What exactly is renewable about batteries compared to:
H2O + CO2 + energy = hydrocarbons + O2
Mike
At 05:53 PM 26/06/2014, you wrote:
>>>"Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables"
Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries
will be coming from??
ROSS
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>>>I love the ability of the virtual world to spread
unsubstantiated gossip, usually with a mindset bend behind it.
Well, it certainly allows you to compare second hand values of cars
better than one might without a virtual world. And the Priapsis does
not look that great. And considering you can get the same or better
mileage from a number of other cars of similar size
I've got no mindset other than the fact that right now, it's
regrettably difficult to see an electric self launcher (ultralight)
or sustainer competing with a petrol powered engine.
A 30 year old DG-400 or ASH 26 is still a working proposition
because their motors are still fairly current technology. When they
were new, NiCad batteries were the state of the art and remember how
awful they were in most cases. I can clearly remember the bang as my
expensive SAFT batteries splatted all over the room courtesy of
their state of the art charger.
Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning
non-renewables but I for one would not want to spend a lot of money
on an electric sailplane right now and the long, long extension cord
to recharge it while flying around our non-electric airfields.
D
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