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Blisspath
02-26-2008, 09:38 PM
I admit it is pretty cool looking and 18k is not bad..but I'm not buying a car that can't do over 40 mph whether it saves the planet or not.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4251491.html?series=19
Modus Ponens
02-26-2008, 09:47 PM
I thought it could do 96 mph. Where in the article does it say that it can't do over 40? Or am I falsely inferring that you read that about this car?
Anyway, it sounds pretty neat, and it's something I think I can get excited about. My friend Dan is going to buy a Mazda RX-8, which has a rotary engine, which can take alternative fuels without modification, and equip it to run on hydrogen, thus creating a zero-emission car, but this idea of running on air is pretty awesome, though it does say that it requires some fuel. Perhaps it could use a non-carbon-based fuel source?
Blisspath
02-26-2008, 09:52 PM
aww..I see..I read it wrong, it has a supplemental source that kicks in above 35 mph..it can do 96...man I may get me one of those next year. It would pay for itself in a couple of years considering I drive up to 1,000 miles a week.
The_Amaster
02-26-2008, 10:00 PM
SWEET!
I mean, biofuels are nice and all, but this, this is what we need! I mean, how much of your driving hits over 35 that much anyway. On the highway a lot, but depending on where you live, residential and downtown driving rarely tops 30.
phattonez
02-26-2008, 10:09 PM
SWEET!
I mean, biofuels are nice and all, but this, this is what we need! I mean, how much of your driving hits over 35 that much anyway. On the highway a lot, but depending on where you live, residential and downtown driving rarely tops 30.
I beg to differ. :)
Hydrogen has a lot of work before it can be implemented. The best that we have now is electric cars, but there are a variety of reasons why that's not happening (none of them very good).
The_Amaster
02-26-2008, 10:13 PM
Phattonez, read the article. Otherwise I'd agree with you, but this thing seems about ready to go.
phattonez
02-26-2008, 10:34 PM
Yeah, but I'd still like to see how efficient it is compared to batteries and how safe it is.
Beldaran
02-26-2008, 11:31 PM
It's no different than an electric car with regards to energy usage. It's not "Zero Pollution". It uses electricity (at some point) to compress air. There is no free energy.
What Beldaran said. Zero pollution is desirable in a theoretical sense; less pollution in a practical sense. Zero pollution is only possible with zero production, and I don't think we want that =) The real world always involves SOME externalities.
Modus Ponens
02-27-2008, 08:19 PM
Well, there's always that beautiful, bountiful externality called "the Sun".
Beldaran
02-27-2008, 09:05 PM
Well, there's always that beautiful, bountiful externality called "the Sun".
Pffff.... that's only for 7 billion years. WHAT THEN?
MoonCheese
02-27-2008, 09:13 PM
Move humanity to another solar system and use its star(s).
Beldaran
02-27-2008, 09:32 PM
Move humanity to another solar system and use its star(s).
And after those stars get used up... WHAT THEN? ;)
MoonCheese
02-27-2008, 09:49 PM
Attempt to create a new universe.
Beldaran
02-27-2008, 10:06 PM
Attempt to create a new universe.
With what power source?
Modus Ponens
02-27-2008, 10:15 PM
With what power source?
Yeah, and WHAT THEN?
Beldaran
02-27-2008, 10:28 PM
With what power source?
The answer to this question is obviously "Poop". :goofy:
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