Sen. McCain offers $300 million prize for new auto battery

[GreenLeaf420]

Like I said before, the technology is already here! There are just people who would lose a lot of money if this technology came out. Just google the Tesla Roadster. Also Japan has came out with a hydrogen car that runs off any kind of water and now they're trying to get contracts for mass production. If I were Michigan I would be on the phone non stop with Japan to try and get these contracts going! Don't be fooled we HAVE the technology already!!:thumbsup:

Yes we do that is why Dick Cheney is running around the Arab country's telling them to pump more and more!!!!!!!

[silkyblue]

Dick Cheney is running around the Arab country's telling them to pump more and more!!!!!!

Pump more Dick ! Smile for the camera Dick!


lol

they shouldve never desserted the pitiful poor steam engine

[dragonrider]

Pump more Dick !

That's the only way we are going to get through this crisis --- pump more dick. I think I'm going to start selling bumper stickers that say, "Pump more dick!"

[stinkyattic]

Yeah. That would be great.
Farm Collector - The Medina Tragedy
Boiler explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wreck at Rice Hill, Oregon 1912

You know they still run on fossil fuels, not water, right? That's how the water gets hot enough to become steam. Coal is the common one for trains and industrial applications, but you can fuel a steam engine with anything that can heat the water in the boiler. While liquid water can reach only 212'F, steam [water vapor] may be heated indefinitely under pressure and becomes quite dangerous. Remember PV=nRT. Gasoline-fuelled car fires, even racing cars, rarely kill people nearby, but a boiler explosion can, and also cause life-threatening burns to anyone unlucky enough to be anywhere in the vicinity. The boiler of a steam engine requires constant monitoring to ensure that the pressure does not rise above a safe level, and an unskilled or inebriated operator is a downright hazard.

I am personally happy to see a primitive and exceptionally dangerous power plant be laid to rest, and go view steam engines from a safe distance at the three county fair every fall.

[dragonrider]

Silky loves them steam engines, but yeah, very dirty and somewhat dangerous. Old style steam engines are not as efficient as modern engines and create a lot more pollution.

[dragonrider]

You are, but for the $30 "Convert a Burrito Grande to biofuel [methane] in 2 hours" prize. You got a long ways to go... :jointsmile:

My gut is an amazing biogas reactor vessel!

Heck, if I could get even 30 bucks for what comes naturally I'd be ecstatic. Or even just a subsidy for the burrito feedstock... A coupon... Anything...

[Psycho4Bud]

Yeah. That would be great.
Farm Collector - The Medina Tragedy
Boiler explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wreck at Rice Hill, Oregon 1912

You know they still run on fossil fuels, not water, right? That's how the water gets hot enough to become steam. Coal is the common one for trains and industrial applications, but you can fuel a steam engine with anything that can heat the water in the boiler. While liquid water can reach only 212'F, steam [water vapor] may be heated indefinitely under pressure and becomes quite dangerous. Remember PV=nRT. Gasoline-fuelled car fires, even racing cars, rarely kill people nearby, but a boiler explosion can, and also cause life-threatening burns to anyone unlucky enough to be anywhere in the vicinity. The boiler of a steam engine requires constant monitoring to ensure that the pressure does not rise above a safe level, and an unskilled or inebriated operator is a downright hazard.

I am personally happy to see a primitive and exceptionally dangerous power plant be laid to rest, and go view steam engines from a safe distance at the three county fair every fall.

Yeah, the boiler system that they had at the hospital was a trip! Ran off from natural gas primarily with an oil back up system. When that s.o.b. would fire up the entire room would shake. I guess years back one blew down there...wiped out the entire room and scorched the maintenance man pretty good.

If I recall correctly, state inspectors come in once a year to check the brick, valves, etc. They'd shut down and relieve the system so the inspectors could crawl inside and check out the internal brick...what a bitch to replace! IF the brick needed to be replaced the inspector had to come back and give the thumbs up before it could be re-fired.

Have a good one!:s4:

[GreenLeaf420]

That's the only way we are going to get through this crisis --- pump more dick. I think I'm going to start selling bumper stickers that say, "Pump more dick!"

Ill buy one that's a good bumper sticker.....:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: It's automobile related.. LOL