car technology coming down the pike
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car technology coming down the pike
so are any of you guys considering any of the new car technology or cars that are being talked about? I'm not sure about this plug-in technology, doesn't sound like your going to be able to drive too far on a charge. I'm really diggin the new honda clarity and would so be down to drive one. I'm guessing that proably 5-10 years off from having filling stations to make the technology viable. what kind of stuff are you guys looking forward to with car technology? or do you think oil prices are going to go back down?
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From what I've been hearing about the fuel cell hydrogen powered cars is that they are pretty quick. they are lighter and there are less moving parts so I figure you can still get the fun to drive factor with one.
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I think that Hydrogen and ethanol are both dead ends. Hydrogen would require too much infrastructure, and it's not an energy source in and of itself so it combines the worst parts of gasoline with the worst parts of grid power. Ethanol is barely energy positive, and we shouldn't be cutting into our food crops anyway.
I think that, at least in the near term, hybrids and plug-ins are the way of the future. It won't take a whole lot of advances in battery technology to make pure plug-ins practical. They can get 100 miles out of them now, up that to 300 miles and you've got a gasoline replacement without the need to upgrade infrastructure.
I think that, at least in the near term, hybrids and plug-ins are the way of the future. It won't take a whole lot of advances in battery technology to make pure plug-ins practical. They can get 100 miles out of them now, up that to 300 miles and you've got a gasoline replacement without the need to upgrade infrastructure.
