Recharging from the Grid

Dave in KC · 03-25-2005, 01:02 PM

Hmmm... nanobots in the bloodstream. Sounds like you're on board with Kurzweil - Live Long Enough to Live Forever. There are so many problems with hydrogen... making it, storing it, distributing it... I doubt we'll see it come to fruition. "They" say we have a lot of coal... but gotta scrub that effluent from the stacks. I think the grid is the ultimate answer, supplemented with home based solar/wind. Main task is to reduce our overall energy requirements. I'm for lobbying toyota for an add on that will allow us the option of plugging into the grid if we so desire.

altaskier · 03-26-2005, 08:58 PM

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I'm personally waiting for little nanotech robots swimming inside me, keeping an eye on my blood vessels and heart.

In some sense you already have this - macrophages and white blood cells and all that stuff. However, there are a bunch of reasons why little robots in your bloodstream are silly. For one, look up Reynold's number in fluid flow. It's a common sci-fi notion thought.

The real strength of nanotechnology is in improving materials, and in giving them novel properties.

LewLasher · 03-26-2005, 09:21 PM

Getting back to the idea of charging up from the grid:

Where this might actually be an attractive application is for a hybrid RV. RVs are, of course, notoriously poor in gas mileage, but they also typically spend a lot of time being parked conveniently close to electric outlets.

DanH · 03-26-2005, 09:41 PM

I'd also think this would be wonderful for those with short commutes and get low MPG because of the short commute. The ICE may never need come on during a short commute with a plug in. I guess one big issue would be; how to warm up the cabin during cold weather efficiently in cold weather. I guess that might have been solved to some degree already in those few all EV vehicles running around such as the EV1. Does anyone know what they do for those?

prius04 · 03-26-2005, 09:55 PM

The electric heater could not possibly heat the cabin enough to be comfortable. The gasoline engine would have to come on.

That may be why the EV1 has a range of 120 to 150. 120 when it's cold, 150 when it's not.

I still like those numbers. I do hope this becomes available and I can afford it. My commute is 90 miles per day. So the EV alone mode would only be for the first 1/3 of my commute, unless I can get my employer to let me plug it in.

So that might drop me to 100 miles per gallon overall. Not bad at all!!!!

03-26-2005, 09:21 PM	#13
LewLasher Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Posts: 156 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Recharging from the Grid Getting back to the idea of charging up from the grid: Where this might actually be an attractive application is for a hybrid RV. RVs are, of course, notoriously poor in gas mileage, but they also typically spend a lot of time being parked conveniently close to electric outlets.

03-26-2005, 09:41 PM	#14
DanH Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 201 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Recharging from the Grid I'd also think this would be wonderful for those with short commutes and get low MPG because of the short commute. The ICE may never need come on during a short commute with a plug in. I guess one big issue would be; how to warm up the cabin during cold weather efficiently in cold weather. I guess that might have been solved to some degree already in those few all EV vehicles running around such as the EV1. Does anyone know what they do for those?

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03-25-2005, 01:02 PM	#11
Dave in KC Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Hmmm... nanobots in the bloodstream. Sounds like you're on board with Kurzweil - Live Long Enough to Live Forever. There are so many problems with hydrogen... making it, storing it, distributing it... I doubt we'll see it come to fruition. "They" say we have a lot of coal... but gotta scrub that effluent from the stacks. I think the grid is the ultimate answer, supplemented with home based solar/wind. Main task is to reduce our overall energy requirements. I'm for lobbying toyota for an add on that will allow us the option of plugging into the grid if we so desire.

03-26-2005, 09:55 PM	#15
prius04 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NorthEast USA Posts: 1,155 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	The electric heater could not possibly heat the cabin enough to be comfortable. The gasoline engine would have to come on. That may be why the EV1 has a range of 120 to 150. 120 when it's cold, 150 when it's not. I still like those numbers. I do hope this becomes available and I can afford it. My commute is 90 miles per day. So the EV alone mode would only be for the first 1/3 of my commute, unless I can get my employer to let me plug it in. So that might drop me to 100 miles per gallon overall. Not bad at all!!!!