[ExI] Doomsday Oil Price: (was RIP: Peak Oil)

[Kelly Anderson]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:32 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Adrian Tymes wrote:
>> Is http://renewables.com/Permaculture/ElectricTractor.htm big enough?
>
> Nawww. These are toy tractors. There are lots of small electric
> vehicles about the size of ride-on lawnmowers. DIY types are having
> fun using them on small farms. A typical small electric tractor (like
> the one you referenced) produces about 12 HP and will plough
> half-an-acre in two hours then have to recharge for 15 hours.  (Don't
> try a battery swap in mud and rain!).
> That's not *real* farming.

Agreed.

>  This is a *real* tractor  ----
> <http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/products/equipment/tractors/row_crop_tractors/7r_series/7r_series.page?>
> 200 to 280 HP

Now that's a tractor... very nice.

-Kelly