Re: Any alternatives for conventional gasoline?

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:34:53 +0100, Eeyore
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Don Lancaster wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

Josh Hill wrote:

From an engineering perspective, that's fairly straightforward.

No it isn't. It means that inductively coupled powering of EVs is a nonsense outside the lab. As
well as needing to keep a few 100 microns from the roadway there's also the need to keep on an
exact path in the X-Y axes too.

Graham

There's also the issue of whether the vehicle is there at all.

Like at 3 AM ferinstance.

Well yes. All that wasted power in the coils is well... kind of wasteful.

You're assuming that the coils would be powered up when there was no
vehicle overhead.

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Josh

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effects of a welfare society. At the same time, they leave their kids a lifetime and beyond
of food stamps. Instead of having a welfare officer, they have a trust officer. And instead
of food stamps, they have stocks and bonds."

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