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How old is Linda Yu from ABC news?
She is the news anchorwoman on abc news. My boyfriend says she’s in her seventies. I don’t believe it. Can someone help me find this info?
50-something is my guess.
Why aren’t electric cars and hydrogen-cell cars more widely available to the public?
I just read this article in ABC News today:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PainAtThePump/Story?id=5065383&page=1
And it got me thinking, “why can’t we (the public) buy the same car that Jamie Lee Curtis can?!”
The Japanese sure don’t seem to have all that respect for the oil companies…
Several electric car models were once available back in the 1990s. However, automakers ensured that their own creation was destroyed because they stood to lose profits from the frequent maintenance required for the gasoline-based internal combustion engine. Plus, Chevron purchased a huge stake in a battery-making firm from GM to ensure such battery technology never saw the light of day. One other culprit in the EV’s demise? The hydrogen fuel cell!
The problem with hydrogen fuel cells is that they are extremely expensive to make (billions of dollars spent for technology that still has yet to make it out in the market even after 15 yrs or so of development). Thus, they will not be economically viable for at least another 20 years or so.
I’d say bring back the electric car. It is more efficient and, ultimately, more viable. Plus, it will do more to truly reduce our reliance upon oil.