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GM electric car? I think of GM's plan to be more of what they've done in the past. Their statagy seems to be; It doesn't have to work, it only has to sell.
Were it not for the Yugo, the Vega would have been the worst car of the last century according to Click and Clack... the Tappet Brothers.
Every time I fly into O'hare, I think of GM testing their electric cars there... it's like the world's flattest city, tough duty for a battery car. A hill in Chicago would be an off-ramp.
If Chicago is GM's market, that's fine. But, if those little piss-ant electric cars are the coming thing, remember you'll still have to mix it up with the Hummers and Kenworths.... traffic deaths are on the rise as Hummer drivers on cell phones don't recall flattening a Volt on the Edens....
It's all energy...
Hydrogen is not free.
It seems most people forget the whole "Energy can not be created nor destroyed" thing.
Each time you transfer from one form to another, you lose some of it.
So frustrating to understand science and logic, but still have to live with people who don't.
this is interesting i did not know we had this form. any how just thought i would show you this link it has some interesting things about HHO and just might solve most of the hydrgen fule problems http://hytechapps.com/aquygen/hhoslike a 10,000 p.s.i. holding tank
Another A55 scheme.....(that one had ya adding water to diesel fuel)
I like the chinese proverb they have on the page, it goes well with the one that says "There's a sucker born every minute."
How much energy does it take to compress whatever to 10,000psi? Don't forget that this di-hydrogen monoxide stuff is dangerous!!
I can't afford a Hummer, but I want one!Originally Posted by Dugg
Im all for putting up solar panels and wind turbines, and tinkering with alternative fuel transport, but until there's a 6 liter alt fuel engine sitting in a Hummer that gives out the same BHP and torque as the one there now, I just can't bring myself to fully roll behind it. What would the world be like without Hummers?.....A very sad place, we'd all be driving the one on the left...
Wise man say, "Does a bear $hit in the woods"?
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The odd thing about rising sea levels is that if you place an ice cube in a graduated container and let it thaw, the water level wil NOT increase, it stays exactly the same (honest, I've tried it)... so what's it matter if the ice caps melt?
Can anyone see the deliberate flaw in this theory?)
I love deadlines- I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
I agree with you that the cars are coiming into this world but that's not the answer. The car industies still have to burn fule to produce there cars and the batteries to run them so we are still burning a lot of fule in a factory that runs engines that are not burning as well as they should. They need to get the combustion engine the best it can be first to fix the problem not the fule then work on a new car of tomarrow
Yes, but, we're all going to die!
Electric cars would make a lot of sense for certain needs if we had a reasonable approach to nuclear energy. If the electricity could be generated inexpensively, you could use one for a runabout, to work, the store, etc. Electric power for vehicles makes sense where it makes sense. Like in lift trucks, they've made some nice ones. But they are used in a situation where the weight is an advantage, the lack of exhaust is an advantage, and the energy cost is insignificant.
As it is, it makes no sense to burn coal or natural gas around the clock when there are much more efficient ways to do the job.
Here's a real nice job on converting a motorcycle to electric. It only goes about 15 miles, but then it doesn't have $10,000 batteries in it.
http://www.hackaday.com/2006/10/11/electric-motorcycle/
Linked to from one of my favorite sites .....
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That bike is nice.
"The odd thing about rising sea levels is that if you place an ice cube in a graduated container and let it thaw, the water level wil NOT increase, it stays exactly the same (honest, I've tried it)... so what's it matter if the ice caps melt?
Can anyone see the deliberate flaw in this theory? "
Yes, I can see the flaw. What you say is true, that ice melting in water doesn't raise the level. The problem is that the ice that will raise the oceans levels isn't in the oceans at this time. It is above the oceans and as it breaks off, falls into the ocean and melts, levels will rise.
hehe yep you are right, also the weight of the ice on the land squashes it down. As the ice melts the land mass actualy springs upwards
I love deadlines- I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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