Of course there is a net loss! But the point is, it is -far- less than the loss of a huge diesel running at idle on the way down and burning up all the potential energy in heat in the brakes on the way down. Bob
On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 3:24 PM, fred via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised that no one has brought up, literally and figuratively, the > energy involved in making that big truck work "better" going downhill. > Doesn't the description of the activity imply that elsewhere (top of the > mountain) is a loader or loaders filling the vehicle up with potential > energy? There would be payloaders, belt systems, some form of huge > dispenser of mass creating or moving the material that has to be moved to > the bottom. > > As with water generated power, there has to be a source. In this case, the > source is overlooked, but that's okay. > Also, there's no reference to inherent efficiency losses. That aspect is > all too often ignored, especially from people who tell me I should build a > generator into my spare tire and run it while I drive, to recharge my > battery pack! > I'm sure everyone here recognizes that there is still a net loss and in > the case of the loading equipment, I'll venture to guess that it's a severe > net loss. > fred > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160319/37c04274/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160319/7146b7a5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
