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Yokohama Tire Technology Cuts Petroleum Use in Tire by 80%
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| 13 Feb 2007
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Posted on 02/15/2007 10:40:16 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Comstock1
"Citrus Oil? Is my morning OJ now gonna cost more so someone feels better about the fact they aren't using as much petroleum in their tires?" The recent freezes in Florida and California have caused the prices of tires to inflate!
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:01:31 AM PST
by
TommyDale
(What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
To: HEY4QDEMS
Hehehe, imagine driving through sticky mud and then taking it up to highway speed! There will be crap flying everywhere, imaging your balance with a big old rock stuck in there...
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:02:12 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Comstock1
Not necessarily. A cylindrical or spherical body rolling on a surface is slightly flattened at the contact points, because of the load carried by the rolling body. This flattening is not fixed at one point with respect to the rolling body, but moves in a direction opposite to the direction of spin of the body. This frequent distortion, which causes internal friction within the material of the body, is the reason for the resistance.
Now a body without rolling resistance would ideally be perfectly round in its cross section, when rolling, or would have zero internal friction within the material of the body, as it deforms. So if the case is the former, then yes, there will be less area of contact with the surface, possibly increasing the rolling body's tendency to skid. In the latter case, this is not neccessarily so.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:05:01 AM PST
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: HamiltonJay
Yep, Buna was invented for that exact reason.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:05:23 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: antiRepublicrat
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:05:58 AM PST
by
TommyDale
(What will Rudy do in the War on Terror? Implement gun control on insurgents and Al Qaeda?)
To: Abathar
I was watching wheels TV on spike a few months back where they test rode some.
I guess the biggest problem currently is they are very very very noisy.
Add rocks and mud to the equation, as you pointed out, I'd say they still have some work to do.
But I must say, I thought they were pretty cool looking especially when the car was in motion, it looked like it was floating.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:11:26 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Dallas59
I challenge any red-blooded male who's scoped that picture to stand up from his desk.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:17:39 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(Duncan Hunter for President)
To: Dallas59
You should see the mascot for Kumho.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:34:08 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Red Badger
'bout time new technology to make countries less oil-dependent comes to the surface.
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:55:35 AM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Red Badger
Make the tires out of concrete. Put the rubber on the road
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posted on
02/15/2007 11:59:46 AM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: showme_the_Glory
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:07:31 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: Dallas59
The only problem with a woman like that is 20 minutes later you want to do it again.
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:14:55 PM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: Abathar
D-Limonene C10 H16
This is something extracted from citrus fruit. Lock in your citrus futures now.
Right now its used primarily in cleaners and health food products. (Weight loss! Works on cars and people!)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Doesn't that mostly come from the peel though? I thought it was the waste that they used to get orange oil from, not the fruit.
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:24:45 PM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: Dallas59
Overinflation looks good, steers easy, rides lumpy.
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:36:41 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
To: Abathar
They do extract it from the peel which is the byproduct of citrus juicing operations. I'm not an industry expert but I would expect that D-limonene would probably not replace a lot of petroleum or latex based tires. Sounds like a boutique product.
If it did become widely used I expect it would have the upside of a much nicer smell when the mobs start to burn tires on the barricades...
To: Pondman88
Super nanopower?
Isn't there a Japanese cartoon where the characters shout that before turning into crime fighting toasters or something?
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:47:56 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
To: Red Badger
Put these on your Prius and not only travel in silence but leave a fresh lemony scent.
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posted on
02/15/2007 12:48:09 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(300 miles north of Big Wild Life)
To: CarrotAndStick
a body without rolling resistance would ideally be perfectly round in its cross section Would it impair a tire's ability to stop a moving vehicle if a tire were able to remain "perfectly round"?
To: MosesKnows
Steel wheels on steel rails...
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posted on
02/15/2007 1:00:17 PM PST
by
null and void
(This sentence no verb...)
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