The Electric Car
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From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 19:17 Rich Grise wrote: > Of course, it always raises the question, "Where does the hydrogen come > from in the first place?" Mainly from fossil fuels at present actually. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 19:21 Bobo The Chimp wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:53:28 +0100, Eeyore wrote: > > Jim Thompson wrote: > > > >> It is so sad. I just realized that Eeyore must be posting from a > >> mental institution ;-) > > > > So how many ounces do you have in a ton ? > > Thirty-two thousand. Why do you ask? Is the math too hard? I think it's 38,540 in a British ton but I'm no longer sure of the numbers. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 19:25 John Larkin wrote: > "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" wrote: > > Eeyore wrote: > >> John Larkin wrote: > >> > >>> I'm soooo tired of seeing entire blocks of cars that are all grey and silver > >>> and black. > >> > >> Yes, they're very bland / boring. I've had a couple that are 'silverish' but > >> still have some colour in them. One was called 'platinum', my neighbour called > >> it 'oyster'. It was very nice. > > > >The closer the color of the car is to the color of the pavement[1], the > >less likely you are to get a ticket. :-) > > And the more likely you are to get killed. A lot of these cars are > absolutely asphalt colored, practically impossible to see. That caught me out once. I was stationary at the time but a car that was 'pavement coloured' hit me. If I'd seen it earlier I could have taken some evasive action. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Aug 2007 19:42 James Arthur wrote: > Meanwhile, the US' total CO2 output fell last year. Has anyone > noticed? I thought not. Obviously since it's not something that can result in increased fear and alarm, the meeja won't be interested. Do you have a link for that ? Graham
From: RichD on 8 Aug 2007 20:47
On Jul 28, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >This is another reason why hybrids make more sense. Pure EVs > > > >have too many limitations. > > > > If they could recharge in 10 mins, the US power grid would burn out > > > What about these? > >http://altairnano.com/markets_amps.html > > Shockingly expensive. $75,000 per vehicle just for batteries. > http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/07/altair_nanotech.html Expensive, who cares? We're talking about the ENVIRONMENT, we can't worry about filty lucre. What are you, a greedy Republican? Let the gov't fund it, won't cost a farthing! That's why we need visionaries like Al Gore, bold men not afraid to take on the special interests, leading by example. -- Rich |