Posted on 02/11/2015 5:10:39 AM PST by thackney
"Hey, Mac! I need a fluke and a pair of dykes ..."
Sure, right after I get this nipple screwed into the peckerhead....
Clearly, the most plausible scenario ...
I believe that the Chinese still require their kids to learn math WITHOUT calculators - so yea, I would worry about them.
It could have been just starting up or capacity to handle 2 MRIs(1.5 Teslas and 3.0 Tesla MRI’s where Popular almost 10 years ago, in Europe some places had a 9 Tesla from what one director told me (that is a huge magnetic field)) at once but since one future room that was there was empty, it could have just been engineered for two since the cost of upgrading would no doubt have been expensive plus electrical shut downs during up grading. They did leave the magnets on in a stand by mood. The chillers that where used where always running (using helium so that probably helped keep the electrical usage down except for the start up spikes) and some had city water as a bypass in case it failed which sometimes it did if something went wrong with the chillers and say good by to the cryogen (helium) as it would be vented which cost in the 10s of thousand of dollars to replace. The facility wasn’t happy about that.
Now you know why MRI’s are not that cheap and they try to schedule them one after the other to maximize use.
“I do miss the old Simpsons though.”
Sigh, dropped mine off a ladder onto a cement floor. Remember it like it was yesterday. What a champ.
I don’t think anybody is discounting source pollution from charging electric cars, but electric motors are so much more efficient than had burners they just use much less energy per mile inherently reducing pollution and if they are getting the electricity from a nuke plant or a hydro plant, so much the better
Untrue. Electric motors can be more than 90 percent efficient compared to the 25 percent efficiency of a gasoline engine. (that’s why the Tesla can travel almost 300 miles on the same amount of energy that would go into three and a half gallons of gasoline). if you’re getting that energy from a natural gas power plant which can run at its ideal efficiency 24 hours a day then you’re still much more efficient per mile at the end of the day and if you put gasoline into your tank.
Get out your check book, the Tesla Model X will do just that, except it seats 7. Although in all fairness, most of the gas cars I’ve owned wouldn’t tow a 23’ boat. Just never had a need to pay for that capability
of course the problem with gasoline engines is that you put 1 into it and you get only .25 out. About 75 percent of the energy generated in an internal combustion engine is lost in the form of waste heat and vibration whereas electric motors can achieve 90 percent efficiency.
Or, you could pull into one of the growing number of DC quick chargers, which are free in Tesla’s case, and top of in less than 30 minutes. This essentially let’s you drive 500 miles with one 30 minute break. And remember, with an EV, you pull out of your garage with a full tank every morning. And while charging may still take longer than filling up your tank with gasoline you have to also remember that it’s free in many cases and even when you have to pay its only a fraction of the cost of putting the equivalent amount of gasoline in your car.
DC quick Chargers will allow you to recharge in less than 30 minutes now and remember with electric vehicles you pull out of the garage every morning with a full tank so you only need to rely on public charging stations on long trips also remember with Tesla the super chargers are always free and even the DC quick chargers that are not free are very cheap compared to gasoline on a per model basis right now I Drive a large gasoline burning SUV and if somebody told me I can wait for 20 minutes and fill up for free or a couple of dollars instead of by waiting 5 minutes for a $50 fill up at a regular gasoline pump I would take the 20 minutes everyday.
Tell that to the Tesla Model S P85D that does 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds and will travel almost 300 miles on a charge. right now capacitors simply aren’t energy dense enough. companies like EESTOR have been promising capacitor breakthroughs as long as I can remember. if they ever do solve the problem then capacitors would enable super quick recharging. however even with battery technology you can recharge at 300 mile range Tesla and less than 30 and it looks like much faster DC quick chargers are just around the corner. but having a large 25 percent efficient gas engine as an onboard generator is not the solution
Current DC quick chargers allow you to add over 200 miles of range in about 20 minutes and in the case of Tesla’s you don’t pay anything for that. Yes that’s still slower than filling up with gas. But with Tesla its free. 5 minute fill up for 50 bucks, vs 20 minutes for free. And don’t forget with an EV you wake up with a full tank each day.
Until you get a call and your kid is having a medical emergency at school...
IIRC, based on a late 70s Lincoln chassis...
Off to the commute...
It shouldn't take any longer than changing a tire.
1950s show car called the Lincoln Futura. It actually was part of the plot to a movie called It Started With a Kiss (1959) starring Glen Ford and Debbie Reynolds. Lots of scenes with it in it. It could be retitled the Batmobile goes to Spain. :)
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