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looks like your mcdonalds car is going to die from cholestral very soon mate lol
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how about promoting more battery powered cars that do a top speed of 70 mph.
That would be good for the ozone layer & less on speeding fines to pay out too.
Like most things in the world it is all found out that it is bad years down the line when the damage has been done allready , but we will be paying for it till we die.
That would be good for the ozone layer & less on speeding fines to pay out too.
Like most things in the world it is all found out that it is bad years down the line when the damage has been done allready , but we will be paying for it till we die.
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Originally Posted by Selwyn 
how about promoting more battery powered cars that do a top speed of 70 mph.
That would be good for the ozone layer & less on speeding fines to pay out too.
Like most things in the world it is all found out that it is bad years down the line when the damage has been done allready , but we will be paying for it till we die.
And exactly how would the battery-car be any better? The exhaust would simply be factory-created rather than engine-created; you still have to provide power for those batteries.
I'm assuming this will not be done by connecting them with copper wire then flying a kite off the last one during a thunderstorm.
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Last edited by Dave Sinkula; Feb 20th, 2008 at 12:10 pm.
"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." --Ayn Rand
yup. It all depends on how you calculate the environmental impact of something.
Under the current fad the only things looked at are CO2 and dust (for diesel engines) emissions.
10 years ago NOx was all the rage and had to be reduced to nothing (which caused an increase in fuel consumption as engines had to run richer mixtures).
But for now I'm going to make excellent use of the idiocy of the whole CO2 hype and get myself a Civic Hybrid as a company car with a massive tax incentive, saving me something like €150 a month in taxes
Under the current fad the only things looked at are CO2 and dust (for diesel engines) emissions.
10 years ago NOx was all the rage and had to be reduced to nothing (which caused an increase in fuel consumption as engines had to run richer mixtures).
But for now I'm going to make excellent use of the idiocy of the whole CO2 hype and get myself a Civic Hybrid as a company car with a massive tax incentive, saving me something like €150 a month in taxes
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
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Originally Posted by EnderX
Exactly what portion of the exhaust of a normal car is damaging to the ozone? I was under the impression the supposed problem was at a somewhat lower level of atmosphere.
And exactly how would the battery-car be any better? The exhaust would simply be factory-created rather than engine-created; you still have to provide power for those batteries.
I'm assuming this will not be done by connecting them with copper wire then flying a kite off the last one during a thunderstorm.
No one died when Clinton lied.
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China just annonced that it will spend $30 billion to connect Beijing with Shanghai via a maglev bullet train that can travel at speeds of up to 300 mph, cutting the travel time between the two cities in half.
They already have a maglev bullet train that connects Shanghai with its airport (20 miles).
They already have a maglev bullet train that connects Shanghai with its airport (20 miles).
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Originally Posted by MidiMagic
Mass transit doesn't work, unless a lot of people want to make the same trips. In a city like mine, there are so many different possible trips that mass transit to cover even a tenth of them is prohibitively expensive.
And its inexpensive too. The last time I rode it I could go anywhere I wanted for only $1.50USD. The St Louis airport is about an hour's drive from my home. Now I just drive to the nearest station's free paring lot, about 10 minutes away, and take the train.
And environmentally safe I think (electric engines).
Last edited by Ancient Dragon; Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am.
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Originally Posted by scru
I'd hate to be hit by a maglev shuttle.....
But I wonder what they will do about wild animals getting on the tracks ? Don't PM me with questions -- you might get a nasty PM in response. If you have a question then post it in one of the forums.
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