Not only is it ugly... it doesn't look very practical. For one, it only seems to have one seat... but I digress. These things are still going to be an annoyance. Nate is right with higher gas prices and Wisemon is right with the electricity. Once the prices of these vehicles go down the prices of the fuel will go up.
Now here is the thing, there have been innovations in greenland and iceland with using cars that use hyrdrogen to power there vehickes. You have to understand that the only reason that its not here as of yet is because car companines probably bribe them into not coming here yet and milking our compantil or else our economy would be shot......
Quote: You have to understand that the only reason that its not here as of yet is because car companines probably bribe them into not coming here yet and milking our compantil or else our economy would be shot......
Um...no.
One of my colleagues did his senior design project on hydrogen fuel cells. Hydrogen is
not a replacement for fossil fuels. In order to make pure hydrogen, we need to use fossil fuels. Researchers are looking into ways of using methane (natural gas) instead of hydrogen just to save fuel.
DragonMasterX Wrote:I certainly wouldn't be able to purchase those. It'd be over 60.000 Pesos here. Stupid IMF...
PESOS? Where the hell are you from?
You know what'd be the ultimate fuel? Bionic stuff like feces and dead, that basically never runs out as long as there's living things. The hard part in this would of course be in using the remains of the used energy again and to somehow improve the attributes so it'd be almost like regular fuel. But hey, I'm sure it'd be possible if some countrys would gather together and invest into this project. Of course, since it'd be costy to them, it'll never happen.
Also what about solar powered cars? Wind powered at windy areas?
Quote:Aren't we forgetting something? Electric cars have to get their power from electricity. Where do we get our electricity? Most of our electricity comes from coal burning plants that need serious environmental updates. I think we should start by switching all of our electricity to trash burning and wood burning plants, and then we can talk about how ugly these electric cars are.
What about nuclear energy? :D
Quote:Aren't we forgetting something? Electric cars have to get their power from electricity
True, some North American hybrids use a fuel to electricity ratio in order to power their vehicles, where the electricity is received from a higher-performance car battery. And even though cars including the Toyota Prius and the StarRotor Hybrid mechanically store heat energy into their battery from braking, it only restores 30% to your battery.
Here's where that changes: the new generation hybrids don't even HAVE a battery: The Aptera's drivetrain is powered by pressurized
nitrogen that replaces large amounts of diesel when released by the car's motor. As braking occurs in the drivetrain, nitrogen becomes compressed into a cheap reservoir, and fully helps accelerate the car with the fuel when released. Hence, less wasted fuel and much higher mileage!
Quote:by making cars with a higher mileage rating people need to buy gas less often, and when people buy gas less often, the companies make less money. So they raise prices.
Kind of, but there's more to the story. Imperial Oil, the main gas distributor throughout Canada (Exxon Mobile and Conoco Philips in the US) rebuttles this statement by saying that the lower gas emissions create a beneficial domino effect.
Lower gas emissions= Overall less gas demand= Less crude oil needs from developing countries= Less money spent on extraction.
A smaller need for crude oil means Petroleum Oil (and probably the American companies as well: Conoco Philips and Exxon Mobile) is capable of lowering their prices down a penny or two per litre to attract more customers, while also less need from developing countries benefits their stock margin! So losing potential money from better mileage can be a benefit to them on a large scale as well.
MISTER BIG T Wrote:You know what'd be the ultimate fuel? Bionic stuff like feces and dead, that basically never runs out as long as there's living things. The hard part in this would of course be in using the remains of the used energy again and to somehow improve the attributes so it'd be almost like regular fuel. But hey, I'm sure it'd be possible if some countrys would gather together and invest into this project. Of course, since it'd be costy to them, it'll never happen.
A German man has created a desiel fuel compatable with all desiel cars from dead cats and other rotting goods.
The US has very low prices on petrol compaired to Europe. However, it also has more poor people, and to boot those people need to drive to work due to the long distance between places in America. Walking in such heat would lead to heat exhaustion, expecially at my speed.
The problem no-one seems to have thought of with hydrogen fuel cells, is the explosions across the Atlantic.
"Can you get some gas for my ship?" asked the English captain.
Interesting design, how environment-friendly is it though?