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Kite sails could help lower ship emissions and fuel mileage {Autoblog Green}
Jul 4th 2007 10:26AM Manu sharma,
I believe that he is acctually refering to the sport of kiteboarding, judging by the fact that the kite shown above is the inflateable type for use on the water with a board, not a "ram air" like a parafoil. However i may be wrong...
The Truth About Cars doesn't see much of it in Tesla {Autoblog Green}
Mar 27th 2007 7:31PM I agree with you 100% Tony.
Furthurmore, Mr. Farrago will look like a fool if Tesla starts whipping out 1000 Roadsters a year (if people remember what he said).
There have not only been articles about test drives of the Roadster, there is one video that I know of as well. It is listed in the media coverage section of the Tesla site.
Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: {Autoblog Green}
Mar 9th 2007 1:46PM I'm sure i will be extatic about it and will not be able to contain my excitement. I can't wait! an electric bmw 5 series sedan!
I just have to wait until the fall of 2009...
I have to agree with you on more wind farms and solar powerplants ect. Did you know that some countries in Europe are over 20% wind? isn't that great? only if we could put our funding into that instead of giving people 100,000 dollar tax breaks to buy hummers... (not that i realy have anything agians hummers, Go ahead and buy them if you want and waste all of your money on gas. However, i am against giving people 100,000 dollar tax breaks to buy them).
I also realy appreciate how open you are to different energy solutions (some PCers on fuel cell forums/blogs are soooo jaded). I find that there is a down and an upside to everything.
sincerely,
Klei
Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: {Autoblog Green}
Mar 8th 2007 6:25PM again, to Schmeltz (i am sorry if i came off as a little bit b***hy, i dont mena it that way, i am glad that we are all working toward a sustainable energy future :D ).
Well, considering that electric drive is around 30% more efficen than Fuel cell drive, even if you get your electricity from a dirty powerplant, it is less polluting than an fcv (but only by 30%). However, i happen to live in California, which has one of the cleanest energy grids in the nation. The cool thing is, that i pay a little extra each month to get my electricity from wind farms, so if i use a tesla, I truly have a "zero emission vehicle"
Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: {Autoblog Green}
Mar 8th 2007 1:48PM @ Schmeltz
I dont think that an fuel cell engineer thinks that, but I know for a fact that at least one of the major auto companies (probably GM) is pushing hydrogen as a PR campain. They actualy KNOW that this is never going to happen. So why are they pushing it ? Who knows.
I dont realy have anything against hydrogen from clean, renewable sources, although i do think that it is a little bit wasteful. So why am i agianst fuel cells? That is because virtualy all hydrogen comes from natural gas. Unfortunately, if you are supporting hfcvs and the "hydrogen economy" you are supporting a hydrogen economy fueled by natural gas, which is not renewable or clean in any sense (natural gas steam reformation vents massive amounts of Co2 into the air). Yes, it is true that hydrogen CAN come from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, but these expensive devices (such as solar cells) combined with the energy consuming electrolysis process, gets you a fuel that is INSANELY expensive and uneconomic. It is unrealistic to assume that hydrogen will eventualy come from clean energy sources.
I have gathered alot of this information from Joseph J. Romm's "The Hype about Hydrogen : fact and fiction in the race to save the climate". I recomend this book to any alternative energy car enthusiest. It is a great read! The author isnt realy against the technology, but he is "a hydrogen realist"
I am going to be part of solution . . . by purchasing a Tesla WhiteStar and supporting this forward thinking ev company.
www.teslamotors.com
Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: {Autoblog Green}
Mar 8th 2007 11:20AM well, if fcvs become commonplace, i might just buy one, take out the fuel cell and sell it on ebay, put in some li-ion batteries and have a car that is more efficent and costs me less to maintain and to fuel.
Want to try out a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? Here's how: {Autoblog Green}
Mar 8th 2007 1:01AM I'm confident that hydrogen will fail. Who is going to pay for a fuel that is $9-$12 a gallon, is less efficent than electricity, provides a car that has 3/4 or less of the performance of a typical car ( the bmw hydrogen 7 goes 0-60 in 9.2 secs and gets 4 miles to the gallon on hydrogen) and can only be refueled at select stations. "doubters"? No. Persons that have done their research on BOTH SIDES of the hydrogen story and come out to a unanimous reslult? Yes.
on another note, the bmw hydrogen 7 is not powered by a fuel cell. It uses hydrogen and/or gassoline in an ICE.
I know I shouldnt be hatin' on this technology, but I just feel that we need to get off the hype from the auto companies ( gm said it would have sold 1 million hydrogen FCVs be 2010 ) and support (and get THE AUTO COMOPANIES to support) what we have confermed from research.
Geneva Motor Show: Lutz wants an EV in produciton by 2010 {Autoblog Green}
Mar 6th 2007 1:39PM I dont understand why gm can't use altairnano nanosafe batteries. They have 20+ year callendar life, 10,000-15,000 charge cycles (thats 400,000-600,000 miles before they need to be replaced) and they are extremely safe (they wont explode like normal li-ion).
http://www.altairnano.com/markets_amps.html
Can someone enlighten me?
Geneva Motor Show: Toyota Hybrid-X concept {Autoblog Green}
Mar 6th 2007 10:57AM I second mike k! I am happy that there are bigger wheels on it. Iowever, I dont like the look of those wheels and something about it makes it look like a mole (the animal)... :/
Toyota to join the PHEV party {Autoblog Green}
Mar 3rd 2007 6:40PM YAY!
Maybe toyota will be able to bring this car to the market faster then gm! I wonder if their "hybrid x" is in fact a plug in :/
