[opendtv] Re: EPA tightens up power specs for PCs

I remember my dad being a fan of maglev back probably in the late 1950's or early 60's. IIRC he wanted to build a deep tunnel under the ocean. Seemed kinda cool to me at the time.

I wonder if these days the darn things would erase everybody's hard drive?

- Tom


John Willkie wrote: 
and, to take the "social control of mobility" a few steps further, mag-lev, would take 
millions of people to where only thousands want to travel, and avoid all the friction/wastage 
issues with "flanged wheels."

I first heard this argument 24 years ago.  Mag lev -- at least for 
urban/interurban transport which is what most transport is -- is still too 
expensive to even contemplate.  And, all the long distance systems are 
subsidized by states.

John Willkie



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Sent: Oct 26, 2006 5:16 PM
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: EPA tightens up power specs for PCs

Or, all you electric, hybrid and other alternative power car fanatics could reduce the coefficient of friction to 1% of what rubber has for the road by taking the train.
Steel against steel is far more efficient than rubber against asphalt.

John Shutt wrote:


Kon,

After you paid for the 6,800 Li-Ion battery cells to put in your $35,000 Elise, you're back up to the $100k range again. In fact (as if you didn't know) the Tesla rolling chassis is built by Lotus. Imagine that?

John

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


What they fail to mention is that the Tesla can't possibly take
advantage of all that torque at the crank without spinning the wheels -
heck it has 7.5" wheel width in the rear!

A $35k Lotus Elise with a few modifications (maybe none) would probably
beat it. Just think of what you could save :)

Cheers
Kon








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