Honda rolls out new zero-emission car

[cheeto 10+ year member]

WTF:wow:
have you heard of a nuclear power plant? they were invented...oh....lets say A LONG @$$ TIME AGO!!!!

Lol chill, freak the hell out over a little comment... anyway that graph shows that 70.5% of electricity generated is generated by combustion, which means pollution.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

that is now.....nuclear plants are not running at capacity, and there are plans for more

if there is such a demand for power, then the nuclear production will make up for it

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

just because the us doesn't have it now, doesn't mean it isn't available....

 

[cheeto 10+ year member]

just because the us doesn't have it now, doesn't mean it isn't available....

That's France's graph.

And I was just speculating, if the car came out and became popular in our current state of electricity production, there'd still be a lot of polution.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

find me an economic way to obtain hydrogen in a useable form and we can talk. until then i would like to introduce you to the wind powered car. wind is free you know.

its called a sailboat, then we can turn all of our streets into rivers

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

too bad water vapor is accountable for more of the greenhouse effect than co2 is...

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

and on the PROS side of the pros/cons list ... it is a foot in the door for electric vehicles. It might spur public attention towards electric vehicles and develop a market for them. When there is a market for them, money will go into R&D to make BETTER electric vehicles, which means we may eventually get an economically feasible alternative to gasoline-powered cars. You have to start somewhere, rome wasn't built in a day.

Battery technology will have to get a lot better ... and cars have nothing to do w/ its R&D ...
Do you honestly think auto manufacturers are investing more money into battery R&D than cell phone manufacturers ? Than laptop manufacturers ? Than DAP manufacturers ?

 

[Rookie_80 10+ year member]

74mpg not bad.

max speed of 100mph - not that bad

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

its called a sailboat, then we can turn all of our streets into rivers

that would be crazy....but nice

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

The actual chances of Hydrogen power becoming wide spread is slim to none. Have you ever wondered why they keep making these cars but not releasing them in large quantities to the public?

With the current technology, hydrogen is why too volatile and unsafe of a fuel. Not to mention, it doesn't meet the standards of energy density and what not that scientists have set as a suitable replacement for gasoline, it's just the closest.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

The actual chances of Hydrogen power becoming wide spread is slim to none. Have you ever wondered why they keep making these cars but not releasing them in large quantities to the public?
With the current technology, hydrogen is why too volatile and unsafe of a fuel. Not to mention, it meet the standards of energy density and what not that scientists have set as a suitable replacement for gasoline, it's just the closest.

Hindenburg FTW!!!!!

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

I would so fly a blimp to everywhere. Who cares if it takes forever, it's a fuckin blimp!!!

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

I would so fly a blimp to everywhere. Who cares if it takes forever, it's a fuckin blimp!!!

blimp=pimp?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

For sure. You could pull chicks all day long with it.

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

Yeah, but, won't a world full of electric cars mean more electricity needed, in turn meaning more coal needs to be burned to make more electricity? Meaning as much, if not more, pollution?

There's more than one way to make electricity //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

And I'm no energy expert, i have no idea if electric cars actually produce LESS total pollution than gasoline-powered cars.