It's more like 50 square miles I think.

Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 483223)

atypical but thanks for pointing this post out. If you had good practical experience, i.e. lived here, you'd know. sorry.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 483230)

I spent the last 5 winters south of TV, where there were golf carts.

Originally Posted by njbchbum (Post 483236)

jimbo - how do you figure once a month landscape? effective in april my lawn is being tended to once a week and will remain on that sched 'til next 'winter' when it switches to once a month for a few weeks. my neighborhood seems to be on the same schedule, too. and we have 4 different crews working the street.

Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 483251)

ok instead of 75 make it 300, but it's not 10,000.