hornetguy
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So you're saying we have to get "The Club" with them if we park them down town?
I actually do not know that reference. Should I be ashamed? lol
So you're saying we have to get "The Club" with them if we park them down town?
Ah, you hit it on the head unitedstatesafa2013, what the United States federal government needs is ANOTHER agency to ensure things are done properly...only because the other agencies apparently won't. Personally I won't be happy until I'm told how many breaths a day I can take, since I too am contributing CO2 to the environment (sure makes the plants happy though).
And certainly with a new agency of "high qualified" GSs, there will be JOBS FOR EVERYONE!!! YAY!!
I want to work in MiniTruth, where do you want to work?
Either way, whether you use the exhaust or not, you emit the same amount of gases. The major component of the exhaust is CO2 and water. (Hydrocarbon + oxygen yields CO2 and water) The heat produces NOX compounds (the compounds that cause the brownish haze you see), and some sulfur compounds (SO2) are released, though significantly less compared to coal. Remember where this stuff is coming from.
Hybrids are a dead-end tech. You're taking the worst of both worlds. An underpowered engine and a low-energy capacity battery. The future will be a combination of full electrics in urban areas and hydrogen tech for long distances (doing research on hydrogen storage technologies here right now).
We will see the time for change come, its much closer than you think. The next or concurrent major issue along with energy will be water supplies too.
Nuclear waste isn't that hard to deal with. Put it into Yucca where it can be sealed in an emergency and can't contaminate ground water. The worst parts of the waste only need a meter thick layer of concrete over them to block the radiation.
Cogeneration doesn't remove the most important part: the use of fossil fuels. Still burning oil/gas/coal in huge amounts which means we still will run out, still are polluting, and still will have to rely on foreign sources.
A breeder reactor is 100 times more efficient than current light water reactors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
They can take other radiation sources like thorium and Uranium fission by-products to produce more electricity. They are the Honda Civics of nuclear fission efficiency with the power of a Ferrari.
The last government effort to regulate nuclear energy (see the EPA), has halted nuclear production and made both construction and electrical production cost prohibitive. It takes us twice as long at twice the cost to implement a new reactor compared to France which gets nearly 80% of its electricity from nuclear reactors.
A French nuclear plant providing something like 50,000 homes with electricity produces about a bathtub sized amount of waste a year. Ponder that when you see a couple TRAINLOADS of coal going to the local power plant for the week. We have mini-reactors now that can power 10,000 homes for 7-10 years (Hyperion) which will produce a softball size amount of waste when it is refueled after 7-10 years. We missed the train so long ago and we will unlikely be able to catch back up.
who needs a hybrid... on 10/13/08 I ordered my new Camaro.. it will be delivered sometime before June this year.. AND thanks to the President I will get an incentive to buy it! WOO HOO..
ohh and nevermind it is a US car made in Canada....