Rafbíllinn, 100 ára barátta

http://www.herad.is/y04/1/2011-09-07-rafbillinn-02.htm 

Rafbíllinn, 100 ára barátta

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Baráttan um rafbílinn var komin af stað upp úr aldamótum 1900.

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http://evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1239

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“Thomas Edison had spent $3.5 million between 1903 and 1910

(equivalent to $71 million today) perfecting his nickel iron battery.

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He claimed it was half the weight of lead acid

and had twice the energy density.

His electric cars were demonstrably

superior to the competition…..”

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“Just as Edison and Henry Ford were about to go into business together

to offer a low cost electric car comparable to the Model T,

a suspicious fire destroyed nearly all of Edison's

West Orange, New Jersey research facility,

curiously bypassing areas where the most flammable

chemicals had been stored.”

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“He defines petro-terrorism as a movement

whose intention is to "breakdown our society

based on our addiction to oil."

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“that some conspiracies are quite real

and in the case of the destruction of Edison's laboratory,

the linchpin of a concerted effort to destroy

the inventor's reputation in order to keep his battery off the market,

while crushing Henry Ford at the same time.”