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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
And the hydrogen cars are also just prototypes.
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Robert Zubrin blasts the "Hydrogen Economy"
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nick hoffman
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1/23/2007 6:19:44 AM
Zubrin's folly
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EnergyExpert
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2/3/2007 5:36:31 PM
Single-Seat Cars Could Reduce Fuel Consumption by 75 Percent
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SDF
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2/3/2007 6:56:47 PM
re: Single-Seat Cars Could Reduce Fuel Consumption by 75 Percent
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EnergyExpert
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2/3/2007 7:37:43 PM
I guarantee you, hydrogen is not feasible.
(n/t)
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SDF
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2/3/2007 8:59:06 PM
Not if its done the way the aerospace industry does it.
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 5:22:09 AM
Here is where you are wrong....
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SDF
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2/5/2007 6:47:26 AM
Again, you don;t get it.
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 8:03:31 AM
You're losing every argument.
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SDF
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2/5/2007 4:28:07 PM
Nope, You failed to make your case
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 6:40:42 PM
I've totally made my case
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SDF
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2/5/2007 10:22:19 PM
The Decline of Aerospace Engineering
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EnergyExpert
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2/6/2007 4:56:08 PM
Do you have any idea how many 2-MW wind turbines it would take to produce enough hydrogen for your plan?
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SDF
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2/6/2007 6:42:13 PM
Why use 2mw whne 5 mw are available?
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EnergyExpert
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2/6/2007 8:52:28 PM
You didn't answer my question
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SDF
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2/6/2007 10:46:35 PM
re: You didn't answer my question
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EnergyExpert
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2/7/2007 4:51:33 AM
Once again....
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Yeti
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2/7/2007 11:48:25 PM
Wind energy is a red herring.
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SDF
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2/8/2007 6:03:56 AM
You've made a couple interesting points.
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SDF
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2/7/2007 6:03:08 AM
re: You've made a couple interesting points.
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EnergyExpert
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2/7/2007 5:25:31 PM
I'm pessimistic about your scenario.
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SDF
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2/7/2007 11:43:03 PM
Any why oppose something that would make your plan more feasible?
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SDF
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2/7/2007 6:14:54 AM
Another point in my favor
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SDF
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2/7/2007 6:40:29 AM
Sorry, but I believe a nail this big requires a hammer of sufficient size.
(n/t)
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SDF
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2/3/2007 6:58:49 PM
Make them flex-fueled just as Zubrin suggests.
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SDF
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2/3/2007 7:13:32 PM
re: Make them flex-fueled just as Zubrin suggests.
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EnergyExpert
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2/3/2007 7:40:28 PM
We could start with a 10% ethanol in gasoline mixture
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SDF
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2/3/2007 11:21:51 PM
re: We could start with a 10% ethanol in gasoline mixture
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EnergyExpert
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2/4/2007 10:41:05 PM
And then reduce the average weight of vehicles on the road
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SDF
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2/4/2007 9:27:25 PM
Formula correction
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SDF
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2/5/2007 4:48:25 AM
HTML preview didn't display that properly
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SDF
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2/5/2007 4:50:56 AM
Socialist solutions
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EnergyExpert
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2/4/2007 10:59:23 PM
A real engineer goes for the solution.
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SDF
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2/4/2007 11:50:36 PM
And Socialists force them on people (NT)
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 1:56:33 AM
When there is only one or two solutions available, you can't argue socialism.
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SDF
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2/5/2007 4:13:10 AM
You could put it in a more agreeable context.
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SDF
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2/5/2007 1:30:38 AM
re: You could put it in a more agreeable context.
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 2:01:48 AM
One more layer of beaurocracy isn't going to make us socialist.
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SDF
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2/5/2007 4:01:39 AM
rYou could have any car you want, as long as it uses ethanol and has only a single seat...
