Need a big roof for lots of panels - maybe a nice schoolbus would work? Article in Woodenboat Mag a while back about a cruising houseboat type craft built in Australia with solar panels all over its relatively big flat roof. Still needed generator on board to ensure they were not occasionally dead in the water but they claimed pretty good performance based only on the solar charging. Lots of sun in Aus I suppose.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Hargrave Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:07 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids Sure, charge 2 days - drive one mile, charge 2 days - drive one mile, charge 2 days - drive one mile..... Solar cells are terribly inefficiant. Tom www.kegkits.com ----Original Message---- From: andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 11/08/07 03:02 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Scr*w plug in hybrids. Just mount a PV arrray on the roof of the car to trickle charge the batteries in broad daylight. Doesn't that make more sense? On Nov 8, 2007 3:39 PM, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's because Canada has lots of cheap natural gas. They are a major > supplier to the lower 48 States. > > Tom > www.kegkits.com > > ----Original Message---- > From: dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 11/08/07 02:23 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > According to "How It's Made" produced in Canada, they use both natural > gas and the anodes. It's shown on the Discovery Channel here. > > -Dave Walton > > On 11/8/07, Tom Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steel recycling does not use fuel directly. They load a crucible with > > scrap and then lower a set of anodes. It's 100 percent electricity . > > > > Thanks, Tom > > 256-656-1924 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Sent: 11/8/07 11:21 AM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesels Vs Hybrids > > > > > the alum co built the smelter and the power co built a > > > new *Electrical Generating Plant * just for the plant we were > > building. > > > > Both steel and aluminum require a lot of energy to refine. It's > > just that steel can make use of fuel heat directly whereas aluminum > > requires it to be converted to electricity first. > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
