Heywood Jablowmi <hsquindo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "ayatollah obama" <osama.obabma.by.anyname@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 6, 11:54 pm, "Heywood Jablowmi" <hsqui...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On May 6, 2:39 pm, "JR Weiss" <jrweiss98155rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "HarryNadds" <hoofhearte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> When gas hits
>>>> $6.00 a gallon maybe we will get serious about hydrogen based
>>>> fuels. OHHH BOY !!!! That's what I want for my car. I want 30
>>>> gallons of
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>>> super cooled,pressurized high explosive in the trunk of my car.
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>>> It's not any worse than 30 gallons of hot, pressurized liquid "high
>>> explosive"
>>> (i.e., gasoline)!
>>> Is gasoline "pressurized in the tank? Is it kept in a super
>>> insulated tank because it's at damned near absolute zero? Btw,
>>> where does all this hydrogen come from? How is it generated? How
>>> long and how many billions would it take to convert all cars to
>>> hydrogen, build the infrastrucure to get the hydrogen fuel to the
>>> stations and build stations where a person could conveniently fill
>>> their "hydrogen tank"? Why not use the money you'd use to develop
>>> hydrogen for cars and develop light weight, large capacity
>>> batteries and build cars that are totally electric powered? I have
>>> a few electrical outlets in my home but can't find a single
>>> hydrogen outlet.
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>> There are cars that run on compressed air.... if government would
>> take one of the few systems
>> that are available and phase out the manufacture of gas engines and
>> take the nessary steps that
>> are needed to reduce our dependency on oil, we would not be in this
>> mess. Secondly if we
>> even showed the world that we are seriously considering steps to
>> reduce oil
>> dependency the
>> price of crude would drop. As Americans, we have a system that
>> works, and we are to greedy
>> and to lazy to do the right thing and get off the oil addiction... We
>> could
>> be doing things like
>> building better mass transit systems and serious research into
>> alternate fuels, but it's easier to
>> just pull up to the pump.
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>> We are being weaned off of oil .... Considering that other nations
>> have been paying more than
>> we have for a whole lot longer than us we should consider ourselves
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>> The compressed air car of theaircar.com is one of the more
>> interesting ideas. The web site has changed and doesn't go into much
>> detail anymore about the engine. You can look it up on the 'way back
>> machine'.
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> I've read on the subject a little and seen a series about it on the
> history channel and youtube.
> The car does 60 mph and gets decent milage before needing a refil,
> which you could convert
> gas stations to recharge the compressor or a small motor can be
> installed to kick in and recharge
> the tank. even that way, gas consumption would be drastically reduced.
Nope, increased due to the inefficiency of the compressor.
>> The only problem I've seen is the tank is 7,000psi. A pin-hole would
>> cut the car, and everything else, in two.
> The tanks are said to be made of composit carbon, tough and can
> withstand abuse, if it blows the tank would just disintigrate with no
shrapnel.
Pure fantasy.
> It's got to be safer than the old pinto's we used to drive.
Wrong again.
>> Where's Tesla when you need him. One smart guy... The entire AC power
>> grid, flourescent lights, spark plugs, coils, AC motors, radio, Radio
>> controlled devices, turbines, generators, tasers, cattle prods, and
>> more were all his inventions.
> There are a few smart cookies out there, it's more a matter of we are
> so used to what we have,
> that it is hard to let go.... It's got to happen sooner or later, I
> prefer sooner, as I for one really
> don't want to rely on any other country than our own. Made in the
> USA and NASA used to
> mean something in this country once... we need to get that state of
> mind back.
Its got nothing to do with any state of mind.
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