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George Foreman grill question
On 6/26/2010 10:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/26/2010 4:00 PM, J. Clarke wrote: >> On 6/26/2010 9:05 PM, dsi1 wrote: >>> On 6/26/2010 10:27 AM, J. Clarke wrote: >>>> On 6/26/2010 3:20 PM, dsi1 wrote: >>>>> On 6/25/2010 7:55 PM, Omelet wrote: >>>>>> In m.au>, >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 26/06/2010 2:44 PM, Omelet wrote: >>>>>>>> In >, > >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 6/25/2010 8:13 AM, sf wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:47:51 -1000, > wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'm not a big fan of hybrid technology - it's way too >>>>>>>>>>> complicated. The >>>>>>>>>>> important part is that it's an intermediate step between gas and >>>>>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>>>>> electric cars. Internal combustion and hybrid cars and fuel cell >>>>>>>>>>> cars >>>>>>>>>>> are not the future - all electric is. Well that's just my guess. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm not claiming hybrids are the future, but they are an >>>>>>>>>> excellent >>>>>>>>>> transition. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I agree with you there. Without them, the acceptance of all >>>>>>>>> electric >>>>>>>>> would have taken a lot longer. The next couple of years will be >>>>>>>>> big >>>>>>>>> years for all electric. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From ads I've see tho', all electric don't hold a charge well >>>>>>>> enough to >>>>>>>> get you thru a major traffic jam from a bad wreck. I've been stuck >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> up to two hours, not to mention the normal 30 to 60 minute commute. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apart from lights and instruments, the electrics don't consume much >>>>>>> power when not moving! You only feed power when you need to move. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Krypsis >>>>>> >>>>>> But they still won't last 4 hours stuck in accident traffic on a real >>>>>> commute. :-( >>>>> >>>>> I think you mean real nightmare. :-) Sooner or later they'll embed >>>>> energized coils under the road that allow you to charge the batteries >>>>> while driving. Put enough coils and you could reduce the need for >>>>> surplus battery capacity significantly. >>>> >>>> How are they going to bill for that though? >>>> >>> >>> You'll get a bill mailed to you, just like you get a bill mailed to you >>> everytime you travel down the interstate. >> >> So you're saying that it will be paid for out of the gas tax? >> > > I ain't saying nothing about who's gonna pay for anything. Obviously, > somebody's gonna pay. Somebody always pays. > > Obviously, you like to while away the hours thinking about reasons > things should stay the way you like it. This is unrealistic. Things > never stay the same - well, most things of a > sociological/economic/technological nature anyway. I just cant see induction coils in the roads as being any kind of viable solution to the limitations of electric cars. It would be hugely expensive to implement and a maintenance nightmare for openers. The right solution is cars that don't have those limitations. |
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