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1. This is me back in the late 70's with my all electric "CityCar." It had a range of about 40 miles and a top speed of 40 mph. I use to drive it back and forth to the college where I taught. There was no where to plug in the car at the apartments where I lived, so I had to plug it in at the college.
I had a few people ask why couldn't I install a wind generator on the top, so that as I drove, the wind could charge the battery. What's wrong with that idea?
#2: There's been a lot of talk about hydrogen as a fuel for cars. Hydrogen has more energy per pound than any other fuel. (except nuclear). When hydrogen is consumed, the only product is water, so it's very good to the environment. The plan is to use "fuelcells," which are batteries that produce electricity from hydrogen. So cars would have electric motors powered by hydrogen. I think it's a good idea, but I wanted to hear what my favorite car experts think. They are Tom and Ray who host the CarTalk radio program. Both are MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) graduates and one was a professor there. One owns a car repair facility and both are experts with cars. Also, they are extremely witty and funny. Visit this link to their site and report on the (3) problems they see with hydrogen powered fuelcells at this time.
