Irover
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You ain't seen nothing yet! I will beat them when I build my TT to tow behind my moped. HA! HA! Don't Laugh I seen one in Germany back in the 1970's. Looked Kind of like a Coffin made for two! Irover
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doublenot7
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Hydrogen should be the only alternative energy we should be pursuing.
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Fezziwig
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Irover wrote:You ain't seen nothing yet! I will beat them when I build my TT to tow behind my moped. HA! HA! Don't Laugh I seen one in Germany back in the 1970's. Looked Kind of like a Coffin made for two! Irover
Actually, there are many such rigs for large motorcycles like Harleys. I had a chance to examine one a couple years ago when it rolled into a local park. The 'coffin' was a very comfy sleeping area for two, with lights, etc., and pullout bug screens and canopy. In the rear was an open-up kitchen. A middle-aged couple drove in and stayed two nights, setting the system up in a few minutes, and when they left it only took a few minutes to strike camp and hit the road.
I believe that the TT was made in Chicago. It was well-made and well thought out.
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tomman58
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doublenot7 wrote:Hydrogen should be the only alternative energy we should be pursuing.
Why? Many car companies have gone electric. Wind is working everywhere.
We must be as open minded as possible for every mile we drive without oil is a plus and every Kw we generate without coal is a plus.
The Henry ford museum is opening a new section on cars and they show some unique ones. Back then they didn't know what would work best gas,electric or steam!
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It must be time to go, the suns out and I've got a full tank of diesel!
Lifes short enough without bitch'n about it!
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LindsayRichards
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Quote:Wind is working everywhere.
Wind is failing everywhere and can not be viable even with huge taxpayer subsidies. The UK is giving up on it. It is joke. If you like it, please point out the units you have on your home. We have over a trillion bbls of shale oil in the US which is a 200 year supply. We are prevented from using it by the treehuggers through the contributions given to politicians.
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cekkk
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I'm for electric cars. I want one of those $250,000 government Chevys that'll get me to town and halfway back - if it's not cold outside! And I don't want no more dirty power plants belching a healthy economy out it's stacks, either. No new generation? No problem! I'll just plug it into that magic socket in the wall. I never go near a power plant 'cause that wall has all the electricity I need.
A silly response to silly agendas.
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tomman58
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cekkk wrote:I'm for electric cars. I want one of those $250,000 government Chevys that'll get me to town and halfway back - if it's not cold outside! And I don't want no more dirty power plants belching a healthy economy out it's stacks, either. No new generation? No problem! I'll just plug it into that magic socket in the wall. I never go near a power plant 'cause that wall has all the electricity I need.
A silly response to silly agendas.
Funny............ The 250k number was Fox generated and goes down with each car sold. But there again is the rub as the foriegn cars are fast becoming more electric so what does that due to the number?
All I want is diesel at 3 bucks and I'll be happy, real happy.
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LindsayRichards
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The 250K number was well documented and can be found the internet. Electric cars make up less than 2% of passenger vehicles sold in the US and dropping. The Volt has been a huge failure at taxpayer expense. We are now up to 11 solar electric start up companies going bankrupt. Some of these "green" loans were made just prior to the bankruptcies. We are building 2 mega solar plans in FL that stand no chance of even approaching breaking even and will be drain on the taxpayers and ratepayers forever. The inside backers and contribution makes will be the only folks seeing any profit.
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Wind power is actually becoming more common. I know guys who live in their RVs and replenish their batteries with a $600 mailorder wind generator on top (they erect it by tightening a guy wire); you just need a different kind of controller that prevents runaway and that dumps excess power (like into a heating coil in the water heater). Also, if you watch "Globetrekkers" on PBS (an excellent travel program!) there's an episode where a trekker visits a guy in Netherlands who bought an electric wind generator for a few thou and earns a nice middleclass living selling the power, and it's a very popular business.
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Fezziwig
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Actually, wind power is increasing steadily in the UK. They produce about 6gw already. Look it up with google "UK wind power", or go direct:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=storms-produce-record-uk-wind
LONDON (Reuters) - British wind power production reached a record high just before the New Year as storms hit the British Isles and powered onshore and offshore wind turbines, beating the previous high by nearly 20 percent, generation data showed on Friday.
Wind farms produced a record 12.2 percent of UK energy demand on December 28, statistics provided by green energy association RenewableUK showed, displacing the previous record of 10 percent.
"Wind energy represents a new paradigm in electricity generation, allowing us to harness the power of the weather when it's available, cutting our fossil fuel bills and lowering our carbon emissions," said Gordon Edge, director of policy at RenewableUK.
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