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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy,rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 19:53:24 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <Bz6nuM.LCo@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Dec19.065254.8562@athena.mit.edu> <1992Dec19.192819.1816@adobe.com>,<1992Dec21.193621.12001@microware.com>
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- In article <1992Dec21.193621.12001@microware.com>, troyf@microware.com (Troy Frericks) writes:
- >>If I were a terrorist, I would drool at the thought of being able to
- >>get such wonderful bombs so easily... All you'd have to do is arrange
- >>for the vacuum valve to be opened on command or the magnetic bearing
- >>to be turned off, etc.
- >>
- >>BOOM!
- >
- >Modern composit materials, when used in a flywheel, will disintegrate
- >with such a failuar. This bomb would be about as wonderful as some
- >fiber-glass insulation falling out of your attic.
-
- Oh? And where do *YOU* think that all the kinetic energy goes? The flywheel
- fairy sneaks in and takes it?
-
- Boy, the propaganda about "it's fluffy, so it's harmless" seems to be *REALLY*
- effective.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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