Green Energy Post

jamesalburen questioned:


Listening to all the talk about electric cars and how physics doesn’t allow alternators to renew their batteries leads me to question a few HUGE questions: How do we get the alternators to produce more energy than the car can consume? Also, Why can’t we make the axles work for us to turn the alternators using a drive shaft? Why wouldn’t stacking alternators work?

misties2003 questioned:


and the electric (electrolysis) produced by coal/oil/nuclear/etc why not just have electric cars with a nice clean electric motor.
Batteries could be swapped at petrol stations so no need to wait.
Electricity also comes from solar.
I reckon industry is tooled up for the internal combustion engine petrol or hydrogen and are unwilling to change

skahhh questioned:


Will it become affordable to buy a plug-in hybrid car through sales and income tax rebates and credits? Wouldn’t this be the moral way to encourage Americans to conserve energy and get greener? Wouldn’t this be in our National Security interest? Wouldn’t this be a better society?
Most materials can be recycled. I expect most batteries are also. If we pass legislation that can reduce the shock of the expense to buy these more expensive vehicles, people will start to buy them and the price will come down drastically! I reckon that is what we want!

Porkchop Jones questioned:


My question is: If everyone buys a hybrid car, what will we do with all the batteries in 10 years?

Cam D questioned:


My understanding is that hybrid cars recharge their batteries while braking, but what happens if you drive a long time on the highway where there’s relatively small braking? Does the battery die and you have to use the gas engine only until it recharges?