You must have been responding to a thread I haven't followed. I have not been into speculating as to which important safety feature to throw out the window and in fact an area I think about quite a bit is the critical importance of minding safety issues in vehicle design as much as anything else, nor do I think hybridization mandates any sacrificing of safety.
It is interesting how carbon fiber designs, if properly implemented, tend to be lighter yet strong enough to provide for good safety. The L3 interview alluded to the fact that it has not found its way into vehicle mass production, but has been mass-produced by sporting goods manufacturers. Funny because that made me think of tennis rackets (exotic in the Late 70's, but commonplace for awhile now) but then I talked with a guy who specializes in high-end bicycles and he says they're all either Titanium or Carbon Fiber. So, cool. That's quite a bit more material there. Now, if we can get it into a car that's not just a thing for show.... MM --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was and is no lecture. > > The historical record is that today's hybrids started with the HyperCar design, first postulated in the early '80s. > > Further, rather than hypothesizing whether seat belts, air bags, door locks or collapsing steering columns should be the first safety features to go when trying to improve chassis weight, a good look should be taken at exactly how the body of HyperCar's engineless model is constructed. > > Composites largely eliminate not only the weight problem, but all the frivolous talk of lesser safety due to weight reductions. Structurally, HyperCar is safer than today's absorption and break away technologies. Oddly enough, it weighs considerably less - a feat that Detroit and odd congress persons keep declaring as impossible. > > Personally, I could almost care less what engine went under the hood, as does HyperCar, as long as it falls in line with the total concept of best feasible technology available, which would probably prove to be a diesel hybrid. > > Todd Swearingen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:55 PM > Subject: [biofuel] Re: Hybrid Design Realities > > > Thanks for the lecture. Care to mention what engine is actually in > this car, right now? Last I checked, someone told me they were too > cool for school... no engine, no driving around, no nothing. > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:33:22 -0500, you wrote: > > >Okay...It's time for some people on this thread to get real. Otherwise, it's simply a waste of time and other's energies. > > > >Detroit is not prepared to do what is necessary to improve vehicle efficiency nor safety. > > > >HyperCar does both. > >http://www.hypercar.com/pages/how21.html > > > >What you will find, if you look into HyperCar far enough, is that today's hybrid designs were essentially generated by the ideologues at HyperCar - ideas that were presented to industry nearly 17 years ago and are only beginning to make it to market. > > > >Rather than hypothesizing and needlessly stirring up sentiments and emotions with all manners of elaborate conjecture, it would probably serve everyone's interests best if all took a HyperCar tour before constructing anymore strawmen - especially when blind rhetoric is exactly what Detroit and petroleum interests hope to perpetuate. > > > >Todd Swearingen > >Appal Energy > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
