Re: Cleanest Car?

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 09:32:18 MST

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    --- BillK <bill@wkidston.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:>
    > Even General Motors and Chevrolet are announcing plans for hybrid
    > vehicles. But I can foresee problems persuading Mike Lorrey to drive
    > an SUV that goes putt-a-putt-a-putt with a lawnmower-size engine!
    > They will have to put electronics in to connect the sound system to
    > the gas pedal and broadcast loud roaring noises when you tramp on
    > the gas pedal.

    On the contrary, I've been a proponent of hybrid vehicles for a decade
    or more. It is pure electric vehicles I have problems with.

    Hybrids allow you to have an IC engine that you can boost the power on,
    even electronically. The electronic controls are generally set for the
    most efficient/cleanest generation of power by the IC engine. A fellow
    with an interface can edit these settings to focus on producing more
    power. You can also edit the voltage regulation to the generator's
    field windings so that they produce more power. Furthermore, you can
    replace the electric motors that power the wheels with ones that
    produce more torque/hp.

    This will result in a hybrid SUV that produces slightly more ozone and
    NOx/SOx emissions than the stock hybrid but produces as much power as
    your normal big engined SUV. Your fuel economy is slightly less than
    the stock hybrid, but this can also be made up for by using catalytic
    vaporization devices to embed platinum and rhenium in the cylinder
    walls, to boost fuel burning in the engine.

    A talented individual can arrange for a switch on the dash to change
    from high efficiency to high power settings on the fly.

    Now, what I really want is a hybrid with a turbine engine. You want
    noise? I'll give you NOISE!!!

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    Mike Lorrey
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