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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote: Sounds good to me. Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, it becomes pretty green. -- -Ed Falk, http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/ |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Billions of Li-ion AA batteries in cars will be a
recycling/disposal nightmare. We need nuclear powered cars and trucks. Global warming is only the tip of the iceberg, the whole solar system is getting hotter. Jupiter has a new Red Spot, Mars ice caps are receding and the Rovers are getting considerably more power than was predicted. Even Pluto is getting hot, up to several degree above absolute zero now. Maybe we now know why the ancient Egyptians worshiped the Sun. "Edward A. Falk" wrote in message ... | In article . com, | Jay Honeck wrote: | Sounds good to me. | | Me, too. | | I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile | (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as | my next vehicle. | | All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of | a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, | and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, | it becomes pretty green. | | -- | -Ed Falk, | http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/ |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
"Edward A. Falk" wrote All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, it becomes pretty green. Unless you park it for a few weeks between uses, solar cells don't come close to providing enough power to make it a viable charging option. -- Jim in NC |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
In rec.aviation.owning Morgans wrote:
"Edward A. Falk" wrote All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, it becomes pretty green. Unless you park it for a few weeks between uses, solar cells don't come close to providing enough power to make it a viable charging option. -- Jim in NC Actually, if you covered the entire area of a Prius with the best solar cells you can buy and parked it for 8 hours in Tucson in the middle of summer, you could go a few feet. 1 hp = 746 Watts Get the available sunlight energy from: http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data...tlas/serve.cgi Really good solar cells are about 20% efficient. You do the math. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize GeneralAviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Edward A. Falk wrote:
In article . com, Jay Honeck wrote: Sounds good to me. Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, it becomes pretty green. Have you researched the process of making solar panels? Things aren't as "green" as they seem... Matt |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize GeneralAviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
What voltage do those cars use? I assume it's more than 12V. If so,
you'll have to series connect several solar panels to match what you need. And then, if it's an oddball voltage, you'll have to build your own charge controller to keep from overcharging. And then, does the battery type used require a constant voltage or constant current to charge them. If constant current, you will have to build your own current source. None of this is un-doable, just some dinking around. If the voltage required is quite high, you will have a fair investment in solar panels... Edward A. Falk wrote: In article . com, Jay Honeck wrote: Sounds good to me. Me, too. I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as my next vehicle. All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, it becomes pretty green. -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
The current crop of electric hybrids use about 4,000 AA
Li-ion batteries in series-parallel to get 800-1000 VDC for the motors. "Scott" wrote in message .. . | What voltage do those cars use? I assume it's more than 12V. If so, | you'll have to series connect several solar panels to match what you | need. And then, if it's an oddball voltage, you'll have to build your | own charge controller to keep from overcharging. And then, does the | battery type used require a constant voltage or constant current to | charge them. If constant current, you will have to build your own | current source. None of this is un-doable, just some dinking around. | If the voltage required is quite high, you will have a fair investment | in solar panels... | | Edward A. Falk wrote: | | In article . com, | Jay Honeck wrote: | | Sounds good to me. | | Me, too. | | I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile | (round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as | my next vehicle. | | | All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of | a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips, | and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it, | it becomes pretty green. | | | -- | Scott | http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ | Gotta Fly or Gonna Die | Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize GeneralAviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Jim Macklin wrote:
The current crop of electric hybrids use about 4,000 AA Li-ion batteries in series-parallel to get 800-1000 VDC for the motors. The specs I've seen on the Honda Accord hybrid show 120 NiMH cells giving 144 volts at 6.0 Ah The Prius also uses NiMH cells, a total of 168 and a peak voltage of 201 volts and 6.5 Ah. |
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My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:41:30 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote: Billions of Li-ion AA batteries in cars will be a recycling/disposal nightmare. Most of the market is still using the older NiMH batteris with far less capacity than the LI-Ion. But they are on the way. Roger (K8RI) |
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