Originally posted by Imagrunt:
My whole life I have listened to people like you who tell me it can't be done, but I refuse to listen to you.
It's not an opinion. It's a physical law. Physical laws cannot be broken. If you have any evidence of a physical law being broken, please provide a cite.
Originally posted by Imagrunt:
You alluded to the Prius, but you quite obviously neglected to account for the Prius' and Segway's most noteworthy common feature: Regenerative braking systems which are limited only by imaginative theory and physical principles.
I agree that regenerative braking is worthwhile.
Originally posted by Imagrunt:
Can you picture forced air generators and super-caps supplying amperage to separate HHO sufficient to boost octane for the 0-30 zone in our internal combustion vehicle?
Compressed air and large electrolytic capacitor do not supply any energy. They are simply energy vessels. You still need a source of energy.
All-electric vehicles are still impractical for most people. This may change, however, if someone invents a much more efficient battery. Until something better comes along, the best approach is a hybrid technology where an internal combustion engine charges a bank of batteries, and the batteries in turn supply power to electric motors.
Originally posted by Imagrunt:
This is a transitional technology which can and WILL work, and we need to start supporting more of these "impossible" ideas if we are going to survive and thrive during this "economic adjustment" phase in which we now live.
But it is foolish, IMO, to spend even one minute looking at any approach that violates a law of thermodynamics. You also have to understand the difference between an energy source and an energy vessel.
Look, energy is getting more and more expensive. There's nothing we can do about it. Right now, gasoline & diesel are still the cheapest energy sources for transportation. As oil gets more and more expensive, other energy sources will start to become competitive. But even so, ALL forms of energy will become more expensive. So how do we deal with this?
1. Tell Congress to eliminate all taxes on gasoline.
2. Tell Congress to allow for the drilling of oil and to relax environmental laws that get in the way of energy independence.
3. Spend less on things you don't need (e.g. entertainment).
4. Use energy more efficiently.
5. Use less energy.
