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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:49 AM Original message |
Promotion of alternative fuels, such as ethanol and hydrogen, as a solution is a fraud. |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with most of what you say |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. GM's CEO is an idiot.. |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. the average car is parked 96 percent of the time |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Let me get this straight... |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. maybe if you followed up on the reading that I have suggested |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Hybrid electric cars having an onboard engine and generator to recharge their batteries... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Ummm.. I've been thoroughly flamed on this board |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. battery powered cars will of course have intelligent |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Yet they're claiming a lack of battery technology... |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. GM just assigned an additional 400 engineers to the Volt |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. If it happens, I will be impressed with the rapid development. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. While I agree with you that conservation is a needed thing, there is a fuel source out there |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. If I had any money at all I'd be investing in this. Thanks for posting. nt |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. My post was meant to explain how the oil and auto companies are using specious arguments... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I would suggest that if you wish to continue pursuing this line of thought |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I have been repairing my own cars and those of my family and friends for many years. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Bingo, Biodiesel and westinghouse. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Are you speaking of Westinghouse nuclear reactors? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. US Navy |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I worked at a nuke plant myself for a number of years |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Acres of Wind can not generate |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Acres of wind may not be able to match nuclear output |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Not to mention wind available on the continental shelf |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Lots of viable technology available; don't lump other with ethanol(corn) |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Fuel cell technology won't save fossil fuels, won't help the environmentt, and will cost you more... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Fast Breeder Reactor |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Since the Sun runs on hydrogen ... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Are you suggesting solar? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Pretty much all energy is solar |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. hydrogen from coal is gasification=partially burning coal/carbon sequestration - it sucks n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. I like what you're saying. Any links? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Wikipedia has information on vehicle technology. |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. there is a another piece called |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. It is bait and switch game |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. We won't have a single solution. We will improve efficiencies, conserve and develop alternatives. |
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dragonlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kick |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Absolutely correct. |
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chaska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. To anyone who thinks that we'll be driving into a hydrogen future... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. I really Disagree. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. And when ADM realizes that it pays more to make fuel with their acres of farmland... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. We can absorb the hit |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You seem not to care about practicalities... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. actually, thermal depolymerization is the answer. Communities turning their garbage into fuel. |
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