The life style with Electric Vehicle (電動車的生活型態)
為什麼要選擇馬力不大、續航距離不遠、充電時間又要花很久時間的電動車？（四到六小時。）電動車簡直就是個笑話。但是如果我們採取別的觀點去看它的用途，也許情況將會有所不同。
The lifestyle with Electric Vehicle (電動車的生活型態)
Discovery 頻道曾經報導過一個故事。一位紐約客居住在城市郊區。他每天通勤上班。開著電動車到鬧區的上班地點，然後在上班時間，讓電動車充電。下班的時候，再開著充好電的電動車回到溫暖的家。
The Discovery channel reported a story. A New Yorker lived in the outer region of the city. He drove his electric vehicle to the location of his downtown office. During working, the battery of vehicle was recharged. In the evening, the New Yorker came back to his warm house with the full-recharged vehicle.
購買電動車的時候，時常會面對這樣的問題。為什麼要選擇馬力不大、續航距離不遠、充電時間又要花很久時間的電動車？（四到六小時。）
People often met the problem why they choose to buy electric vehicle. Because the electric vehicles seems have more drawbacks after compared with those cars powered by internal combustion engines and the petroleum. The torque force of the former car is smaller, the driving distance is shorter, and the time spent on recharging the battery is so long (about 4 to 6 hours).
電動車簡直就是個笑話。但是如果我們採取別的觀點去看它的用途，也許情況將會有所不同。
Electric vehicle seems like a joke, isn't it? However if we change the viewpoint to reconsider its usage, and maybe there will be something different.
雖然無法開著電動車到別的城市或者是到更遠的觀光景點，但是我們大半時間，都只是待在一個城市裡面來來回回，這樣的距離對於電動車是可以負荷的。況且在尖峰塞車的時段，有誰能夠分辨電動車與採用石油燃料與內燃機發動的車輛，兩者之間的差別？（也許腳踏車通勤才是真正的王道。）除此之外，以石油當作燃料的汽車，在怠車慢速運轉的時候，排放的廢氣是更驚人的。[1]
The electric vehicle cannot afford the distance across several cities or the journey to other tourist spots. But most time we often stay in one city, and the distance will not exceed the distance limit of electric vehicle. During rush hour, who can able to seperate the difference of these two kind cars? (The bicycle is always the winner.) In a traffic jam, the waste gas came from a car powered by internal combustion engine (i.c.e) is awful. [1]
然而，在有些情況，環保電動車並非真的環保！如果電動車電池沒有妥善處理，將會造成短暫的公里程數，確有更多的廢棄電池。而快速充電站更是這些電池的殺手，使得電池使用壽命大幅度縮短，造成的廢棄電池將會是「環保車」的一大諷刺。
In some condition, the eco electric vehicle is not real eco if the batteries were not handled well. The battery-quick-recharged station is a killer of these batteries. The waste of short-lifetime batteries and eco-electric-vehicles will become a mock of our environment.
在日常生活中，我們需要面對許多選擇。有一種具備許多優點的方法，並不代表它可以處理全部的狀況。在另一個情況裡，另一個比較少優點的方法也許是個更好的選擇。那麼，另一個方法儘管不是最好的方法，卻會是個適當的方法。
There are many choices need to select in our living. A method with many advantages did not mean it could handle all conditions well. In some condition, another method with few advantages will be a better choice. I think another method is not the best choice but a proper choice.
Some links about [Appropriate Technology]:
在1973-1974年的全球能源危機中，當時美國的卡特總統聽從專家的建議設置了一個機構叫做”適當科技”的推動組織。
NCAT - National Center for Appropriate Technology
http://www.ncat.org
Journey to Forever
永恆之旅
http://www.journeytoforever.org/
Spcial column: appropriate technology is better [Chinese]
洪志鵬專欄: 科技夠用就好
http://www.javatwo.net/javaweek/history/20030502.html
more...
GOOGLE search keyword:
related:journeytoforever.org/
[1]If a car did not maintain well, the car driving in slow velocity will emit more waste gas and spent more petroleum.
如果車輛沒有妥善維修保養，在怠車慢速時候，將會排放更多廢氣以及更多的石油燃料。