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- From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy,rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <78580@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:12:38 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.192819.1816@adobe.com> <1992Dec21.193621.12001@microware.com> <78564@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <1992Dec22.214616.27043@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- In <1992Dec22.214616.27043@fcom.cc.utah.edu> bbarkey@lark.utah.edu (Brian Barkey) writes:
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- | And gasoline isn't explosive?
- | I may be mistaken but any power source capable of propelling
- | a ton or more at speeds greater than 50 mph for hundreds of
- | miles must have a significant amount of energy in it.
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- It doesn't sound like you have been listening either. In the event of
- a catastrophic failure, gasoline burns, it does not explode. The energy
- contained in the tank is released over a period of 15 to 20 minutes.
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- The flywheel will try to dissipate it's energy over a span of milliseconds.
-
- --
- Mob rule doesn't become any prettier, just because the mob start to call itself
- a government.
- It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
- Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
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