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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Possibly maybe?

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

*ahem* I am it. The mack-daddy of it.

Or that ZZ Top reject from the Addams Family is it.

Aside from that, I wouldn't mind a Chariot. If this is indeed 'IT', and not an example of the media capitalizing on a businessman's capitalization of the capitalist market.

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :

If this is indeed IT, I believe it could qualify as revolutionary. But, I remain sceptical.

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Thanks for digging that one up, Sol, I was beginning to wonder whether there was any news on Ginger. Assuming it's true, which I think it is, I hope this invention does well and kickstarts the introduction of hydrogen cars.

The article said the device balances on two wheels, I wonder if this means that it has two really wide wheels or if it has two wheels tilted opposite each other.

They mentioned the Stirling cycle too, we did that in Thermodynamics. The Stirling chcle has something to do with heat being stored in, and subsequently drawn from, a "regenerator", in order to improve the efficiency of the cycle.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Or maybe it balances on two wheels the same way a bicycle, motorcycle, or normal scooter does...

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Oooo amazing, a hydrogen powered scooter.

Big fucking deal. Hydrogen engines have existed for a long time. Someone just found a way to strap it to a scooter.

There's only one problem with it all. Hydrogen cannot be harvested effectively on the Earth, because it is so light it escapes into the atmosphere, not to mention its reactive properties. So it needs to be manufactured, mostly from the splitting of water.

2 H₂0 -------> 2 H₂ + O₂

This process is extremely expensive, and takes more energy than its worth to in the first place.

I'm sure every chemist and physicist out there is laughing at all the losers following the hype.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

No, no, no! My roommate has been driving into my head for months the fact that Dean Kamen is a living god, and so this has to be the best thing ever. Besides, I believe future incarnations of this are supposed to have an engine that can use more than just hydrogen as fuel...we'll see.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Haven't seen you in a while! So, ginger is better frank-bait than turnip, huh? Duly noted...

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

THE DEFIANT IS FIFTY FEET LONG!

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

HAHA! Frank probably NEVER gets tired of completely random, and unecessary posts about the DEFIANT! GIVEN that HE argues that THE DEFIANT IS 120 M LONG, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T!

Hijinks ensue!

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

You know, I do still post, just not as often due to college.

And the Defiant is one Defiant in length.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Yeah, but you got Metric and Imperial Defiants. . .

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

But it doesn't fly. It'll be better than the Internet when it flies.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Anything is better than the internet. Cancer is better than the internet. At least you get out. Wet dogs who are wet and stinky who pee on you while you are wearing your best suit and suddenly a very nice looking young woman comes over and sets your house on fire because you are covered in dog urine is better than the internet.

Although you can probably find that at (Amusing URL removed by the management, who admits that he is a big stupid jerk.

Signed,
Sol System)

I think a method of transportation that is clean, and more viable than using a pogo-ball to go to the city, hyuck, is quite a bit better than the internet, where you can search for "I am a Female Feline Sorceress" or "Starscream's children Fan Fiction" and get one hundred million results.

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[This message has been edited by Sol System (edited March 12, 2001).]

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

And YOU'RE here because...?

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I never said I wasn't a Loser.

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[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited March 09, 2001).]

Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Jeff Raven:
Just because it takes energy to create hydrogen doesn't mean it isn't useful. How much energy goes into making alkaline batteries? They're still used, aren't they? Just because we don't "create" oil doesn't mean that we shouldn't have to create any other form of energy storage. Yes, energy is needed to get hydrogen, this is what you pay for when you buy hydrogen, a convenient form of energy storage.

Could someone edit that post which screwed up the thread?

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Not without ruining the joke. However, that's what I am best at.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Gurgeh, I know. My point is that it takes more energy to create and store the hydrogen, than you get out of burning it.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Persoally, I prefer Maryann.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Stupid Jerk.

The major comedy is lost.

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Jeff: The fact that it takes more energy to create Hydrogen than you get out isn't prohibitive. Most processes cause wastage of energy in some form or another. Power stations lose energy in heat, not all the energy goes into electricity ( I think most have an efficiency ~50%). My point is that it is acceptable to use it even if it causes some waste of energy, simply because of it's convenience. It's done all the time.