[OT] Volkswagen ? was: Re: [plug] What does public opion feelabout Riser FS?

[Dirk]

Its been around for a while I rember seeing it on Behond 2000 as a littel
kid, although I do belive they are intorducing it into buses now. But wait
how about making the topic more Linux based and having the cars Computer
running on a Linux Kernel ? :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Caston [mailto:caston at arach.net.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:37 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [OT] Volkswagen ? was: Re: [plug] What does public opion
> feelabout Riser FS?
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 16:09, Harry McNally wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 May 2003 14:17:20 +0800 "Dirk"
> <dirk.modrow at aesltd.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know 100mile range? You would need to recharge
> between Joondalup and
> > > Rockingham ... and the $ I would rather something set
> upon production costs
> > > not simply on speed at that price how can it ever become
> popular gimi a
> > > Porsche any day :)
> >
> > > > Petrol is soooo 20th century :-)
> >
> > Hi Dirk
> >
> > Porsches are soooo 1980's "entremanures" :-P <chuckle>
> >
> > Actually I did email for the price of the controller and
> 200HP motor several years ago and the price is for a
> hand-built production prototype; US$35000. So a conversion
> isn't a weekend project for someone on a Porsche budget ;)
> >
> > Harry
> >
>
>
> I'd like to see the hydrogen cars become commonplace. You can make
> hydrogen from water and sunlight.
>
> Check out:
>
> http://www.bmwworld.com/models/750hl.htm
>
> The biggest problem (apart from their being no where to fill up) is
> keeping the liquid hydrogen cool. The tanks in the hydrogen powered
> BWM's have layers and layers of fiber-glass and aluminum.
>
> Perhaps one day the car is coated in a solar panel surface with the
> extra strength ended by the new control over light and heat
> we now have.
>
> (http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993750)
>
> You will the tank up with the garden hose attached to a filter.
>
> I'm sure the government (fuel excise) and all the oil
> companies will be
> really happy. The gov will prolly just introduce some other
> tax e.g the
> increase the rego.
>
> I think a good think cycle type project would be a develop a standard
> car architecture like we have for PC's. I know it would be ALOT more
> complex but it still would be cool if nearly all cars could
> use the same
> parts and the standard was hydrogen power.
>
> You really gotta ask why we keep building all this ridiculous coal or
> nuclear plants etc.
>
> regards,
>
> Chris Caston
>
>
> -If there are not enough hours in the day, there is always
> long into the
> night.
>
>