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 4:56:05 AM
God, it's like teaching algebra to someone with grade 4 math skills
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SDF
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2/5/2007 5:20:54 AM
Yes, you know NOTHING about how the auto industry worlks. (NT)
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EnergyExpert
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2/5/2007 7:41:41 AM
Hydrogen problems are real
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Sawyer
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1/24/2007 3:40:18 PM
re: Hydrogen problems are real
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 6:10:54 AM
re:They key about hydrogen is that is possible to produce where its needed
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SteveS
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1/25/2007 6:37:04 PM
re: re:They key about hydrogen is that is possible to produce where its needed
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 11:16:27 PM
Producing hydrogen locally
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nick hoffman
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1/26/2007 7:38:45 AM
re: Producing hydrogen locally
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EnergyExpert
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1/26/2007 6:35:48 PM
re: Producing hydrogen locally
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Yeti
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1/30/2007 8:18:01 PM
re: Producing hydrogen locally
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EnergyExpert
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1/30/2007 10:15:33 PM
My My. It just doesn't get any better
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Yeti
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1/30/2007 11:15:28 PM
re: My My. It just doesn't get any better
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 5:23:22 PM
re: My My. It just doesn't get any better
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Yeti
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1/31/2007 5:49:09 PM
re: My My. It just doesn't get any better
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:41:58 PM
re: Robert Zubrin blasts the "Hydrogen Economy"
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Energy_Expert
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1/23/2007 11:06:37 PM
2 Corrections
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M.A.E.
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1/25/2007 11:13:55 PM
re: 2 Corrections
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EnergyExpert
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1/26/2007 6:37:47 PM
You should get your facts straight before you write such an emphatic comment
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Fact Checking Yeti
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1/24/2007 10:28:36 PM
re: You should get your facts straight before you write such an emphatic comment
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 5:58:29 AM
re: you should read TFA before you post it as support for what you have said.
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Bemused Yeti
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1/29/2007 8:47:36 PM
re: you should read TFA before you post it as support for what you have said.
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EnergyExpert
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1/30/2007 8:49:08 AM
Again, read TFA before you use it to bolster your bluster
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Laughing Yeti
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1/30/2007 5:06:03 PM
re: Again, read TFA before you use it to bolster your bluster
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EnergyExpert
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1/30/2007 10:18:34 PM
re: Again, read TFA before you use it to bolster your bluster
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Yeti
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1/30/2007 11:30:08 PM
Further on Newcomb and the flying machines.
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Robert Clark
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1/31/2007 3:35:44 AM
re: Further on Newcomb and the flying machines.
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 5:32:09 PM
The link gives a free full-text version from the Gutenberg Project.
(n/t)
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Robert Clark
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1/31/2007 6:02:33 PM
re: The link gives a free full-text version from the Gutenberg Project.
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:48:42 PM
re: 2 things
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Yeti
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1/31/2007 4:30:16 AM
re: 2 things
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 5:40:40 PM
re: 2 things
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Yeti
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1/31/2007 5:55:03 PM
re: 2 things
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:44:24 PM
It wasn't just Newcomb who was skeptical.
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Robert Clark
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1/31/2007 3:09:54 PM
re: It wasn't just Newcomb who was skeptical.
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Yeti
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1/31/2007 6:00:58 PM
About Newcomb and the flying machines.
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Robert Clark
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1/30/2007 2:36:21 AM
last part of post truncated for some reason
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Yeti
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1/29/2007 8:50:35 PM
re: You should get your facts straight before you write such an emphatic comment
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Chris Vancil
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1/25/2007 9:22:48 AM
You need to learn about standards for research...
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 3:45:17 PM
re: I wasn't arguing it was a good primary. Only you were wrong about how it works.
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Chris Vancil
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1/25/2007 9:23:18 PM
Back tracking are we???
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 11:04:41 PM
re: No. At least I'm not. How about you?
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Chris Vancil
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1/26/2007 7:57:24 AM
A rose is a rose
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EnergyExpert
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1/26/2007 6:39:10 PM
Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer like me.
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SDF
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1/24/2007 3:22:47 AM
84mpg VW Lupo
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RobVG
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1/28/2007 7:51:21 PM
Wow, probably seats 4 people too.
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SDF
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2/3/2007 7:31:39 PM
re: Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer like me.
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 6:02:41 AM
3-wheels
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nick hoffman
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1/26/2007 8:07:31 AM
re: 3-wheels
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EnergyExpert
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1/26/2007 6:43:00 PM
Looks aren't the problem. Carmakers don't have the guts to market them.
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SDF
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1/27/2007 11:27:11 PM
re: Looks aren't the problem. Carmakers don't have the guts to market them.
