BEV mass and Regeneration efficiency

[oil pan 4]

I wasn't sure always towing. I can put about 1,200 pounds of wood pellets in the car in the hatch, the back seat, the back floor, the front floor and front seat. Don't need a trailer for the little things.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Some fraction of x is always less than x, even if that fraction is very high. It would always be more efficient to avoid spending energy than attempting to recover it.

The solution lies with traffic light synchronization, and moratoriums on real estate development until the infrastructure can handle 100% throughput.
Any building permit officer caught issuing green tags goes to jail by default, immediately if it's found that there's any traffic congestion at the locale of the proposed development. Along with the architect, real estate agent, mayor / city manager, city council, county tax assessor, and lending institute.
Yep, I forgot my political correctness medication again.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

I wasn't sure always towing. I can put about 1,200 pounds of wood pellets in the car in the hatch, the back seat, the back floor, the front floor and front seat. Don't need a trailer for the little things.

It's awesome. And not polite conversation at the truck dealership.
I've hauled sand, gravel, Portland cement, rebar, angle iron, EMT, copper pipe, PVC, mortar mix, and structural lumber up to 16-foot length behind the CRX. Denton to Los Angeles and back for hospital batteries.
On one of the biggest remodels I was ever party to, none of the framers drove anything bigger than a Civic, Corolla, or Sentra. Their boss was the only one with a pickup. And typically, all materials were delivered directly to the jobsite on a slide-off, tilt-bed truck or 18-wheeler with forklift. If there was any warped, crowned, or twisted 2Xs, it was all accepted back by the jobber, as a condition of the contract. Nothing like 'television ads.'
The average person probably hasn't a clue about the utility of a modest automobile.

[redpoint5]

I've heard great things about central planning. A few geniuses making all the decisions in an infinitely complex and interconnected system is sure to go smoothly.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I've heard great things about central planning. A few geniuses making all the decisions in an infinitely complex and interconnected system is sure to go smoothly.

If you're happy getting half the fuel economy then good for you!

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by aerohead

If you're happy getting half the fuel economy then good for you!

It's not as simple as infrastructure not being designed with enough capacity. For one example, there's the "if you build it, they will come" problem. Make traffic flow easily between city and suburbs, and you simply extend out the suburbs, increase traffic and we're back to rush hour gridlock.

Another problem is that infrastructure built to handle peak capacity will be severely underutilized off-peak. The gridlock that occurs in cities encourages some people to modify when they choose to travel, carpool, or take mass transit to avoid congestion.

I'm not arguing for creating gridlock, only saying that it isn't a simple problem a couple geniuses can solve.

I kinda think commuting is outdated anyhow because most city jobs can accommodate distributed work rather than centralizing into a single location. Between that, and increasing automation, large gains in efficiency should be possible.

[freebeard]

If you're happy getting half the fuel economy then good for you!

Proving once again that HTML needs another tag.

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[Piotrsko]

PBS terra did a show whereby they had one remotely controlled vehicle driving slightly slower than rated speed, spacing out traffic and improving flow in a traffic circle then implies that the same technique would be proper on a congested highway.

The delta infers that humans constantly do sub optimum decisions </sarcasm?>

[freebeard]

[cue video of human in car flying over the middle of a traffic circle]

[redpoint5]

I just envisioned Duke's of Hazard ramp to bypass the circle part of the traffic circle. Set a minimum approach speed and one should clear the whole intersection by utilizing the 3rd dimensional space.