| Re: About six times as expensive....
DougC wrote:
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> I get into this issue on that page. The price of something is
> essentially a measure of the resources used in making it--so if an
> electric setup costs more to operate than a gasoline engine, then the
> electric probably uses more resources, and also more than likely creates
> more pollution.
The electric bicycle hub motors I know of are assembled and wound by
hand, which I imagine accounts for a large percentage of their purchase
costs.
http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=97
Chalo
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