Unfathomable

k0ua · Dec 7, 2016

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
Well lol maybe I didn't do enough research on the technology, in 8th grade I just researched the idea of a hydrogen powered car and not the science behind storing and manufacturing hydrogen.

Yes, the hydrogen car is great, except it requires some magic on having enough gas on board to go long distances. I think this problem can be solved with the new lightweight carbon fiber tanks, but still the problem remains: Where are we going to get the hydrogen.? You are better off with steam reformulation of natural gas to just burn the natural gas and save all the energy in the process and not have to deal with the excess co2 production.
I don't know why people are still messing around with hydrogen cars.

BrokeFarmerJohn · Dec 7, 2016

k0ua said:
Yes, the hydrogen car is great, except it requires some magic on having enough gas on board to go long distances. I think this problem can be solved with the new lightweight carbon fiber tanks, but still the problem remains: Where are we going to get the hydrogen.? You are better off with steam reformulation of natural gas to just burn the natural gas and save all the energy in the process and not have to deal with the excess co2 production.
I don't know why people are still messing around with hydrogen cars.

They should make nuclear powered cars, all the power you want with a lifespan of 20 years lol.

There you go, nuclear powered car

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k0ua · Dec 7, 2016

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
They should make nuclear powered cars, all the power you want with a lifespan of 20 years lol.

Ford was working on one in the late 50's. Can you imagine a traffic accident with nuclear fuel rods spilled all over I-95? Holy cow!:shocked:

BrokeFarmerJohn · Dec 7, 2016

k0ua said:
Ford was working on one in the late 50's. Can you imagine a traffic accident with nuclear fuel rods spilled all over I-95? Holy cow!:shocked:

Nuclear powered cars would prob be the end of man kind, if any Joe Shmoe decides to tinker he could level his block and make that area uninhabitable for 100 years or so lol. Plus if the shielding wasn't right it would sterilize people on top of whatever other health issues come of it. That would be terrifying lol

k0ua · Dec 7, 2016

BrokeFarmerJohn said:
Nuclear powered cars would prob be the end of man kind, if any Joe Shmoe decides to tinker he could level his block and make that area uninhabitable for 100 years or so lol. Plus if the shielding wasn't right it would sterilize people on top of whatever other health issues come of it. That would be terrifying lol

That "MR. Fusion" device that Doc Brown had on the Delorean didn't look too bad..

BrokeFarmerJohn · Dec 7, 2016

How about a car powered by liquid nitrogen? Easier to produce than hydrogen

MHarryE · Dec 7, 2016

I keep a log of one of our tractors in the power range of a John Deere 6R and found there were only 20 days this year when it exceeded 4 hours per day. That means the electric concept Deere would have been available 80% of its working days. That doesn't make it marketable because on those 20 days I would have needed something to do the job but still there is merit. Our tractor used for feeding cattle through the winter spends much of its time with the block heater plugged in so plugged in to charge battery or plug in to warm the engine. There are very few, if any, days that tractor gets used more than 4 hours. So on a -20 degree morning would there no problem unplugging and driving away? Our JD6320 is not that reliable in the cold. Is the 4 hour day based on 100% power or at a certain load factor? Of course the significant factor is what will it cost? Others - battery technology conventional zinc-acid, nickel-metal hydride, or Lithium-ion? If the high power density of lithium-ion, are they built to handle the rough use of a tractor (are have a thin separator of a Galaxy Note 7 that can fail to do its job when handled a bit rough and burn). When I was in my teens International Harvester made the farm show rounds with their gas turbine tractor (last one I saw was in the Smithsonian) and Allis-Chalmers did the same with their quiet power fuel cell concept. Sixty years later we still are diesel powered.