that is a minor issue. They have had many means of storing H2 safely for eons.
The real issue is that this fuel cells are impractical, as is H2 inself.
Just like the nissan leaf, it is highly overpriced, and pretty ugly. What I find interesting is that most major car makers want to go down the pay of H2, when in reality, it is one of the most expensive alternatives to gas/diesel.
The NRA used to represent all gun owners. It long ago quit that clear back in the 60's. Back then it got taken over by radical far right wingers, such as the birch society, along with today's GOP. As one who supports gun ownership, I have nothing but disdain for the NRA and nearly all of its supporters. I have rarely met any NRA memnber that was not some radical right-wing idiot.
Yeah, I have noticed that. She ran around screaming earlier that she was pro-space and pretended to know what is going on, but was absolutely clueless about facts.
Nationalizing the banks will NOT solve this. Our banks were in great shape for nearly a century because of regs that were put in place during the great depression. Sadly, reagan and several other presidents rolled them back. In addition, state banks were privatized.
What is really needed is to put back in place those regs that reagan took out.
What are you talking about? I have been boycotting Disney for years. I do not like what the company has become. I have no doubt that Walt would shoot the ppl in charge there now.
If they had a real brain, they would approach Tesla to see about getting frame with drive train. In doing that, they could put their own body on it and start their own companies. From there, down the road, they could switch from dealer, to auto makers.
Barring a radical overthrow of the automotive order, Tesla isn't personally going to terminate dealerships; but if their model holds up, persuades lawmakers, survives in court in more hostile states, etc. it can be copied pretty much verbatim by any manufacturer that cares to.
In fact, the ones that they fear is not tesla, but China. If Tesla opens the door this way, then the Chinese companies will come to America in exactly the same fashion.
Because you can not compete with a nation that subsidizes and dumps on foreign market as well as manipulates money.
With this approach, they have a market right away. In fact, solar city is ready to expand their operation all over america.
the first 50K of all electrics and HYBRIDS models are fully covered. The prius was only converted recently to plug-in just before the federal subsidy ran out.
And I object to all of the small-medium size hybrids since they are all parallel systems.
Seriously, our subsidy program is the absolute WORST approach going.
We should kill the subsidies for all small-medium size hybrid passenger vehicles, and only have it available for serial hybrids on large passenger and all commercial vehicles. Why do this? Because with a serial vehicle, it becomes trivial to switch the vehicle from a gas generator, to say a nat gas. generator, an H2 fuel cell, or even a flow battery. Basically, it allows our fleet to move across different fuels as economics dictate.
In addition, all electric vehicles should be based on Mile Per Charge or MPC, as shown by EPA. If a passenger vehicle gets less than 100 MPC, then it means only a 50 mile range MAX. The reality is that it will be 35-45 range. This will encourage daytime charging, which will increase daytime demand, which will increase the price of electricity. IOW, all aspects of society will be subsidizing these kinds of cars. As such, there should be little to NO subsidy on these.
Likewise, if a passenger vehicle gets 100-150 MPC, it should get around 5-7K subsidy.
And if a passenger vehicle gets above 150 MPC, give it 10-15K. Why? Because these will always be night chargers, EXCEPT when going for long distance.
OTOH, if a commercial vehicle such as a USPS vehicle which only drives less than 40 miles PER DAY TOTAL is ideal for a large subsidy. The reason is that they will be charging at night time. I am not opposed to giving such a vehicle 10-15K subsidy.
Regardless, we should start a tax on all daytime chargers that are available to use. Add.01/KWH that feeds into the state's DOT where it occurred at. That should help slow down the wailing by the far right, but of course, it will never stop it.
The interesting item is the nat gas vehicles. A smart move here is to come up with a tax that starts high and drops every year for the next 5-6 years. In the first 2 years, it should be used to get LNG stations along federal highways within 100 miles of each other, and at least 3 CNG stations in every single county in the nation. For the next 3-4 years, all of it should go into NEW commercial and large passenger vehicles that use Nat Gas. Larger subsidies for serial hybrids. By doing this, it gets manufacturers to switch over and for companies to buy new vehicles. Sometime later, other vehicles will switch IFF the price of nat gas is low.
No, we should not have been outsourcing in the way that we did. Even now, what is going on with China and even India is a HORRIBLE mistake and will be coming to bite us bigger than this.
They are shooting for 30-50 Xs. I suspect they will be doing good to get 10.
However, with ten launches on just the first stage, they can knock 1/3 of the price off. and if they can get all 3 cores of FH to come back, they will be able to put 40 tonnes into Leo for less than what it cost F9 to fly today.
So many things wrong. American lh2 engines are superior engines to rp-1 engines in nearly every major spec, save 2: fuel tank size and costs.
the reason why l-mart executives chose Russian engines was pure costs against Boeing. now ula has lost nearly everything except for us gov launches, all because they are subsidizing Russian space program.
However, musk has not focused on the best specs, nor just 1 customer. They are focused on being the cheapest and safest launch vehicle in the world. That is nearly all other space programs are afraid of spaceX. They are looking at economics instead of a pissing contest.
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that is a minor issue. They have had many means of storing H2 safely for eons.
The real issue is that this fuel cells are impractical, as is H2 inself.
Just like the nissan leaf, it is highly overpriced, and pretty ugly. What I find interesting is that most major car makers want to go down the pay of H2, when in reality, it is one of the most expensive alternatives to gas/diesel.
