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Alternative Fuel and Hybrids, Is This Even Possible?
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RE: davelklepper-- <br /> <br />The crowd-pleaser selling points are noise and pollution, but in many respects those are just window-dressing solvable to a great extent in engine-driven technologies, as is correctly pointed out. The real reason for electrification is you are not tied to any specific fuel or fuel type. But, as I say, it's not for everybody-at least not yet. Price drives the equation, and you have to be able to absorb the capital costs. And the price for the overhead and associated equipment has gone down with technology improvements and is even lower at 60 Hz, because the utility is delivering commercial frequency power (no conversion) at standard distribution or, at worst, subtransmission voltage. That's why they can do the power side of a modern system a whole lot better than the RR can.
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