EPA to reject Obama fuel efficiency standards early next week

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Xist

I can't find anything about his MPG plans, just that the EPA released a new rule that it cannot control the pollution of any stationary sources other than power plants, so factories and stuff would be unfettered, just like the London Fog intended

This sounds quite confusing. Would a non-portable backup genset qualify as a power plant?

[Xist]

I can't find a definition involving a minimal size, but I feel confident that a power plant runs continually.

[freebeard]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_plant

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Even though it's a different animal, seems like the same rules for a peaking power plant may apply to a non-portable genset. But it might be quite hard to enforce such rules for older ones.

[freebeard]

I don't know where the thread its headed, but when I hear 'non-portable genset' I think of the Lister diesel.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lister+die...ages&ia=images



1930s British design cloned in India today.

[jakobnev]

How about an inchworm vehicle: The rear part first uses its motor to push the front part while stationary itself, then the front part pulls the rear part with it's motor, while again, stationary itself.

[Xist]

That sounds better than a hopper. David Lister stole one of those to make some extra cash as an illegal taxi, but the landing gear was worn out, each landing was horribly jarring!

[freebeard]

Now I really don't know where the thread is headed.

[Piotrsko]

I find it hard to understand how jarring landings are the fault of the landing gear. Lousy pilot skills ,yes, gear failures, not so much.

[jakobnev]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Now I really don't know where the thread is headed.

Now you are getting a taste of your own medicine!