The NRA used to represent all gun owners. It long ago quit that clear back in the 60's. Back then it got taken over by radical far right wingers, such as the birch society, along with today's GOP. As one who supports gun ownership, I have nothing but disdain for the NRA and nearly all of its supporters. I have rarely met any NRA memnber that was not some radical right-wing idiot.
Hmmm. You should not be so sure of the rumours that you hear.
In what ways did he not have morals?
Yeah, I have noticed that. She ran around screaming earlier that she was pro-space and pretended to know what is going on, but was absolutely clueless about facts.
Nationalizing the banks will NOT solve this. Our banks were in great shape for nearly a century because of regs that were put in place during the great depression. Sadly, reagan and several other presidents rolled them back. In addition, state banks were privatized.
What is really needed is to put back in place those regs that reagan took out.
Jane, it was CLEARLY sarcasm.
No, but it is now ran by the same set of idiots that are running our gov. into the ground.
What are you talking about? I have been boycotting Disney for years. I do not like what the company has become. I have no doubt that Walt would shoot the ppl in charge there now.
If they had a real brain, they would approach Tesla to see about getting frame with drive train. In doing that, they could put their own body on it and start their own companies. From there, down the road, they could switch from dealer, to auto makers.
Barring a radical overthrow of the automotive order, Tesla isn't personally going to terminate dealerships; but if their model holds up, persuades lawmakers, survives in court in more hostile states, etc. it can be copied pretty much verbatim by any manufacturer that cares to.
In fact, the ones that they fear is not tesla, but China. If Tesla opens the door this way, then the Chinese companies will come to America in exactly the same fashion.
Because you can not compete with a nation that subsidizes and dumps on foreign market as well as manipulates money. With this approach, they have a market right away. In fact, solar city is ready to expand their operation all over america.
the first 50K of all electrics and HYBRIDS models are fully covered. The prius was only converted recently to plug-in just before the federal subsidy ran out.
And I object to all of the small-medium size hybrids since they are all parallel systems.
School bus would be great. But so would delivery systems such as USPS, fed-ex as well as garbage trucks, and so would semi trucks.
Seriously, our subsidy program is the absolute WORST approach going.
.01/KWH that feeds into the state's DOT where it occurred at. That should help slow down the wailing by the far right, but of course, it will never stop it.
We should kill the subsidies for all small-medium size hybrid passenger vehicles, and only have it available for serial hybrids on large passenger and all commercial vehicles. Why do this? Because with a serial vehicle, it becomes trivial to switch the vehicle from a gas generator, to say a nat gas. generator, an H2 fuel cell, or even a flow battery. Basically, it allows our fleet to move across different fuels as economics dictate.
In addition, all electric vehicles should be based on Mile Per Charge or MPC, as shown by EPA. If a passenger vehicle gets less than 100 MPC, then it means only a 50 mile range MAX. The reality is that it will be 35-45 range. This will encourage daytime charging, which will increase daytime demand, which will increase the price of electricity. IOW, all aspects of society will be subsidizing these kinds of cars. As such, there should be little to NO subsidy on these.
Likewise, if a passenger vehicle gets 100-150 MPC, it should get around 5-7K subsidy.
And if a passenger vehicle gets above 150 MPC, give it 10-15K. Why? Because these will always be night chargers, EXCEPT when going for long distance.
OTOH, if a commercial vehicle such as a USPS vehicle which only drives less than 40 miles PER DAY TOTAL is ideal for a large subsidy. The reason is that they will be charging at night time. I am not opposed to giving such a vehicle 10-15K subsidy.
Regardless, we should start a tax on all daytime chargers that are available to use. Add
The interesting item is the nat gas vehicles. A smart move here is to come up with a tax that starts high and drops every year for the next 5-6 years. In the first 2 years, it should be used to get LNG stations along federal highways within 100 miles of each other, and at least 3 CNG stations in every single county in the nation. For the next 3-4 years, all of it should go into NEW commercial and large passenger vehicles that use Nat Gas. Larger subsidies for serial hybrids. By doing this, it gets manufacturers to switch over and for companies to buy new vehicles. Sometime later, other vehicles will switch IFF the price of nat gas is low.
No, we should not have been outsourcing in the way that we did. Even now, what is going on with China and even India is a HORRIBLE mistake and will be coming to bite us bigger than this.
well, for once, you and I do agree.
Yeah, but elsewhere, it is called bribery and fascism. Here in the USA, we call it CONgress operating under Karl Rove's rules.
And yet, the GOP is working hard to kill off private space, at the behest of larger corporations (i.e. Boeing, L-Mart, and ULA).
That only works if you have the technology and know-how.
NASA and pentagon WANT multiple companies. And it is on the GOP that are striving to kill off competition in private space.
They are shooting for 30-50 Xs. I suspect they will be doing good to get 10. However, with ten launches on just the first stage, they can knock 1/3 of the price off.
and if they can get all 3 cores of FH to come back, they will be able to put 40 tonnes into Leo for less than what it cost F9 to fly today.
And yet the tea* trash joins the neo-cons in gutting funding to private space while increasing funding for SLS along with more money to Putin.
Not really. The atlas first stage is made mostly out of the nation . it is Russian, Ukraine, and European.
So many things wrong. American lh2 engines are superior engines to rp-1 engines in nearly every major spec, save 2: fuel tank size and costs.
the reason why l-mart executives chose Russian engines was pure costs against Boeing.
now ula has lost nearly everything except for us gov launches, all because they are subsidizing Russian space program.
However, musk has not focused on the best specs, nor just 1 customer. They are focused on being the cheapest and safest launch vehicle in the world. That is nearly all other space programs are afraid of spaceX. They are looking at economics instead of a pissing contest.