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

[Samantha Atkins]

No, you are not the only one.  Although the last time I drove a tractor was in my teens.  My maternal grandfather ran a pretty large spread until well into his 70s.  Every summer I and my siblings got recruited to help out.   I have fond memories of wrecking part of his chicken coop when he first tried to teach me to drive it at age 9.  :)

- samantha

On Feb 28, 2012, at 6:34 AM, Keith Henson wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:00 AM,  The Avantguardian
> <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> snip
> 
>>> Can you point me to a State where electric tractors are being used extensively for farming? I don't recall ever seeing one. Thanks.?
>> 
>> I can't do that but I can point you to a state where electric tractors haul thousands of tons of freight?hundreds of miles per day. That state is?California and the specific location is the?Port of Los Angeles.?Electric beats any internal combustion for "stop and go" because there is 0 idle cost. They can haul something like fifty tons per load. In any case farming involves lots of stop and go no??
> 
> No.
> 
> Most of the time a farm tractor is in the field, it is at close to
> full throttle.
> 
> I wonder if I am the only one on the list with direct experience with
> farming?  (Though in my case it is because two of my uncles and one
> aunt were farmers.)
> 
> Keith
> 
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