Electric cars - Right move?

Message boards : Politics : Electric cars - Right move?
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 . . . 8 · Next

AuthorMessage
Profile shizaru
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 Jun 04
Posts: 1130
Credit: 1,967,904
RAC: 0
Greece
Message 1778442 - Posted: 12 Apr 2016, 20:02:56 UTC

Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :)
ID: 1778442 · Report as offensive
Kevin Olley

Send message
Joined: 3 Aug 99
Posts: 906
Credit: 261,085,289
RAC: 572
United Kingdom
Message 1778579 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 3:16:28 UTC - in response to Message 1778367.  

And now we have hybrid electric power trains for your private plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Xrr82Hbkc


How about Hydrogen powered camera drones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35890486

Looks like a lot more energy for the same weight.
Kevin


ID: 1778579 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1778624 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 6:20:26 UTC - in response to Message 1778367.  

And now we have hybrid electric power trains for your private plane


Now that's a smart Idea planes have special considerations and weight is no.1

No more huge motors and tons of fuel 50% there is big savings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Xrr82Hbkc
ID: 1778624 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1778625 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 6:21:54 UTC - in response to Message 1778442.  

Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :)


Yes and yes I am a F1 fan
ID: 1778625 · Report as offensive
Mark Stevenson Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 8 Sep 11
Posts: 1736
Credit: 174,899,165
RAC: 91
United Kingdom
Message 1778636 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 7:19:05 UTC - in response to Message 1778625.  

Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :)


Yes and yes I am a F1 fan


Shame it's the wrong team you support mate ;-)
Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)
ID: 1778636 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1778639 - Posted: 13 Apr 2016, 7:23:29 UTC - in response to Message 1778636.  

ello cobber well see the seasons still early Ricardo may get that hunk of junk going when they put that new engine in :)
ID: 1778639 · Report as offensive
Profile shizaru
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 Jun 04
Posts: 1130
Credit: 1,967,904
RAC: 0
Greece
Message 1780723 - Posted: 20 Apr 2016, 15:09:00 UTC - in response to Message 1778625.  

Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :)


Yes and yes I am a F1 fan


Yeah, me too.

I remember my heart stopped when Webber did his Rocket Man impression

ID: 1780723 · Report as offensive
W-K 666 Project Donor
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 18 May 99
Posts: 19062
Credit: 40,757,560
RAC: 67
United Kingdom
Message 1780728 - Posted: 20 Apr 2016, 15:30:11 UTC - in response to Message 1780723.  

Forgot to ask, are there any F1 fans here? :)


Yes and yes I am a F1 fan


Yeah, me too.

I remember my heart stopped when Webber did his Rocket Man impression


He was only keeping his hand in, he had done it before at Le Mans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZaAuyuYmQ
ID: 1780728 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780823 - Posted: 20 Apr 2016, 21:46:33 UTC

I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.
ID: 1780823 · Report as offensive
Profile Gary Charpentier Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 25 Dec 00
Posts: 30651
Credit: 53,134,872
RAC: 32
United States
Message 1780840 - Posted: 20 Apr 2016, 22:41:35 UTC - in response to Message 1780823.  

I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.

Except they don't have zero emissions. Somewhere emissions happen from the power needed to convert water into its component elements. If that is building solar cells, coal fired power plants, or furnaces to build wind turbine blades, there are emissions.
ID: 1780840 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1780848 - Posted: 20 Apr 2016, 23:49:44 UTC - in response to Message 1780823.  

I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.


There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now .

Your even built with all the right equipment .

It's called WALKING and it's healthy too
ID: 1780848 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780854 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 0:29:04 UTC - in response to Message 1780840.  

I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.

Except they don't have zero emissions. Somewhere emissions happen from the power needed to convert water into its component elements. If that is building solar cells, coal fired power plants, or furnaces to build wind turbine blades, there are emissions.


/rolleyes Obviously in the context, I was referring to the vehicle itself. But fine, ya got me. Yeah, sure, some building has to make the hydrogen. Still considerably less than millions of cars spewing CO into the air, or the pollution made by generating electricity for electric cars which don't have a zero emission rating like hydrogen cars do.
ID: 1780854 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780855 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 0:29:28 UTC - in response to Message 1780848.  

I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.


There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now .

Your even built with all the right equipment .

It's called WALKING and it's healthy too


Right. I'm going to walk the 92 miles per day back and forth to work.
ID: 1780855 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1780862 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:03:21 UTC - in response to Message 1780855.  


I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.



There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now .

Your even built with all the right equipment .

It's called WALKING and it's healthy too

Right. I'm going to walk the 92 miles per day back and forth to work.


Move closer to work and you can buy a push bike , and they even come with Electric motors and rechargeable battery's now
ID: 1780862 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780866 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:10:41 UTC - in response to Message 1780862.  


I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.



There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now .

Your even built with all the right equipment .

