Thanks for the clarification... BTW: we just got back from a cruise, the Carnival Victory is driven by Electric motors driven by diesel generators.
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:08 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: I think there's going to be a surge in prius purchases now > Ian wrote: > Scott Stewart wrote: >> Bio Diesel isn't a technological dead end > > Just to clarify, Gruss strongly feels that electric hybrids are a > technological dead end. Not the other way around. > Yes and this is because it requires modifications at every level of the production chain to operate: electric: ---------------------------------- requires new car design requires new engine design requires new battery design requires new existing engines OR new power delivery and further battery design Still needs power Diesel ----------------------------------- bio-diesel requires fuel design, but we have to do that anyway So, in the end, it's not an opinion it's just the facts: hybrids SOLVE NO PROBLEM, they only treat the symptoms. And whether that service contributes to the root-cause solution is still yet to be understood. That's not to say I don't approve of the technology elsewhere: boats, for example, could greatly benefit from regeneration and/or electric engines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
