3 Responses to “So You Think Detroit Can’t Go Green”

1. #1 by Sunn
   January 3rd, 2009 at 12:35 am

   Speaking of Neil Young, if any of you are a big fan of his, a new CD has been released & is fantastic. It’s a live acoustic concert he did in 1968 right after Buffalo Springfield disbanded. Excellent sound, narrative, song selection & was a sign of things to come. My favorite CD of the last several years.
2. #2 by huskysooner
   January 4th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

   Maybe he’s finally found his true calling.

   Sounds like a fun project. But doing the conversion on a 300SL Mercedes would be so much cooler than a dumb old Lincoln.

   From the bowels of the website:
   “Efficiency in the self-charging electric car is the big decider. If the efficiency of your charging system allows you to make electricity with less financial cost than buying it from the grid, then your car can power your house and turn the meter backwards to reduce or eliminate your electric bill.”

   Does anybody seriously think that I could produce electricity running an internal combustion engine at home cheaper than the local coal/gas/nuclear/hydro plant?? What about local emissions and noise? Wear and tear on the car? What about the inefficiency of power inversion?

   And 65 mph???? Isn’t this much more fun?:
   http://crave.cnet.co.uk/greentech/0,250000598,10001502,00.htm
   (Admittedly, it’s “only” 125 mph rather than the usual 180+).
3. #3 by J.J.
   January 4th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

   hs: I agree about the mercedes. But it gives me hope that one can take any iron tank and make it green/functional. The technology is there, so why can’t detroit just embrace it. other than the hold big oil has on the auto industry. As for the Lincoln, I’m thinking that they took the most over the top fuel guzzler they could find to make their statement with, so why can’t the same thing be done with a Mini Van or a SUV in a mass production setting?

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

Anti-spam word: (Required)*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word.