Benefits of the "Vehicle to Grid" project being developed by researchers at the University of Delaware

"electric vehicles could do more than provide backup energy. If just a quarter of the nation's cars were electric -- about 50 million cars -- the power capacity of those batteries would be equal to 700 gigawatts, the entire power production capacity in the United States today"

"For the system to have the most value, electric cars need to be equipped with a high, 80-amp/240-volt plug -- something a little more powerful than the plug on an electric dryer. (An electrician can install the corresponding outlet into any home.) But most of the existing electric hybrid cars come equipped with a low, 15-amp, 110-volt plug."

"the low-amp plugs work...but if the electric car owner is selling electricity back to the grid, they want to sell as much as possible. A 15-amp plug could net a car owner about $400 year, whereas an 80-amp plug could net $4,000"

They will never do it. It makes too much sense.

Interesting concept

We could certainly use that where I live. Power outages suck.

One concern though - If you need to use your car in a hurry, and its had all its juice used.... could be a bit of a problem. Though I'm assuming you have the choice of when and how much power you can send back?

I think I just answered my own question.

Good clip gingembre! HNY...!

Just how much lead/lithium/manganese/carbon would have to be processed to create all those batteries? Would the eco-freaks who are so concerned for the planet mandate that a battery processing plant would be able to be built regardless of immediate ecological impact? Of course not. This is all supposed to happen somewhere else - outside the hearing and sight of those who are so concerned for the environment.

The outcomes sound nice - its just nobody will actually pay the price for them.