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From: Al Falfa on 14 Jan 2010 22:15 "News" <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote in message news:7YydnckVFpTkStLWnZ2dnUVZ_ixi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net... > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: >> In article <4b4e219c$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org>, >> "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote: >> >>>> You mean the kinetic energy that was created by the burning of >>>> gasoline? >>>> THAT kinetic energy? >>> Yes, the very kinetic energy the hybrid Prius can capture, store and >>> reuse. >> >> Right. Energy created by gasoline. >> >> ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline. No other form of >> energy is put into the system. > > > Well, there's that little bitty solar roof thingy.... Well, that and a nice tailwind.
From: News on 15 Jan 2010 08:48 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote: > In article <7YydnckVFpTkStLWnZ2dnUVZ_ixi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net>, > News <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote: > >>> ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline. No other form of >>> energy is put into the system. >> >> Well, there's that little bitty solar roof thingy.... > > On the new one, yes. > > So let me amend that for the 2010 models that have the optional solar > roof thingy: all energy used to motivate the Prius comes from gasoline. > No other form of energy is put into the system for that purpose. There ya go...
From: Leo Siefert on 15 Jan 2010 09:26 "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote: >ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline. Wrong. A rear-end collision will directly impart kinetic energy to a Prius (which could be recaptured by braking). As would a meteor strike or a nearby car bomb detonation, an earthquake or any number of other usually unplanned events. You could even charge the traction battery by having someone push the car while gently applying the brake with the HSD engaged. Of course I agree that all the talk about wind and hills is simply due to a widespread misunderstanding of basic physics - unless the hill grows underneath the car as it sits still or the wind is hurricane force and directly from the rear. Other than that wind merely increases or decreases the aerodynamic drag (as does the design of any vehicle). - Leo
From: Chas Gill on 15 Jan 2010 09:33 "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message news:elmop-320122.05540415012010(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <7YydnckVFpTkStLWnZ2dnUVZ_ixi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net>, > News <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote: > >> > ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline. No other form of >> > energy is put into the system. >> >> >> Well, there's that little bitty solar roof thingy.... > > On the new one, yes. > > So let me amend that for the 2010 models that have the optional solar > roof thingy: all energy used to motivate the Prius comes from gasoline. > No other form of energy is put into the system for that purpose. I shouldn't be too hasty about this if I were you. As I understand it the solar roof thingy does nothing but run an air circulation fan to help a little bit in reducing cabin temperature when the sun shines and the car's parked. I don't think any of this energy is used to charge any battery, so it cannot be used to motivate, but I stand to be corrected.
From: News on 15 Jan 2010 09:57
Chas Gill wrote: > > "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message > news:elmop-320122.05540415012010(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In article <7YydnckVFpTkStLWnZ2dnUVZ_ixi4p2d(a)speakeasy.net>, >> News <News(a)Groups.Name> wrote: >> >>> > ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline. No other form of >>> > energy is put into the system. >>> >>> >>> Well, there's that little bitty solar roof thingy.... >> >> On the new one, yes. >> >> So let me amend that for the 2010 models that have the optional solar >> roof thingy: all energy used to motivate the Prius comes from gasoline. >> No other form of energy is put into the system for that purpose. > > I shouldn't be too hasty about this if I were you. As I understand it > the solar roof thingy does nothing but run an air circulation fan to > help a little bit in reducing cabin temperature when the sun shines and > the car's parked. I don't think any of this energy is used to charge > any battery, so it cannot be used to motivate, but I stand to be corrected. > That's what he said. |