Read the thread, swiss. This debate was about the "development" of alternatives for exactly the reasons cited above.

In regards to Bliss still lacking an answer:

http://www.sciencephoto.com/image/23...alloon-SPL.jpg

'nough said.

You got me. I know absolutely nothing about engines. :rolleyes:

Over here we leave that for the truckers and farmers ;)

In fact you should be cheering for alternatives. Sounds like you need torque and no motor produces more torque than electric - way way more than diesel. You know those big diesel locomotives for pulling freight? The engine only drives a generator and not the wheels. That 'leccy gets piped straight to multiple motors on the wheels, and no gearing.

Many of the electric cars now are using this approach, batteries supplemented by small petrol motors generating electricity by running at their best power when required. Never driven one but it apparently sounds weird accelerating with the rpm constant.

Nothing at least of any substance but "I know about engines and you do not!"
....yet.

18%

electric 90%*karnot elecric factory40%=40%eficiency globally

18% eficiency of petrofuels cars and 40% electric vars

Bingo

did you swap your camshaft?

¿Habla inglés?
Parla inglese?
Sprechen sie Englisch?
Do you speak english?
Parlez-vous anglais?
If not go and learn it! plonker!
:rolleyes:

oh im learning my studied were based on feminist literature and why is wrong to be a man but im learning the language now ;)

the term plonker started out as a reference to someone who was forever drunk on cheap wine (cheap wine is nicknamed plonk)

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i meant that globally electric cars have an eficiency of 40% while combustion engine 18%

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but well this is political nonsense im brainwashed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwUgK2Vy_kk

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also the real reason cause the electric car is supressed is that they are very silent, so to not make them dangerous IT WOULD BE MANDATORY GO WITH VERY LOUD MUSIC

if the hippies acore that point the end of the world will be a comune of hippies dressed in psicodelic clothes and playing pink floyd at full volume

Diesel is for people having a secret fetish for driving a tractor anyways.