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  1. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    I guess you didn't read the thread? It's much less efficient than an electric car.
    Post by: JRP3, Feb 23, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  2. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Fair enough, you got me there. They can build expensive carbon fiber tanks with poor energy density potential.
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 28, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  3. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Yes I criticized the speed and range, but realize that if those parameters are acceptable then a NEV type EV could easily achieve them, with a more...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 27, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  4. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Interesting but nearly irrelevant. Your point would make much more sense if it was directed at other extremely inefficient uses of electricity,...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 27, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  5. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    That solar driven compressor will provide much fewer "miles per charge" than charging a battery from those solar panels, which is a highly important...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 27, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  6. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Notice that chart uses 7% for transmission and distribution losses. To bring this back to the original topic, all the losses involved in generating...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 27, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  7. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    I was looking for numbers that backed up the claim that grid transmission losses were the largest single consumer of grid electricity. I've seen...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  8. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    That's all the statement was meant to convey. No other single sector of the economy...transportation or whatever...consumes as much power as is...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  9. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Obviously I'm using the word "tiny" in relation to 7%. Of course it's a large number because the total is a large number, but 7% is a tiny...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  10. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    With line loss being the single biggest user of electricity generated, I will have to disagree. I don't need a comparison to a different kind of...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  11. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    To update a bit in 2010 we were down to 45% coal power in the US, and that will continue to drop. Frankly I don't see a way forward without next...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 26, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  12. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    So you think a 7% loss is staggering, how do you feel about the 80% loss of the energy in your tank that's wasted in the engine, not moving the car...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 25, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  13. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    False. Combined cycle natural gas turbine plants run at 60% efficiency, internal combustion vehicles are barely 20% efficient. False and false....
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 25, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  14. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    I'll point out that a bunch of really smart engineers pursued a concept called the Aptera, that failed, which I also predicted. And the Aptera...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 25, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  15. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Of course the difference is the gas tank is not always trying to explode from the inside out. Not to mention that gas cars catch fire every day,...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 24, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  16. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Actually I did mention that in an earlier post: One of the many problems with this concept.
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 24, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  17. JRP3
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    Alternative electric source for blower fans

    Might depend on the motor. Some "AC" motors are universal motors and can actually run on AC or DC. I've run an electric chainsaw from my APC:
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 23, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  18. JRP3
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    Alternative electric source for blower fans

    I don't think a UPS cares what it's running as long as the load is within it's power rating. Sure there will be some efficiency loss in the...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 22, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  19. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    The range thing... is your 'going out on a limb' opinion, as stated in your previous post. You could be right, or wrong. We'll see. I respect Tata...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 21, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
  20. JRP3
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    This will be a game changer

    Certainly an important consideration for a vehicle in downtown Mumbai.[/quote]Are you purposely trying to miss the point? Or am I not being...
    Post by: JRP3, Jan 21, 2012 in forum: The Green Room
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