BradGuthwrote:
The usual idiotic response.
Graham
I'll agree and/or argue along with your opening mindset, that a hybrid
is the one and only viable alternative, as a purely recharged battery
alternative simply isn't a good option, even if our national grids
were up to the task (of which our power grids are sadly far from
accommodating that kind of added energy demand, much less do we have
the kind of electrical cache of mostly fossil derived energy that's
anything but sufficiently clean or renewable).
However, what part of the power stroke on behalf of a typical four
cycle ICE is extracting usable energy?
Do you think it's ever as much as 50% of that power stroke?
Think of all those components going around and around, as well as up
and down for no apparent good reason, and continually wearing out.
Now think of a clean little radial power only turbine stage that's
given h2o2 and diesel or best using the much greater energy density
per kg worth of low sulphur heating oil, as dual injected into a small
ceramic combustion chamber, that's basically getting rid of that
efficiently created thermal dynamic energy by way of utilizing that
radial exhaust power wheel.
In a one cycle ICE there's but one active component in motion, and
it's directly driving an efficient alternator that's producing a great
many of those clean electrons. This radial element of rotation also
represents a 100% thermal dynamic worthy power stroke per thermal
dynamic cycle, thus at minimum offering an 8 fold improvement over
that pathetic four cycle ICE that's puking and farting out CO2, NOx,
plus sharing a good half dozen or more kinds of nasty elements, as
well as wearing itself out as it's otherwise wasting thermal dynamic
energy potential like there's no tomorrow.
Even if it were given a two stage radial power conversion of
extracting the most from the available thermaldynamics at play, it's
still a single combined unit of torque output of common rotation
that's directly driving that alternator, that's producing those
squeaky clean electrons.
The city and/or commute driving which is 90% or more of what a given
Hummer or GM Volt will likely service, is not about the sustained 70
mph long haul which the kind of Eeyore's insurmountable naysayism is
insisting upon. Even such long haul applications in America
(excluding Texas) are not likely to average over 60 mph, which is a
big energy difference if you are driving such an aerobraking brick
like Hummer, and especially with those conventional show-off and tell-
all macho tires that are often designed in order to make more under-
inflated tire road noise than a pair of Harley Hogs.
Of course, if the true underlying motive or hidden agenda of those
lost souls like Eeyore is to stay the course, and to subsequently
contribute as much their soot, CO2 and NOx plus a dozen other toxic
elements into our h2o bloated and otherwise mostly N2 atmosphere, in
which case there's not a viable solution in sight, nor will there ever
be anything except war upon war over the spendy and somewhat bloody
remainders of fossil and yellowcake energy, as well as for the vast
amounts of fresh water that's taken on behalf of burning and/or
processing such nasty derived energy. Sadly, none of this makes any
sense to a true blue all-american infomercial lord of disinformation
spewing and stay-the-course bigot, that hasn't once in their pathetic
life contributed a positive/constructive thought on behalf of
salvaging our badly failing environment, that is unless there's an
offshore bank account stuffing process taking place in his/her name,
or the names of those within his/her swarm that's usually faith-based
Yiddish, if not worse.
- Brad Guth -