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EnergyExpert
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1/28/2007 9:05:17 PM
If it takes billions to take a car to market, why do I see small startups making roadworthy cars?
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SDF
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1/29/2007 4:00:47 AM
Custome cars versus mass production
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EnergyExpert
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1/29/2007 4:52:13 PM
I dunno man.
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SDF
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1/31/2007 2:00:02 AM
re: I dunno man.
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:00:14 PM
LOL. So the obvious question is....
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SDF
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2/1/2007 12:10:57 AM
So they make a prototype. They've all made prototypes.
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SDF
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1/27/2007 11:30:49 PM
re: Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer like me.
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SDF
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1/26/2007 3:03:00 AM
re: Robert Zubrin is an aerospace engineer like me.
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EnergyExpert
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1/26/2007 6:41:51 PM
Hence my prediction.
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SDF
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1/27/2007 5:44:55 AM
Radical Environmentalists have…
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EnergyExpert
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1/27/2007 4:27:12 PM
True.
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SDF
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1/27/2007 10:53:49 PM
re: True.
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EnergyExpert
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1/28/2007 9:20:30 PM
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
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SDF
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1/29/2007 4:10:20 AM
re: Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
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EnergyExpert
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1/29/2007 5:02:46 PM
Home? Mass vs local...
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nick hoffman
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1/30/2007 3:25:08 PM
re: Home? Mass vs local...
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:06:40 PM
Yes. And I'm not certain hydrogen can be stored safely at 10,000 psi
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SDF
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1/31/2007 2:21:19 AM
re: Yes. And I'm not certain hydrogen can be stored safely at 10,000 psi
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Yeti
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2/1/2007 12:17:51 AM
re: Yes. And I'm not certain hydrogen can be stored safely at 10,000 psi
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EnergyExpert
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2/1/2007 5:45:18 AM
re: Yes. And I'm not certain hydrogen can be stored safely at 10,000 psi
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Net Crank Munching Yeti
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2/1/2007 6:52:35 AM
Aww hell, you just had to go and piss off the Yeti....
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Arrell
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2/1/2007 11:21:30 AM
re: And in 4 weeks!
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:38:19 PM
Wrong!
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EnergyExpert
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1/31/2007 6:10:23 PM
Compressing hydrogen to 10,000 psi uses up 15% of the energy being stored.
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SDF
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2/1/2007 12:17:15 AM
re: Compressing hydrogen to 10,000 psi uses up 15% of the energy being stored.
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EnergyExpert
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2/1/2007 6:00:20 AM
re: Compressing hydrogen to 10,000 psi uses up 15% of the energy being stored.
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Yeti
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2/1/2007 7:07:53 AM
re: Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
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gbaikie
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1/29/2007 6:05:43 AM
And the hydrogen cars are also just prototypes.
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SDF
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1/29/2007 4:13:24 AM
Its about freedom
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EnergyExpert
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1/29/2007 5:19:34 PM
THAT is nothing more than a sales pitch
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SDF
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2/1/2007 1:51:29 AM
re: THAT is nothing more than a sales pitch
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EnergyExpert
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2/1/2007 6:03:25 AM
The CLEVER car research at the U. of Bath was funded by BMW
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SDF
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2/1/2007 10:03:16 PM
Perhaps a reference link to your supporting material would be instructive here.
(n/t)
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lEThargy expert
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1/23/2007 11:55:30 PM
re: Perhaps a reference link to your supporting material would be instructive here.
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 5:50:22 AM
Ah, ok.
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et
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1/25/2007 6:25:43 AM
re: Ah, ok.
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EnergyExpert
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1/25/2007 4:11:43 PM
I think the Hydrogen economy will be great....
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et
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1/23/2007 6:58:26 PM
re: I think the Hydrogen economy will be great....
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Ken Murphy
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1/24/2007 2:41:29 AM
Sun juice for my Hummer?
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et
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1/24/2007 5:12:21 AM
re: I think the Hydrogen economy will be great....
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father earth
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1/23/2007 9:39:16 PM
re: Robert Zubrin blasts the "Hydrogen Economy"
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father earth
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1/23/2007 6:20:24 PM
I think it depends on the application.
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Scott Evil
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1/23/2007 11:33:12 PM
Well, at least he's optimistic about ethanol
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Daniel
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1/23/2007 6:47:26 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.