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NASA Tests Hydrogen-Fueled BMW
Rio sends us word that NASA has completed an 8-week test of a fleet of BMW luxury sedans powered by liquid hydrogen at Kennedy Space Center. The new BMW Hydrogen 7 sedan uses the same fuel that powers the space shuttle and reduces CO2 emissions by 90 percent, according to a news release. Its engine can burn gasoline or liquid hydrogen and can switch seamlessly between the two. From the article: "One hundred BMW Hydrogen 7s have been built, and 25 are used in test programs in the US. The cars have already covered more than 1.3 million miles in test programs around the globe."
I can't wait to get my hands on the next model!! The next model comes with retractable wings and allows you to fly up and break through the atmosphere, along with the titanium plated body and frame and oxygen supply. Maybe I should wait for the model after that, cause it comes equipped with an anti-matter warp core.
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Gotta love the modding here. We need a "-1 Captain Obvious". Of course the guy cares that the car accelerates fast enough to be safe. He knows that, you know that, I know that, the car manufacturers know it, hell I'm pretty sure even my hamster knows it. And it's a BMW. Everyone knows a BMW is not going to lack on speed/acceleration. Your comment is redundant. What he meant was that the point of alternate fuels is not acceleration and speed so much as it is energy efficiency. But thanks for your redundant, pedantic, useless remark.
No, we don't need fucking what are essentially enclosed motorized bicycles, you goddamned self-righteous hippie.
This has nothing to do with fear of getting squashed or need for high performance. It's just goddamned ugly, and there is NO REASON we can't make larger/functional vehicles for various tasks, needs, and desires that aren't also very efficient and environmentally friendly on balance.
And "Twike"? Come the fuck on.
I'd rather walk around with a cock hanging out of my mouth and semen dripping off my chin than drive around in one of those piles of utter shit. Yes, yes, I understand the purpose and premise. But that, erm, "vehicle", simply isn't practical or even usable for most of suburban America. And no, we're not going to fucking change society so people can ride around in rainbow-powered shitboxes.