Re: [Vo]:Toyota Still Likes NiMH
Howdy Ed, In the great poker game of life as played at the back table in the Dime Box Saloon, there are many different types of poker players entering and exiting the game. Surprisingly, none are in it for entertainment. On occasion, a player has a watcher standing behind you signaling your hand. Another has cards up their sleeve and in their boot. mirrors on their rings etc. A player must understand the rules before sitting down to play. There are no rules except.. Rule number one.. the house makes the rules. Second rule.. the house makes the rules. Third rule.. the house makes the rules. WHy?..because they make the chips that you buy for gold to play in their game. It's their game and their rules. Who are They.. they are they!!.. as the line from the movie The wild Bunch so stated. They are ordinary people working for the gov'ment.. with extraordinary power. Beginning with fond intentions, they quickly learn this power is both.. unlimited and extremely valuable to gain wealth, and sex. Did I say cult, no. I didn't have to tell you something you already knew. Richard Ed Storms wrote, These are the kinds of decisions that eventually lead to failure even though our arrogance make them look good at the time. You can see the same attitude being applied to the Iraq situation. We never learn.
[Vo]:Toyota Still Likes NiMH
http://www.startribune.com/business/19199614.html Toyota building $192 million plant in Japan to produce batteries for gas-electric hybrid vehicles By YURI KAGEYAMA , Associated Press TOKYO - Toyota is building a $192 million plant in Japan to produce batteries for gas-electric hybrid vehicles, as it seeks to keep its lead in an intensifying race for green cars among the world's automakers. Toyota's joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, is building the plant in Shizuoka prefecture, in central Japan, Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco said Friday. He declined to give more details. The plant will produce nickel-metal hydride batteries, now in the company's hit Prius hybrid. more
Re: [Vo]:Toyota Still Likes NiMH
Here we have an example of the basic policy difference between the US and other countries. The US, in the body of GM, proposes to make the perfect hybrid using batteries that are not yet available and may never work as expected. In addition, the car will not be available for two years. In contrast, Toyota proposes to make a less perfect hybrid that they can sell now using proven batteries. When the GM perfect-car becomes available, the less-perfect Toyota hybrid will be much cheaper, yet good enough. Who do you think will win this battle? This approach has been applied repeatedly with the same outcome. For example, during the cold war, Russia made simple and cheap reactors that powered their satellites. We, on the other hand, tried to make a perfect reactor that totally failed. As a result, we were forced to use solar panels that even today make the satellites easy targets. These are the kinds of decisions that eventually lead to failure even though our arrogance make them look good at the time. You can see the same attitude being applied to the Iraq situation. We never learn. Ed Terry Blanton wrote: http://www.startribune.com/business/19199614.html Toyota building $192 million plant in Japan to produce batteries for gas-electric hybrid vehicles By YURI KAGEYAMA , Associated Press TOKYO - Toyota is building a $192 million plant in Japan to produce batteries for gas-electric hybrid vehicles, as it seeks to keep its lead in an intensifying race for green cars among the world's automakers. Toyota's joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, is building the plant in Shizuoka prefecture, in central Japan, Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco said Friday. He declined to give more details. The plant will produce nickel-metal hydride batteries, now in the company's hit Prius hybrid. more
