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Old 11-01-2009, 11:13 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
OLD MECHANIC -- forgive me, I'm from electronics background, but it seems the answer(s) to your statements would logically be:

INFINITY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION = electric motor

HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER PLANT (BSFC) = electric motor, with PW engine control of the DC-voltage.

HIGH ENERGY STORAGE DENSITY = rechargable cell augmented by ULTRA-CAPACITORS

EMISSIONS = no HC or CO2 only OZONE on rare occassions (such as waking Frankenstein up from a 100 year slumber, etc.)
This is kind of a smart ass question, really, but since CFC's destroyed the Ozone layer, why hasn't anyone come up with a catalyst that will create Ozone emissions from the exhaust gasses of cars? I mean, that would replenish it, right?

And, once you get used to it, Ozone doesn't even smell that bad. Certainly it's much better than, say, normal tailpipe emissions?
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