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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: More External-Combustion Info
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 18:11:25 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Nov17.071642.22601@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1ec2mqINNc33@gap.caltech.edu>,<1992Nov18.113559.12069@bsu-ucs>
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- In article <1992Nov18.113559.12069@bsu-ucs>, 01crmeyer@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Craig Meyer) writes:
- >
- >
- >>> For some applications, like these "commuter" cars that the electric crowd
- >>>is pushing, you might want to keep the loop open and eliminate the radiator/
- >>>condenser and associated weight.
- >>
- >> That's fine if you have LOTS of water to waste. In case you haven't heard, the
- >> state that's pushing hardest for reduced emissions happens still to be in a
- >> major drought.
- >
- >No, that's not the problem. You could probably do a day's drive on a
- >toilet-flush's worth of water.
-
- >It'd have to be distilled, though, and perhaps even chemically treated. That
- >means you'd have to buy it at the store or at the gas station, and that means
- >you'd have TWO fluids to replenish periodically. That, and distilled water
- >is $.60/gal.
- >
- >Inconvinience. That's all.
-
- Hmmm. Multiply that toilet flush's worth of water by millions of commuters and
- you're talking about a substantial amount of water.
-
- >Furthermore, you can't plug your car in at a parking lot.
-
- Never been to northern Idaho, have you? If you had, you'd realize just how
- flat-out wrong the above claim is.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-