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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:19:03 GMT From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenospam.com> Subject: Re: SaabUSA Biopower survey
"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message news:43v1rpF1p5s53U1nospamvidual.net... > On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:51:38 GMT, seog <nonospam.com> wrote: >> "SG" <sgnospamo.com> wrote in message >> news:20060120200113.6306a475.sgnospamo.com... >>> >>> Please answer truthfully, let's hope this helps to ensure that the Saab >>> Biopower becomes available. >>> >>> http://www2.saabusa.com/biopower/default.asp >>> >> >> Too little, too late. If they really wanted to make a difference instead >> of >> a token gesture they'd produce a solar/plug-in/hybrid/biodiesel. But of >> course they don't. > > Right. Because a solar car is practical, is that it? Tell me, what > power density can we expect from sunlight, please? Kindly compare this > to the surface area available, and the power needed to move a > street-legal car down the road. > > Or, I'll save you the math. There's not enough energy in sunlight, even > if you had a 100% efficient solar panel, to power a safe, streetable > car. It just isn't there. > > Plugin? Great, if you drive 10 miles a day. Next? > > Hybrid biodiesel. Now we're talking. A diesel/electric hybrid would > let people use the existing fuel infrastructure, give the industry > more experience with electrical drive systems, and would get us to a > point where we can start paying farmers to farm, instead of giving that > money to people in parts of the world where they want to kill us. Yes, > that seems like a good approach. Plugins, solar cars, and hydrogen, are > just distractions. > I had to laugh when I read this. It reminded me of the report of a green government official complaining that her government wasn't doing enough to conserve energy because they were unable to provide her with the up-armored Toyota Prius that she requested. Walt Kienzle
