1956 Corvette! I would be crying my heart out!......................
Posted on 11/20/2017 11:04:13 AM PST by Signalman
Challenger.......................
Yes, they covered the shop and all the tools.
The 3 cars were not insured. Two of them were crappy ones he intended to resell.
One was his prized 1956 Corvette which he had allowed to lapse.
But the homeowners insurance covered them all.
OUCH.
1956 Corvette! I would be crying my heart out!......................
Hydrogen would work very well in cold climates. it remains a gas at normal pressures down to -423 F.
Yes, but I will get a .00000001 cent royalty for mentioning Scotch brand tape in my advertisements.
I do this about every two months for my brush pile fires. You get used to it after a while.
Hydrogen is the MOST common element in the universe by far. Just not in pure form. The covalent bond in H2O is so strong that it takes more energy to break it than what the hydrogen produces. Therefore I don't see this going anywhere.
It was not a fast car by any means. Straight six, 3 speed.
But it WAS cool and looked precisely like that one.
The only thing he had to replace was the top. Otherwise 100% original with less than 40,000 miles. The paint was still perfect.
He never did it again!...............
Was my dream car as a kid!
Watched Route 66!..................
The device could make hydrogen cars affordable - because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt — elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum and other precious metals that are currently used to produce hydrogen fuel. ////
If they’re talking about fuel cells, they don’t use platinum to make H2. The Pt pile converts ready made H2 and O2 into water and electrons. The electrons power the motor.
I see using solar cells as the limiting agent in this process. Much more efficient to use nuclear powered electrolysis of water to produce “clean H2.”
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When will this insanity die?
We need simpler, more reliable, not complex, shakey, unmaintainable, and costly.
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I’m all in favor of silver bullet solutions. Sometimes they work. But the story is suspiciously quiet about cost.
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AKA “lead sled,” “Plastic Pachyderm.” etc.
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But it was beautiful!..................
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Mechanically no different than the 1952 PG sedan!
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mining, smelting, shipping, reclaiming...doesn't seem very eco-friendly.
From what I remember of the Shuttle launches, they had to continuously fill the external tank right up until a few minutes before launch as the liquid hydrogen kept boiling off. I don’t see how this would be practical in an automobile.
I don’t see how this would be practical in an automobile.
Automobiles use other strategies, like tanks that use metal hydrides to soak up the hydrogen without much pressure.
Storage is a real problem for hydrogen.
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