Howdy Kyle, Yep!, you been a mechanic.
The US auto industry basked in their glory days after WW2 and by 1950 had
performed the miracle of reverse engineering from a fair to middlin' 1940
model into a 1950 disaster that did not recover until the Japanese stumbled
across the "how to" book written
--- thomas malloy wrote:
> If I were appointed the car czar, I would require
> the vehicle's design
> to be reviewed by a panel of mechanics.
That's a bloody good idea, speaking from a mechanic's
point of view. The trash being sold for $20k+ these
days is absolutely pathetic compared to what
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Pickens also wants to run cars on compressed gas which I think is a
waste of money. We should make all cars into plug-in hybrids or pure
electric vehicles (for short ranges), run them on electricity most of
the time and use the
If I were appointed the car czar, I would
On Jan 29, 2009, at 5:27 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:38:49
-0900:
Hi,
[snip]
The reason Si is such a great element for energy transportation and
storage is, if you look at energy production on a global basis, there
is so much of
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
IMO the problem isn't that people have a death wish,
but rather that they have so little imagination that they
don't understand/believe what's going to happen, until it
does, and even if they do believe it, they think it will
happen to someone else, not to them. Some a
In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:48:11 -0600:
Hi,
[snip]
>Sat on a state long range water planning board ten years back and mentioned
>that we would see the day come when a home wouldn't have a sewer line
>exiting the property and only use a small amount of piped in wate
T-Bone did succeed in getting some discussion going on transportation fuels
and a mention of wind energy. Using an alternate to diesel for heavy
trucking is too much a stretch. Back in another life, the trucking industry
replaced gasoline engines with diesel engines.. Cummins Diesel engines bein
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:38:49 -0900:
Hi,
[snip]
>The reason Si is such a great element for energy transportation and
>storage is, if you look at energy production on a global basis, there
>is so much of it cheaply available in desert areas, where the solar
On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:40 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
It might be simpler to react the SiHx with water first to produce SiO2
(precipitate), and Hydrogen gas. Then burn the Hydrogen in the
engine, and avoid
the issue altogether.
The SiO2 would collect in the mixing tank and thus be easily
Hey T-Bone - you didn't ask, but let me tell you a deep secret
Assuming that there are no better alternatives than combustion - and hopefully
there will be - then why not convert methane into heavy alcohols first, using
coal as the predominant carbon source?(and end up with an ideal auto fu
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:55:41 -0900:
Hi,
[snip]
>Note that I said: "I think this kind of fuel might best be used in
>external combustion engines, which are also easily made multi-fuel,
>even solid fueled." One reason this is important is that silicon can
On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
One of the products
of tetrasilane combustion, SiO2, is a solid and is valuable for many
things, including the making of solar cells.
If I'm not mistaken, its common name is quartz, AKA "glass" (but
without
t
I meant Ethanol. Methanol is close to 2.0
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Terry Blanton wrote:
> Agreed since the LNG gasoline equivalent energy is similar to Methanol (~1.5).
>
> Terry
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Horace Heffner
> wrote:
>> I wrote: "I think an LNG trucking fleet i
Horace Heffner wrote:
> One of the products
> of tetrasilane combustion, SiO2, is a solid and is valuable for many
> things, including the making of solar cells.
If I'm not mistaken, its common name is quartz, AKA "glass" (but without
the impurities).
Presumably the stuff comes out of the comb
Horace Heffner wrote:
You must be thinking of heavies like propane.
Sorry. I meant LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas). "Gas consisting
primarily of propane, propylene, butane, and butylene in various
mixtures. Stored as a liquid by increasing pressure."
- Jed
Agreed since the LNG gasoline equivalent energy is similar to Methanol (~1.5).
Terry
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Horace Heffner wrote:
> I wrote: "I think an LNG trucking fleet is very feasible ...".
>
> That should have said: "I think a long haul LNG fueled trucking fleet is
> very feasib
I wrote: "I think an LNG trucking fleet is very feasible ...".
That should have said: "I think a long haul LNG fueled trucking fleet
is very feasible ...".
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
By the way, LNG powered automobiles are common in Japan, especially
taxies. LNG is liquid at room temperature.
- Jed
You must be thinking of heavies like propane. Even at 3000 psi
natural gas is not a liquid at room temperature. See:
ht
Jones Beene wrote:
#7 in the "Absolute Worst Predictions of 2008":
"I think you'll see (oil prices at) $150 a barrel by the end of the
year" -- T. Boone Pickens, June 20, 2008
I believe the price of oil plummeted because of the economic crisis,
and I do not think anyone predicted a crisis o
Howdy Jed,
Better known in Texas as T-Bone Pickens, He is the personification of the
Texas Oilman with a history to match. Owns Mesa Petroleum and Mesa Water..
He taught Phillips Petro and several others the fine art of the "deal" while
taking their britches.
However, he has stirred the pot and
#7 in the "Absolute Worst Predictions of 2008":
"I think you'll see (oil prices at) $150 a barrel by the end of the year" --
T. Boone Pickens, June 20, 2008
Oil was then around $135 a barrel. By late December it was below $40.
My comment: This does not in any way prove that the price of o
This fellow T. Boone Pickens has a wonderful name but he has been
making some technical errors which detract from his claims. One thing
he has said which makes no sense to me is that large trucks cannot be
made into hybrids. Coca-Cola just announced that they have converted
327 of their large d
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