Wow Euwe! Dick Thompson died when? 2010? 2011? (I know it wasn't any later than 2012!) I know it's been quite a while......No matter; thanks for sharing this! I had forgotten about it!
On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 4:22 AM, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > and even if those air machines got off the ground...where would they get > enough fuel? > > On Monday, November 29, 2010 at 11:16:39 AM UTC-8, euwe wrote: >> >> Here we go again with the flying... how high can we actually fly >> before catching fire? Will there be enough room above the trees? >> >> On Nov 29, 11:27 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > | First Electric Cars Have Power Industry Worried >> > | from the they'll-find-a-way-to-charge-double-for-it dept. >> > | posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 28, @08:15 (Power) >> > |https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/28/0248212/First-Electric-C... >> >> > >> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >> > [0]Hugh Pickens writes "Jonathan Fahey writes for AP that as the first >> > mass-market electric cars go on sale next month, the power industry >> faces >> > a huge growth opportunity, with SoCal Edison expecting to be charging >> > 100,000 cars by 2015 and California setting a goal of 1 million >> electric >> > vehicles by 2020. But [1]utility executives are worried that the >> > difficulty of keeping the lights on for the first crop of buyers — and >> > their neighbors — could slow the growth of this industry because it's >> > inevitable that electric utilities will suffer some difficulties early >> > on. 'We are all going to be a lot smarter two years from now,' says >> Mark >> > Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America. When >> > plugged into a [2]home charging station the first Leafs and Volts will >> > draw 3,300 Watts and take about 8 hours to deliver a full charge, but >> > both carmakers may soon boost that to 6,600 Watts. The Tesla Roadster, >> an >> > electric sports car with a huge battery, can draw 16,800 Watts. That >> > means that adding an electric vehicle or two to a neighborhood can be >> > like adding another house, and it can stress the equipment that >> services >> > those houses. The problem is that transformers that distribute power >> from >> > the electrical grid to homes are often designed to handle less than >> about >> > 12,000 watts so the extra stress on a transformer from one or two >> > electric vehicles could cause it to overheat and fail, knocking out >> power >> > to the block." >> > >> > Discuss this story at: >> > >> http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/28/0248212&from=ne... >> > >> > Links: >> > 0.http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/ >> > 1. >> http://www.pressherald.com/business/opportunity-has-power-industry-sc... >> > 2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charging_station > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
