http://www.ted.com In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and …
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The major elephant in the room is the fact that the USA is an OPEC nation and therefore our corporations are co conspirators in the fixing of production and pricing.
Working with the same companies who haven’t been part of the sustainability discussion at this point is working with a junky, who senses you have the junk he wants.
Also check out the University of Delaware automobiles that work to be part of electrical grid and move 120 miles at a speed of 90, charge in 2.5 hours.
The research you refer to is most likely generated from the companies that stand to maintain their communities of stock holders and employees. That kind of situation breeds analysis that defends its continued methods.
There are plenty of less dangerous energies the best of which is demonstrated by Mike Strizki you can look up his work on YOUtube.
Also there are yet undetermined ways of developing kinetic energy through small EMF fields propelled by wind.
Nuc. +Oil= more disability claims.
The problem isn’t a lack of fuel, it’s the end of cheap oil…
We can’t live the way we do on biofuels, nuclear, natural gas, or tar sands.
Gas is dangerous (a minor leak or high speed car crash –> explosion).
Petroleum is heavy and full of crap. Refineries exist for a reason you know.
Even if there were no restriction at all on drilling in the US, that wouldn’t matter. There’s just not that much easily extractable oil. Also, the US has passed peak production decades ago.
Nuclear reactors are big and heavy. Also, good luck convincing public opinion that nuclear powered cars are safe.
You don’t need the car to be heavy if the aerodynamics are designed well.
Take for example formula 1 cars. They are extremely lightweight, but they don’t fly away or lose grip because they have those wing-like things on the front and back (what are they called?).
Actually, there is a safety problem with a lightweight car: when momentum is transfered from a heavyer car, you’ll accelerate faster. If you get hit on the side, for example that’s a big problem because your neck might snap.
What people don’t understand is nobody asks the important questions to this bozo like, why, We have cars that run on propane, natural gas now and petroleum? Why don’t we let companies drill more? Why not make nuclear powered cars since over 200 ships in our navel fleet are powered by them since 1958 and have had no problems? Or tell him this is impossible because the cost of the materials! I bet everyone thinks this guy is smarter than all the research departments at all the car manufacturers!
Let me break it down for you, the distance won’t really matter when a Cadillac Eldorado hits one of these things at any speed, decelaration, acceleration, or if its stopped, Also unless these cars weigh the same as today, what exactly will keep them on the road at 65 mph or will we all have to slow down? If only these cars slow down then again they will be death traps.
Projected distance doesn’t really matter unless you fall off a bridge or something.
What makes accidents dangerous is exceedingly high deceleration.
Even if you get projected up in the air, you can’t fall harder than the initial impact.
Actually, friction with air will probably absorb some of the energy.
(Note: the direction you hit things also matters, as does rotation…. this needs more study and crash tests, I’m just giving a first-glance analysis)
> but there isn’t enough carbon fibre to mass manufacture light vehicles
There will be quite a lot carbon fibre once Toyota and Toray build their plant. Of course, if these companies can build a plant, any one else can.
I am curious on the projected distance after launch caused by collision with older vehicles? 100-300 feet?
Yes I don’t understand why cars are such big heavy machines either, while they most often only transport people. I will only buy a car that makes sense for me.
This guy has some good ideas about efficiency - but there isn’t enough carbon fibre to mass manufacture light vehicles, I’m not sure how fatigue resistant cf is, and there isn’t enough cellulosic ethanol or natural gas to fuel a significant number of vehicles. Definitely need to get vehicle weight down though.
you can do something about it.. you’re a consumer, you are the very person who can make change… buy more responsibly.
Annoying thing is the people can’t do anything until the auto makers and oil companies stop buying the Patents for all the new energy saving technology coming out… Or until the automakers start selling fuel efficient cars at prices their actually worth instead of gouging their customers because of demand… Corporations are corrupt, they will kill America, and the thing is everything to save America is available to America, but we don’t have the ability to take the steps only the corps do…
They are shocking statistics around the 9:20 mark.
I might have failed mechanical engineering but, sheesh, somehow I feel like I’m not alone!
this sheeeit is going to be getting alot more attention in the next year. oil over $200 a barrel is going to scare alot of people.
Sadly, this presentation is from 2005 when oil was about $40-$45 a barrel.
Now its over $130 a barrel and we are very little closer to doing what he is saying.
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unfortunately the cost of running the pumps to create a constant vacuum, I suspect, would negate the cost savings and then some.
I was just chatting with my friend about this last week at dinner . Don’t know how in the world we landed on the subject really, they brought it up. I do remember having a excellent steak salad with ranch on it. I digress…
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