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- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.214002.8965@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 21:40:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.081836.4720@adobe.com>, pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Dec22.204130.18133@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com> () writes:
- > >Conservation of energy exactly, where do you think you get the energy to
- > >turn a carbon carbon fly wheel into cotton candy from? Before you start
- > >flaming at others for not doing the math, do it yourself.
- >
- > Goodness, an anonymous english major posts. Why don't you think about
- > this: suppose I have a torch fueled by 10 gallons of gasoline. Do you
- > believe I could vaporize your "carbon carbon" fly wheel? How would
- > you compare that to the energy required to merely shred the material?
-
- Nope, I don't believe you could vaporize a carbon carbon fly wheel with 10
- pounds of gasoline (thats why we need to get heat of vaporization numbers).
- I do belive that you could burn the flywheel on fire with the torch, but
- that's not going to happen in a vacuum (or was that what you ment by
- "vaporization").
-
- As for anonymous, no such thing in this world.
- As for english major posts, in my case hardly (just read the grammer)
- however for any english majors out there please post!! This thing
- is more important to you (as you are more numerous) than it is to
- the technocrats.
-
- Darin Olson
- R&DD
- LMSC
- Palo Alto CA
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-