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- From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
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- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 16:02:21 GMT
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- wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher) writes:
- >Others said:
- ># 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.
- >#
- ># The flywheel will try to dissipate it is energy over a span of milliseconds.
-
- >Try telling the three people who burned to death in the tanker/
- >multi-car crash at the I 270/Beltway intersection that it is ok that
- >gasoline burns over 15-20 minutes. That may be true, but they are still
- >dead, regardless of how long their remains cooked.
-
- True, but that resulted in localized damage. Expend all of that
- energy at once and you'll hurt more than just the people involved in
- the crash.
-
- jim frost
- jimf@centerline.com
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