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The Hybrid Scooter
anthemaniac writes "Hybrid cars are all the rage. Now comes a hybrid scooter. It gets beyond ethanol and lots of batteries, though, running on a hydrogen fuel cell that charges a battery. During braking, energy is also harnessed. All this and speedy too, says inventor Crijn Bouman of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. For now, however, the prototype lacks one crucial component: the hydrogen fuel cell! It's coming, Bouman says. Yes, just like $5/gal gas..."
Personally, I think the sooner it arrives, the sooner my fellow Americans will quit buying SUVs.
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And the more I have to pay to fuel my . .
KFG
> It's coming, Bouman says. Yes, just like $5/gal gas..."
Anyone want to bet that California will see $5/gal gas within 12 months?
I'll see your hummer and raise you my Corola...
-michael
Why not build a custom car, that simply "abuses" the high ground clearance on SUV's and the like? Something that simply slides under those types of cars and makes them airborne?
Since most of the kinetic energy from the other car will remain as forward momentum, your car "just" has to absorb a bit of energy, and you do have seat belts and airbags to make you even safer.
You end up with two nice effects:
1) SUV crashes, takes most of the brunt and hopefully explodes in a nice fireball.
2) SUV driver might end up severely injured or dead along with their passengers
Enough of those crashes, and people will start shunning the crappy SUV's
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
What happens when the bus stops on a railway track and gets broadsided?
:)
No really, this happened to my mom when she was younger. She just broke her leg, but lots of other people on that bus died.
If you're that worried about safety, take the train!
If you're that worried about safety, take the train! :)
I live in Japan, so I do. I've never even bothered to have my licence converted into a Japanese one; trains, subways and bicycles take me wherever I need to go.
Of course, a Japanese train is always at risk of being attacked by Godzilla; I guess the only safe choice is to build my own MechaZilla which should widthstand the ravages of even the most determined bad actor in a rubber suit. ^_^
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...I think I prefer the hybrid scooter shown near the bottom of this page.
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-Eric
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I realize this could never happen, but deep down, I feel we'd be better off if we had a law that people were limited to 5 accidents. After that, they had to drive a sub-compact car. If you've been in more than 5 accidents in your life, you suck at driving and shouldn't be putting others at risk by driving anything larger than a VW rabbit.
Of course, this is totally unrealistic. But it annoys me when most of the bad drivers I see are either in giant trucks or large "granny" cars. I'd even say all people over 75 shouldn't be allowed to drive large cars. Sorry, any 2 year old child is worth more than some half blind, barely concious 80 year old woman driving a caddie.
Good old rock, wins everytime...
Poor Bart... always picks rock.