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From: Bill Putney on 5 Jul 2007 19:14 You know - I find it particularly and disgustingly dishonest for a person to ask me specifically why I don't give some authoritative information (in this case on NiMH battery life), and then when I do exactly that, that same individual says I (therefore) am a know-it-all and that his part in the discussion is essentially over. I think I just won the war on that one. Ah - liberal tactics and dishonesty - ain't they great!? Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
From: Scott in Florida on 5 Jul 2007 19:33 On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:14:42 -0400, Bill Putney <bptn(a)kinez.net> wrote: > >You know - I find it particularly and disgustingly dishonest for a >person to ask me specifically why I don't give some authoritative >information (in this case on NiMH battery life), and then when I do >exactly that, that same individual says I (therefore) am a know-it-all >and that his part in the discussion is essentially over. > >I think I just won the war on that one. > >Ah - liberal tactics and dishonesty - ain't they great!? Liberals ain't great at anything worth a hoot.... > >Bill Putney >(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my >address with the letter 'x') -- Scott in Florida There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
From: Joe Pfeiffer on 5 Jul 2007 19:43 Bill Putney <bptn(a)kinez.net> writes: > who wrote: > > > ...A Prius might then be running as a mild hybrid, not going so far > > on battery only. > > According to the Toyota article, the car would go less than a mile on > battery alone at low speed. What does that tell you about where the > car gets most of its fuel efficiency from? (hint: a very efficient IC > engine) As I said in another post, it would be interesting for > someone to rip out the batteries and control electronics and see what > the economy would be with just the IC engine. It might be found that > the savings due to lower weight might just about offset the gains from > regenerative braking. Quite possibly. But you'd also lose the ability to run both power plants when accelerating, so it would hurt performance. A fair test would require putting in an engine that would give you the same performance as the current hybrid power plant.
From: Bill Putney on 5 Jul 2007 19:53 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article <5f5catF3bdrnjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Bill Putney <bptn(a)kinez.net> wrote: > > >>You know - I find it particularly and disgustingly dishonest for a >>person to ask me specifically why I don't give some authoritative >>information (in this case on NiMH battery life), and then when I do >>exactly that, that same individual says I (therefore) am a know-it-all >>and that his part in the discussion is essentially over. > I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention: what authoritative information > did you give? > And what authoritative sources did you cite? More dishonest tactics. The jig is up. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
From: Jeff on 5 Jul 2007 20:02
Bill Putney wrote: > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > >> In article <5f5catF3bdrnjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Bill Putney <bptn(a)kinez.net> wrote: >> >> >>> You know - I find it particularly and disgustingly dishonest for a >>> person to ask me specifically why I don't give some authoritative >>> information (in this case on NiMH battery life), and then when I do >>> exactly that, that same individual says I (therefore) am a >>> know-it-all and that his part in the discussion is essentially over. > >> I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention: what authoritative information >> did you give? > >> And what authoritative sources did you cite? > > More dishonest tactics. The jig is up. Yeah, you've got that right. You claimed that you cited authoritative sources, yet you can say what they are. Jeff > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my > address with the letter 'x') |