Gobsmacked
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April 25th, 2008, 08:49 PM
Quoting Lester
I saw a news spot the other day which showcased a hybrid solar/battery powered vehicle - I think it was a GM product - but it was still in the prototype phase. They mentioned being a few years away from developing the batteries to full potential, but somehow I think if they poured some serious money into it's development, we'd see it on the market much sooner.
In the science and tech thread there a post about the tesla car- electric 250 mile range, 10 cents a mile to operate, far fewer moving parts to wear out i'm sure this tech can be adapted for other vehicles as well. Biofuels are BS
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April 26th, 2008, 10:33 AM
Quoting Locutus
There's a large group of greens who are in favor of nukes and why not? Zero emmissions, technology has become cheaper and it has very managable waste levels. In Europe (a continent always way ahead of us) has nukes so efficient that spent fuel rods are amost completly used up and are buried only a few meters below earth in glass containers.
Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore says there is no proof global warming is caused by humans, but it is likely enough that the world should turn to nuclear power - a concept tied closely to the underground nuclear testing his former environmental group formed to oppose.
The chemistry of the atmosphere is changing, and there is a high-enough risk that "true believers" like Al Gore are right that world economies need to wean themselves off fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases, he said.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsup...ry/360625.html
The chemistry of the atmosphere is changing, and there is a high-enough risk that "true believers" like Al Gore are right that world economies need to wean themselves off fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases, he said.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsup...ry/360625.html
