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daved9664 wrote:
As a 20 something year old Im happy to see emission regulations. Sure there are some hiccups afterword, but it puts the pressure on manufacturers to create technology that does not destroy our air quality, environment, mine and your children's and grand children's futures. Fossil fuels are an age old technology. Tesla found out how to create electricity out of thin air decades ago.... I think we can find a happy medium where these rich folks can make a few dollars while not destroying the environment. It's way over due for changes like these and Im not sorry if some older folk get upset about "scary changes" if it's for the better.
Kind of off topic there, but I'll bite, since you think you know more than us "older folk".
"create electricity"? Really. Did Tesla then disprove Einstein's theory?
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"As for the claims that this power was “free energy” not just in its inability to be metered but also its generation, it seems that they stem from ignorance of how Tesla had designed the facility; the transmitter was to be powered by a 200 kilowatt Westinghouse alternating current generator driven by a Westinghouse auto compound engine. Some conspiracy theorists claim instead that it was to be powered by Tesla’s apparatus for the utilization of radiant energy,” but again, the conspiracy theorists fail to understand that “radiant energy” isn’t “energy all around us,” but rather, is defined as energy in the form of electromagnetic waves– in essence, what Tesla patented is no more a “free energy” device than a solar panel is."- I think I'm probably like most on this forum, we love to spend time in the outdoors, and we want a clean healthy environment. But, why does our government put all these regulations on our cars, and manufacturers, when plants and cars in China, India, and other countries are kicking out way more pollution than we are.
We've developed tons of pollution controlling processes. We need to demand other countries come up to our standards, and sell the pollution controlling equipment to them.
This would put overseas manufacturers on a more even playing field with us. We can't just keep sending jobs overseas, and burden our manufacturers and our consumers with all these stiffer regulations.
I do think we need to push auto manufacturers to produce clean burning efficient vehicles, but you get to a point where there is little more that can be improved. daved9664 wrote:
As a 20 something year old Im happy to see emission regulations. Sure there are some hiccups afterword, but it puts the pressure on manufacturers to create technology that does not destroy our air quality, environment, mine and your children's and grand children's futures. Fossil fuels are an age old technology. Tesla found out how to create electricity out of thin air decades ago.... I think we can find a happy medium where these rich folks can make a few dollars while not destroying the environment. It's way over due for changes like these and Im not sorry if some older folk get upset about "scary changes" if it's for the better.
Wow - I live near two coal-burning electrical generators. Amazing the energy used to haul coal in, move coal, generate electricity, and send the pollutants into the air. Would love to understand how Tesla generates enough electricity for all current uses and future.- As a 20 something year old Im happy to see emission regulations. Sure there are some hiccups afterword, but it puts the pressure on manufacturers to create technology that does not destroy our air quality, environment, mine and your children's and grand children's futures. Fossil fuels are an age old technology. Tesla found out how to create electricity out of thin air decades ago.... I think we can find a happy medium where these rich folks can make a few dollars while not destroying the environment. It's way over due for changes like these and Im not sorry if some older folk get upset about "scary changes" if it's for the better.
- variable valve timing, overhead cam.
direct injection of fuel.
now variable compression.( 8:1 to 14:1 ). with turbocharging.
just more trouble ahead.
and YES, Rust is a bigger problem. for 1/2 of the country anyway.
lost way to many good cars and 1 truck to Rust... from New. - As an engineer I just love the way politicians and marketing folks all seem to think the hard part about technological innovation is having the future vision and making the decisions to move forward toward those visions, regardless of the limitations imposed by physics or the seemingly insurmountable technology barriers. It's like once they've made the decision all the ignorant visionless engineers will get off their backsides and make it happen.
- The ruling class out of touch? No way.
- Hell with fuel economy. Find a way to fight rust. I see vehicles on the road that would disintegrate if involved in an accident. Totally unsafe death traps. People have to drive them because they can't afford anything else. Washington is out of touch.
- Recently, the EPA changed the testing methodology for fuel economy so that it more accurately reflects what the consumer see. Just made it harder for every manufacturer to reach their goal.
- Just for grins I was looking at new F150's. The vast majority had the new 2.7 EB engine. 3.5EB's and 5.0's were scarce.
