[sd_matt]

OK folks.

Apparently we are still learning our lesson about excessively going from one side to another.

[sd_matt]

OK folks.

Apparently we are still learning our lesson about excessively going from one side to another.

[sd_matt]

Anyway

Here’s a far-fetched idea I’ve been watching for a year that I think might actually work. Yes I’m hijacking the thread.

A presentation given to google a couple years ago

and the update

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/06/the_boys_at_tal.html

[sd_matt]

Anyway

Here’s a far-fetched idea I’ve been watching for a year that I think might actually work. Yes I’m hijacking the thread.

A presentation given to google a couple years ago

and the update

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/06/the_boys_at_tal.html

[sd_matt]

Anyway

Here’s a far-fetched idea I’ve been watching for a year that I think might actually work. Yes I’m hijacking the thread.

A presentation given to google a couple years ago

and the update

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/06/the_boys_at_tal.html

[sd_matt]

Anyway

Here’s a far-fetched idea I’ve been watching for a year that I think might actually work. Yes I’m hijacking the thread.

A presentation given to google a couple years ago

and the update

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/06/the_boys_at_tal.html

[sd_matt]

Anyway

Here’s a far-fetched idea I’ve been watching for a year that I think might actually work. Yes I’m hijacking the thread.

A presentation given to google a couple years ago

and the update

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2009/06/the_boys_at_tal.html

[sd_matt]

[quote=Eugene][quote=sd_matt]If a 50cc scooter that tops out a 35 mph gets 100 mpg or above then I am skeptical of 360 mpg at the least. [/quote]

A 50cc scooter (plus the driver) has terrible aerodynamics, its coefficient of drag is 3 to 4 times higher than Cd of a conventionally-shaped car. And if it’s gasoline-powered, don’t forget about inherently low efficiency of an internal combustion engine, generally thought to be on the order of 30%. [/quote]

So a vehicle of the same same size and weight as a scooter should get 600mpg?
How much does this car weigh?

[sd_matt]

[quote=Eugene][quote=sd_matt]If a 50cc scooter that tops out a 35 mph gets 100 mpg or above then I am skeptical of 360 mpg at the least. [/quote]

A 50cc scooter (plus the driver) has terrible aerodynamics, its coefficient of drag is 3 to 4 times higher than Cd of a conventionally-shaped car. And if it’s gasoline-powered, don’t forget about inherently low efficiency of an internal combustion engine, generally thought to be on the order of 30%. [/quote]

So a vehicle of the same same size and weight as a scooter should get 600mpg?
How much does this car weigh?

[sd_matt]

[quote=Eugene][quote=sd_matt]If a 50cc scooter that tops out a 35 mph gets 100 mpg or above then I am skeptical of 360 mpg at the least. [/quote]

A 50cc scooter (plus the driver) has terrible aerodynamics, its coefficient of drag is 3 to 4 times higher than Cd of a conventionally-shaped car. And if it’s gasoline-powered, don’t forget about inherently low efficiency of an internal combustion engine, generally thought to be on the order of 30%. [/quote]

So a vehicle of the same same size and weight as a scooter should get 600mpg?
How much does this car weigh?

[sd_matt]

[quote=Eugene][quote=sd_matt]If a 50cc scooter that tops out a 35 mph gets 100 mpg or above then I am skeptical of 360 mpg at the least. [/quote]

A 50cc scooter (plus the driver) has terrible aerodynamics, its coefficient of drag is 3 to 4 times higher than Cd of a conventionally-shaped car. And if it’s gasoline-powered, don’t forget about inherently low efficiency of an internal combustion engine, generally thought to be on the order of 30%. [/quote]

So a vehicle of the same same size and weight as a scooter should get 600mpg?
How much does this car weigh?

[sd_matt]

[quote=Eugene][quote=sd_matt]If a 50cc scooter that tops out a 35 mph gets 100 mpg or above then I am skeptical of 360 mpg at the least. [/quote]

A 50cc scooter (plus the driver) has terrible aerodynamics, its coefficient of drag is 3 to 4 times higher than Cd of a conventionally-shaped car. And if it’s gasoline-powered, don’t forget about inherently low efficiency of an internal combustion engine, generally thought to be on the order of 30%. [/quote]

So a vehicle of the same same size and weight as a scooter should get 600mpg?
How much does this car weigh?

[sd_matt]

Maybe I’m missing something here.

It seems obvious to me that the solution to GW (if it’s really caused by man) is to put out prize money for the green energy technology that’s cheap enough that people will actually Want to buy it.

The bigger the prize the quicker the solution.

As far as I’m concerned Cap and Trade is just a way to introduce more middle men at the expense of the taxpayers.

If you want another example of politics in the energy business then see “should Google go nuclear” on YouTube

[sd_matt]

Maybe I’m missing something here.

It seems obvious to me that the solution to GW (if it’s really caused by man) is to put out prize money for the green energy technology that’s cheap enough that people will actually Want to buy it.

The bigger the prize the quicker the solution.

As far as I’m concerned Cap and Trade is just a way to introduce more middle men at the expense of the taxpayers.

If you want another example of politics in the energy business then see “should Google go nuclear” on YouTube

[sd_matt]

Maybe I’m missing something here.

It seems obvious to me that the solution to GW (if it’s really caused by man) is to put out prize money for the green energy technology that’s cheap enough that people will actually Want to buy it.

The bigger the prize the quicker the solution.

As far as I’m concerned Cap and Trade is just a way to introduce more middle men at the expense of the taxpayers.

If you want another example of politics in the energy business then see “should Google go nuclear” on YouTube

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