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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:39 PM Original message |
Google Pushes 100mpg Car |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles capable of getting 70 to 100 miles per gallon" |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Hugh" amounts of electricity can be generated from wind and solar. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Not enough to power 200 million passenger cars, only something like |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That sounds like speculation. Cars use less energy than homes. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Typical electric cars (BEVs) on the road have 85 to 100 mile range per 8 hour charge |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. ...and according to the interview I heard on NPR (Tom Ashbrook) |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. If each home had its own P/V and wind charging station wherever feasible that |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. It could, but such generating systems require hefty investments of $10k to $30k |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. But with the transporters we won't really need the cars. |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Even if it isn't produced by renewable sources |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. But we waste hugh amounts every night, when these cars could be charging |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. NO NO NO NO NO |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. It's much easier to reduce/control carbon at a powerplant. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Uh, the Prius produces CO2 as well. Electrical generation doesn't have to. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Am I the only one that saw "Pushes 100mpg Car" and thought . . . |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'll bet it's fast, too... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's easy to get 100 mpg if you push the car. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. dude |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Dude... |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. patronize much? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Actually, he's also good at using math and physics in debate too. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Oxen, horses, mules need hay and lots of it, they also shit most of the roughage |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I grew up in amish country. |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. 100 million cars, no problem ... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Your math is faulty. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Question... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I heard one source which suggested that 40% of our capacity is unused at night. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. If your math is correct it would be feasible to implement such a change over |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The 35 miles figure is supposedly the average American daily driving. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Department of Energy does the math |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Well, let's do it! I'm game and tell the Arabs, "fuck you very much Sheiks" |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Amen. I think that electric vehicles are the future. |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm getting excited about this again! |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. this could be good nt |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Also reported in USA today (link) |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. I don't know if I want a 100mpg car if I have to push it. n/t |
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