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Charge in 5 minutes, Drive 500 miles?
ctroutwi writes "In the wake of rising gasoline costs there have been plenty of alternatives seen on the horizon. Including Hybrids, Biofuels, fuel cells and battery powered all electric cars. CNN has recently posted a story about a company (EEStor) that plans on offering Ultra-Capacitor storage products. The claim being that you charge the ultra-capacitor in 5 minutes, with approximately 9$ (~$.45 a gallon) of electricity and then drive 500 miles."
They don't care if its a dupe. Slashdot editors are assholes.
They claim to care about site integrity and good material but are extremely biased with their rejection button.
I've seen _really stupid_ articles get posted and _very good_ articles get canned for no apparent reason.
There's no review process and no rebuttal or possibility for reconsideration.
Okay, so its their site and they make the rules. I can live with that. But they're still assholes.
(Probably I am too)
Yeah, but how do I know that capacitors that perform at the $9 per 500 miles aren't exponentially more expensive?
How well do these capacitors retain their charge?
How many charges are they good for?
It'll NEVER WORK!! Never Never Never Never!
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
No visions! No progress! No new ideas! Be a team player! Join the crowd! Be quiet! Do what the manager wants! Never think! Never try! Never achieve! Because it'll never work! Never Never Never Never!!
Skeptics are always smarter than everyone else! No visions! No progress! No new ideas! Be a team player! Join the crowd! Be quiet! Do what the manager wants! Never think! Never try! Never achieve! Because it'll never work!
Progress is exciting, isn't it?
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.