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NaeBlis
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Posted: 26/September/2006 at 2:03pm |
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Teh Nibblies 
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AquaNox
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Posted: 26/September/2006 at 2:19pm |
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That would be pretty sweet, hopefully it all works out.
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Posted: 26/September/2006 at 2:22pm |
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For a second I thought Blizzard made a World of Warcraft car or something similar, heh.
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masterman4
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Posted: 26/September/2006 at 4:55pm |
Originally posted by NaeBlisi
I totally need to buy some of their stock...if it's public
Yeah that would be a very good idea to do so
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Verdant Force
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Posted: 26/September/2006 at 8:16pm |
im all for the eletric car deal, but gas is really only a VERRY small percentage ( somewhere betwen 2 and 5%) of all oil use. so even if evre car today was electric, we would still be in pretty much the same boat.
stll, its nice to know things are starting to change. |
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fenix
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Posted: 27/September/2006 at 1:05am |
Originally posted by Verdant Forceim all for the eletric car deal, but gas is really only a VERRY small percentage ( somewhere betwen 2 and 5%) of all oil use. so even if evre car today was electric, we would still be in pretty much the same boat.
stll, its nice to know things are starting to change. but i would think that this new kind of technology could be transferable to many other mechanics using oil. the only problem? where does the electricity that charges the cell come from? oil. while as verdant was saying, its a good step towards change, but its not going to save the world by itself 
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Verdant Force
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Posted: 27/September/2006 at 2:04am |
the problem is not that we use oil as an Energy souce,
we use it for EVRETHING. look around your room, try to find somthing that is not made from oil, or used oil in the fabrication of the product.
Paint, plastic, ink, almost anything you find anywhere was created with oil, or the use of oil.
just about the only thing you could find around the house that dosent have oil in it would be, un-varnished un-painted wood furniture.
and your food, that comes in plastic bags... made from oil
we are addicted to it, and there is no easy way out :/ |
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Posted: 27/September/2006 at 4:38am |
Originally posted by Verdant Forcejust about the only thing you could find around the house that dosent have oil in it would be, un-varnished un-painted wood furniture. what about the glue? you could however finish it with linseed oil. yes it's oil, but it's not a petrochemical. the US is the worlds largest greenhouse gas polluter, and as much as 30% of that comes from transportation, so while a new power source for US transportation needs wouldn't be a cure-all, it would make a worthwhile dent. if any of you guys have the History Channel you should see if you can find their episode Modern Marvels on Renewable Energy (also not where i got my info from above). it premiered just last week so you might catch it. there's great ways to produce energy for supercap cars, it just takes commitment. one thing is for damn sure though. if we do nothing, it's going to get a LOT worse.
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akribitz
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Posted: 27/September/2006 at 4:48am |
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vegetable powered diesel engine ftw
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NaeBlis
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Posted: 27/September/2006 at 10:16am |
Having a place to start is a lot better than completely ignoring the problem. While the car alone doesn't solve poultion problems, it's a heck of a way to have lower transportation costs.
And most of the US's energy comes from coal, which produces most of the CO2. I'll give the coal industry some credit for trying to find a way to cut down on emissions, i'm sure you've all heard of the "clean coal" method.
Fid's right though, renewable energy will be very big in the comming years. With the development of photovoltaic film which is a lot cheaper to make than cells we're looking at possible energy independence for the average family. Or at least a big step towards it.
Of course we need oil, but even my Dad, who's a very experienced Petroleum Engineer, agrees that we only can use oil for so long until we can't sustain global demend. We'll never "run out" of oil, but the price of looking for/extracting will become too hard and expensive for the globe to rely on. A large percentage of oil is in deep water, but it's really hard to get
It's not necessarily going to be easy, but I am an optimist when it comes to human resoursefulness and the development of new technology.
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