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Offline TheCelestialOne

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on: October 22, 2003, 09:11:04 am
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #1 on: October 22, 2003, 09:37:34 am
oh yeah, finnally something to be proud of as a country.

winning a solar race, as a country without any real amounts of sun.
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Offline Setekh

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Reply #2 on: October 22, 2003, 09:41:15 am
I heard about this on the news - seems they really smashed the record (their own), too. Good on 'em, I can't wait till solar power takes root. :)
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Reply #3 on: October 22, 2003, 09:47:02 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
I heard about this on the news - seems they really smashed the record (their own), too. Good on 'em, I can't wait till solar power takes root. :)



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Reply #4 on: October 22, 2003, 09:48:12 am
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Originally posted by kasperl
oh yeah, finnally something to be proud of as a country.

winning a solar race, as a country without any real amounts of sun.


that can sound very ironic, but it's also quite an achievement :)

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I can't wait till solar power takes root. :)


as for that, well... not anytime soon I guess, looking at the thing...
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Offline TheCelestialOne

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Reply #5 on: October 22, 2003, 09:53:54 am
Well, a 97 kph average speed over 3010 km is not a minor thing done on solar power mind you.
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Offline Nico

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Reply #6 on: October 22, 2003, 09:55:37 am
well yeah, but I expect my car to have at least some "cargo" capacity :p
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Offline TheCelestialOne

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Reply #7 on: October 22, 2003, 09:58:59 am
Well, you can rip out some solar panels and add cargo space but don't assume you'll drive about 890 km in a day (as they did) on 1 charge up.

I mean this thing was build for long distance. IMO if applied for short distance transit it can take 2 persons and some cargo. Some more years of dev and you got full transit IMO.
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Reply #8 on: October 22, 2003, 10:04:19 am
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as for that, well... not anytime soon I guess, looking at the thing...


;) Unfortunately, I think you're absolutely right. Doesn't help one bit that all the big fossil fuel multinationals buy out all the good-looking solar research and then subsequently put it in 'on hold' indefinitely. :sigh:
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Offline Shrike

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Reply #9 on: October 22, 2003, 10:47:29 am
*looks at the weather outside*

Solar's got one problem.  Its power source doesn't work 50% of the time.... and less so during rainy, cloudy winter.
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Offline TheCelestialOne

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Reply #10 on: October 22, 2003, 10:48:30 am
*looks at the capability to electrically charge batteries in case of such weather*

:D
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Reply #11 on: October 22, 2003, 03:40:17 pm
Am I the only one to see the possibility of a tax on solar power in the near future?
 

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Reply #12 on: October 22, 2003, 07:02:24 pm
:wtf:   That would be very weird.  If there was any group really worried about losing money from the "free" energy, its more likely they would try to supress the development of solar technology than try to tax people on it.  Maybe extremely high taxes on solar equipment, though.
 

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Reply #13 on: October 22, 2003, 10:12:14 pm
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Am I the only one to see the possibility of a tax on solar power in the near future?


That has just the right amount of stupidity to be something I believe future governements could resort to. :sigh:
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Reply #14 on: October 22, 2003, 10:17:29 pm
Fuel cells,
they rock,
also look into thermal depolimerisation, it's cool too, cause it uses all our exsisting technology
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Reply #15 on: October 23, 2003, 04:21:39 am
Hydrogen-powered cars are the future... plug the engine into a system that seperates water into its component elements, and you're all set. :) The car runs on the hydrogen, and pure oxygen comes out the tailpipe. :)

I can see it now... highways switch from being pollution centers to the exact opposite. :p
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Offline TheCelestialOne

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Reply #16 on: October 23, 2003, 04:35:27 am
Pure oxygen? Hydrogen?

:shaking:

I don't wanna ride that kinda vehicle...
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Reply #17 on: October 23, 2003, 04:47:19 am
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Pure oxygen? Hydrogen?

:shaking:

I don't wanna ride that kinda vehicle...


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Offline Martinus

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Reply #18 on: October 23, 2003, 05:00:59 am
[color=66ff00][confusion]But surely O2 is a decent enough supply of power that it could burn with the Hydrogen?[/confusion]
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Reply #19 on: October 23, 2003, 05:09:19 am
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[color=66ff00][confusion]But surely O2 is a decent enough supply of power that it could burn with the Hydrogen?[/confusion]
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Depends on what you mean by burn with. If you try and burn them without separating them, all you've got is... water. :blah:
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