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01-28-2021, 7:03pm | #1 | ||||||
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Goodbye GM
If this is the case, no one is going to miss them..
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyl...-electric-2035 |
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Can't wait for the greenies to bitch about disposal of batteries in the landfill.
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Just saw that on our local ABC news tonight.
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All electric in 14 years? Never happen.
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Oil industry killed off, coal killed off, China controls the power grid...and here is how it all ends...
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Here's the real deal...electric battery powered cars is a stop gap. Hydrogen powered fuel cells (think Honda) is the real solution. Elon Musk will be broke in 10-15 years.
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I don't know if you are being facetious, but your statement is actually accurate from what little I have heard.
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interesting read. one minor problem is the storage of it. it leaks thru steel. not to mention the production of it isn't as simple as taking oil out of the ground and running it thru a fractional distillation tower to produce gas or diesel. you can read it online for free: https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4404/contents.htm or you can buy a copy online, Amazon carries it, others might too. |
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Can we ask that they rename the corporation to General Electric Motors (GEM)?
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I wasn’t surprised when 8 track and VHS tapes disappeared, but I was a bit surprised at how fast the CD and DVD format are going by the wayside. CD’s are all but dead. I’ll stop short of saying it will never happen the way technology changes these days. Fifteen years is a long time.
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they later found that a ceramic (think your coffee mug) can contain hydrogen pretty well, but then you get into fittings, valves, other connections, not to mention the vibration and cracking potential of delicate glass lined containers.
that's why hydrogen powered rockets are continually being topped off until the launch, to make up for the boil off and the leakage. as that book notes, it's pretty safe to handle, safer than gasoline, but the leakage and storage is a problem still. no taking along a 5 gallon Jerry can for spare fuel. by the time you need it, it'll be empty. |
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Seems like everyone forgot the complete failure of the electrical grid in the North East about a decade ago. The grid can't handle that demand in its current form. Add another 10 million cars...what happens?
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The explosions that destroyed the Fukushima nuke plants were hydrogen explosions. Just sayin’.
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You know what liberals used before they had candles for light? A: Electricity |
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we're gonna need quite a few nuke power plants...
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