tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post867063943860512349..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: A Technological Fix for Global WarmingCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-59301640967010096982008-08-01T05:06:00.000-05:002008-08-01T05:06:00.000-05:00George, I can answer the why question in two words...George, I can answer the why question in two words, Air polution. Burning fossil fuels including oil products is responsible for as much as 20% of our health problems. The same problems would continue if we burned bio-fuels. <BR/><BR/>Aviation may well become a thing of the past. If fossil fuels are banned because of global warming then the future of aviation is very dark. Even the decline of oil production my make flying beyond the reach of the average person. Short range air transportation can be replaced by high speed electric trains.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-16435952617392559802008-08-01T04:50:00.000-05:002008-08-01T04:50:00.000-05:00Why is electric propulsion preferable to synthetic...Why is electric propulsion preferable to synthetic internal-combustion-engine fuels to the extent that it would be worth replacing millions of vehicles to adopt it?<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't some applications need hydrocarbons anyway (eg aviation)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-66386588954632745402008-07-26T15:33:00.000-05:002008-07-26T15:33:00.000-05:00Yes, although I think that the overhead electrical...Yes, although I think that the overhead electrical lines are not needed to make electrical buses work. The Chinese have developed a capacitor powered bus, with automatic plug in at stops. The bus automatically disconnects when it is ready to move. This sort of system could work well; in urban environment.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-67393812802800837882008-07-26T15:25:00.000-05:002008-07-26T15:25:00.000-05:00Urban trucks and buses could also run on portable ...<I>Urban trucks and buses could also run on portable stored electricity. Finally American rail roads can be electrified thus eliminating the use of diesel power to haul rail freight.</I><BR/><BR/>There is also the option of powering buses via overhead wires, this is rather old technology, known as either trollybuses or trackless trolleys. It was much more common fifty to sixty years ago than today, when cities as small as Topeka, Kansas had trolleybuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com