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

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 14:14, Dirk wrote:
> 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 ? :)


Let's just hand the steering wheel straight over to Rusty!

> > -----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.
> >
> >
> 
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