I was surprised to see that it's only 67 hp... I drove my mother's
Prius a
while ago and it seemed zippier than that. Lots of torque, I guess.
The advantage of electric motors is that the torque much less dependent on
the revs/minute than with an infernal combustion engine.
An eletric
Just saw that Rancho Santa Fe, where DB lives, is on the list of partial or
full evacuations... six homes destroyed there.
Hoping his place (it's a beauty) is okay...
Nick
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On 24/10/2007, at 12:46 AM, Klaus Stock wrote:
...and when you're accelerating hard, both the engine and the motor
are working together.
Right. People buy a hybrid Lexus to brag about their green
attitude and
yet happily kick the pedal to the metal to get most of the 400+
horsepowers
These guys scare the hell out of me. This is not human, they must have sold
their sold to the Evil One.
Art gallery (safe for children too, despite the site's name):
http://balduf.deviantart.com/
He's a friend of a friend of my daughter (which says nothing; 90% of
humanity is a friend of a
Scott Adams rides the New York City subway:
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/new-york-city-s.html
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/new-york-city-s.html
-- Ronn! :)
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I finally found a map that shows where the Witch fire spread through 3:30
this afternoon... (
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-102307-sandiegofire-fl,0,7627625.flash?coll=la-home-center)
looks to me as though it stayed south and east of David's house. He's
northeast of Encinitas... but the
thanks Nick,
Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with
Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real,
in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine.
Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home,
looking up Lone Jack Road at hillside lines of fire
near Del Dios Highway. It
On 10/23/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
thanks Nick,
Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with
Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real,
in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine.
Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home,
looking up Lone Jack
We did take two vanloads of stuff away along with
kids. But I was never ordered out and things seem to
be getting better. Thanks all!
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If you haven't found it already, the county web site has lots of good info,
updated regularly:
http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/
That's where I finally found the map that helped me figure out that you
still have a house.
Nick
On 10/23/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We did take two
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