It's called WALKING and it's healthy too

Right. I'm going to walk the 92 miles per day back and forth to work.


Move closer to work and you can buy a push bike , and they even come with Electric motors and rechargeable battery's now


Right. I'm going to disrupt the lives of my family members by moving closer to a job that I will likely not keep long term, but future jobs will be just as far. Oh, and places closer to the city are far more expensive to live in, but I'll move closer because rather than accepting that not everyone can live within walking distance, you'd rather continue making suggestions to fit your solution rather than adjusting the solution to fit the problem.
ID: 1780866 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1780867 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:16:46 UTC - in response to Message 1780866.  
Last modified: 21 Apr 2016, 1:22:38 UTC



I think electric cars switch one addiction for another, and the cost to the environment is still greater than zero when there's a better alternative. For my part, I'll be keeping an eye on the development of hydrogen powered vehicles with zero emissions, if only they can make them safe enough to drive without exploding on collision.



There is a better alternative and you don't need to build anything and 99.99999% of us can do it right now .

Your even built with all the right equipment .

It's called WALKING and it's healthy too

Right. I'm going to walk the 92 miles per day back and forth to work.


Move closer to work and you can buy a push bike , and they even come with Electric motors and rechargeable battery's now

Right. I'm going to disrupt the lives of my family members by moving closer to a job that I will likely not keep long term, but future jobs will be just as far. Oh, and places closer to the city are far more expensive to live in, but I'll move closer because rather than accepting that not everyone can live within walking distance, you'd rather continue making suggestions to fit your solution rather than adjusting the solution to fit the problem


Ozzie don't knock the push bike you can travel a long way on a push bike and I would say the 90 k you travel would only take about 90 mins on a push bike travelling that far in a car during peak hour traffic the push bike would probably beat you to work .

Edit: ops 92 miles that's 148 k/m so move closer to work the country is nice but to far from work man
ID: 1780867 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780869 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:33:41 UTC - in response to Message 1780867.  

Ozzie don't knock the push bike you can travel a long way on a push bike and I would say the 90 k you travel would only take about 90 mins on a push bike travelling that far in a car during peak hour traffic the push bike would probably beat you to work .


I'm not knocking it. The suggestion is highly unrealistic, and your comments indicate you really don't know Chicago traffic. I guarantee you no one on a push bike would beat me to work, even with a small motor. My average speed is 60-65 miles per hour and I make it to work in about 50-70 minutes, give or take. And I would require the motor on the bike because I have respiratory problems that induce asthmatic like symptoms. I would very likely end up in a hospital biking to work. Oh, and that's 92 miles or 148 kilometers to you, not 90 kilometers as you typed.

Why is it so hard to accept that your suggestion wasn't a good one, if only idealistic in nature?
ID: 1780869 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780871 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:44:43 UTC - in response to Message 1780867.  

so move closer to work the country is nice but to far from work man


Do you have any idea how much housing costs in the city? And I'm going to pack up and move closer based on a discussion about emissions with a guy from halfway around the world who knows nothing about my life or living situation? I'm struggling to understand why you continue to make this suggestion so flippantly.
ID: 1780871 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1780872 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 1:46:46 UTC - in response to Message 1780869.  

because not everyone would live 148klm from work , man that's 300klm a round trip shorely you can move a bit closer I live 62 miles or 110 klm from Sydney and if I worked there I wouldn't live in Wollongong with it's beaches and mountains and bushland all around a wonderful place to live but not if you work in Sydney it's just to far and costs to much in fuel or public transport .

For most I would say a push bike is a good idea and would get them to work quicker than a car or train or bus .

I am also a asthmatic so a push bike would help in treating that and so long as you had your ventolin spray you shouldn't have a problem .
ID: 1780872 · Report as offensive
OzzFan Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 02
Posts: 15691
Credit: 84,761,841
RAC: 28
United States
Message 1780874 - Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 2:00:08 UTC - in response to Message 1780872.  

because not everyone would live 148klm from work , man that's 300klm a round trip


No, 148km is the round trip. I'm still not f---ing biking 41 miles one direction. You're out of your f---ing mind if you think I'm doing that just for emissions.

For most I would say a push bike is a good idea and would get them to work quicker than a car or train or bus.


Maybe on your tiny little island that's a true statement. Maybe even for people that aren't tied down and don't mind living in apartments or condos it would be a good suggestion. Hell, maybe it is a good suggestion for "most" people. Most is still not all, and it certainly isn't me.

I am also a asthmatic so a push bike would help in treating that and so long as you had your ventolin spray you shouldn't have a problem .


I didn't say I was just asthmatic. I said I have acute respiratory problems that induces asthmatic like symptoms. I'm still not f---ing biking 92 miles per day, and you're out of your gord if you think I am.
ID: 1780874 · Report as offensive
Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 . . . 8 · Next

Message boards : Politics : Electric cars - Right move?


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.