Sometimes incremental solutions are the only solutions. While we're waiting for a dominant non-internal combustion vehicle to emerge, we can replace aging polluters with something more benign. "The perfect is the enemy of the good" and all that.
In 2011 I sold my 911 and bought a Prius Five with all the bells and whistles (nav, radar-adaptive cruise control, self-steering, voice control of various functions, keyless entry, heated seats, 17" wheels, etc). It is the most trouble-free of all the vehicles I have ever owned, even my '62 MG Midget, haw haw. When I walk out into the parking lot of the Y where I swim, I often try to get into the wrong car, as do many other of the Prius owners whose cars, along with mommy-vans and the occasional SUV, mostly populate the lot.
I'm amazed at how many people don't even know how the e-CVT and dynamic braking work.
Right. We have several around here. Of course, I tell folks, where did you buy gasoline 110 years ago, if you could? A PHARMACY (while you got your heroin). Infrastructure is an issue too. Not so much with electrics- most of the time, you plug in at home. More convenient than a gas station.
One last note on fuel cell cars vs batteries: the fuel cell cars are fast refill, not quite as energy efficient, BUT- if you live in a climate where you want to turn the heat on, a fuel cell car doesn't lose range. They still put out waste heat- 30-40%, as opposed to the 85% or so on typical IC engine cars (75% for a prius). IC gasoline engine is only about 15% efficient, as opposed to 60%+ of fuel cells.
Didja see Toyota's leasing a fuel cell vehicle in the US now?
https://ssl.toyota.com/mirai/
Like my beloved Prius, it's butt-ugly.
"The best way to get the most natural gas from waste, according to Yost, is for a facility to have a balanced diet of both food scraps and manure."
The facility Four Basic Food Groups.
Just a part of your balanced energy breakfast.
Whatever became of [thermal depolymerization?]
Tom Swift and His Electric Garbage Truck was one of my favorite bedtime stories when I was a kid.
Sometimes incremental solutions are the only solutions. While we're waiting for a dominant non-internal combustion vehicle to emerge, we can replace aging polluters with something more benign. "The perfect is the enemy of the good" and all that.
We'll be mining those things at some point.
| I like this fuel cell application, | from a distributed generation/backup power standpoint.
I'd buy a fuel cell or plug in electric vehicle though in a minute if I could afford it. Let's get going with that
economy of scale" thingy, America!
Yeah, $57K on the web site. Not too many refueling points available yet.
In 2011 I sold my 911 and bought a Prius Five with all the bells and whistles (nav, radar-adaptive cruise control, self-steering, voice control of various functions, keyless entry, heated seats, 17" wheels, etc). It is the most trouble-free of all the vehicles I have ever owned, even my '62 MG Midget, haw haw. When I walk out into the parking lot of the Y where I swim, I often try to get into the wrong car, as do many other of the Prius owners whose cars, along with mommy-vans and the occasional SUV, mostly populate the lot.
I'm amazed at how many people don't even know how the e-CVT and dynamic braking work.
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Right. We have several around here. Of course, I tell folks, where did you buy gasoline 110 years ago, if you could? A PHARMACY (while you got your heroin). Infrastructure is an issue too. Not so much with electrics- most of the time, you plug in at home. More convenient than a gas station.
One last note on fuel cell cars vs batteries: the fuel cell cars are fast refill, not quite as energy efficient, BUT- if you live in a climate where you want to turn the heat on, a fuel cell car doesn't lose range. They still put out waste heat- 30-40%, as opposed to the 85% or so on typical IC engine cars (75% for a prius). IC gasoline engine is only about 15% efficient, as opposed to 60%+ of fuel cells.
"Ask Isaac Asimov"?
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Approved and no idea why. You make too much sense to be a spambot.
Running out of lithium is one of the problems. Another is building batteries from it] without contributing to other peoples' misery.
Fix the things we know are wrong, while we outline a path forward.
Good meeting.
The new Desert Oracle arrived today!
Perhaps you could upload a dramatic reading.
Perhaps, if I were preparing to appear on the Gong Show : )
That's the spirit!