green energy?

@jimm619 said
According to the laws of modern aerodynamics,
a Bumble-Bee cannot fly. It's wing area is too small
for it's body. Of course, Bumble-Bees don't know
anything about the laws of aerodynamics.

jimm I'm on the inside with a certain top secret project, solar powered everything. Not just cars, but planes, trains and automobiles, even your vibrating latex hoo hoo, no more batteries for you my boy, solar. And what is more, when the sun goes behind a cloud, you turn on the...are you ready for this...you turn on the water, that's right you can power your super tanker with water, but the supertanker wont be transporting oil, it'll be transporting water.

All I need is another $10000 and we're home free, pm me with your details and we'll sort the money transfer pronto. Don't tell vivify the dream feelings were all true.

You can 'probably'* expect a return on your money of 5000% within weeks.

*on legal advice.

@sonhouse said
@Metal-Brain
Er, you ever hear of that insignificant car the Tesla? Or the Volt? Or electric bicycles going some 25 mph and a 40 or so mile range.

If you have solar at your house, that can recharge a car and there is zero carbon involved.

Do you power your house and car with solar?

Why don't you set an example for the rest of us instead of saying do what I say not as I do?

@vivify said
That's why we need need to invest more in solar and wind. Duh.

Stick to promoting horse paste, you're out of your depth here.

Then invest more in solar and wind first. Don't tell people to buy electric vehicles.
Do you have a windmill and solar panels at your house? Why not? Can't you afford it?

@wajoma said
Why are you now saying 'electric/solar'.

I've been saying that, kiddo. The whole time. You lost. And you're emotional about it.

@vivify said
The article clearly says it can power the car for a few miles.

That's not as impressive as you think it is. I can probably push a car a few miles before collapsing into a heap.

Honestly, at least make this a challenge.

It already is one. In the Australian desert. It wouldn't work anywhere else.

Sure, in a decade, or two, solar-powered cars may be feasible. Today? Nope.

@jimm619 said
According to the laws of modern aerodynamics,
a Bumble-Bee cannot fly. It's wing area is too small
for it's body. Of course, Bumble-Bees don't know
anything about the laws of aerodynamics.

That's an urban myth. Bumblebees can only not fly if you assume the are the size of birds or planes. They're not, and "modern aerodynamics" has understood the difference all along.

@vivify said
I've been saying that, kiddo.

No, you haven't. You've consistently been calling them "solar-powered" up to a few posts ago. 97% coal-electric powered with a 3% solar boost cannot be called "solar-powered" with any honesty.

Look, I'd like a solar-powered car as much as the next guy, but as long as they're electric-powered with a solar greenwashing, I'm sticking with my bike.

@shallow-blue said
No, you haven't. You've consistently been calling them "solar-powered" up to a few posts ago.

Me, on page two of this thread:

"Invest in electric/solar powered cars"---Vivify

@vivify said
Me, on page two of this thread:

"Invest in electric/solar powered cars"---Vivify

there are different ways to power an electric car, you only mention solar.

@mott-the-hoople said
there are different ways to power an electric car, you only mention solar.

I mentioned charging stations, like what Tesla has, multiple times.

@vivify said
Did you know gas-powered cars already have batteries? And did you know batteries can be charged?

surely you dont equate lead/acid batteries with lithium/ion batteries

@vivify said
I mentioned charging stations, like what Tesla has, multiple times.

And are those charging stations solar powered, or only 5% solar greenwashed?

@shallow-blue said
And are those charging stations solar powered, or only 5% solar greenwashed?

No idea. Last year, Tesla said they'd be making their charging stations use 100 percent renewable energy.

@vivify said
No idea. Last year, Tesla said they'd be making their charging stations use 100 percent renewable energy.

So, not solar-powered cars, then.

(As for what Tesla says...)