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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:53 PM Original message |
Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. ...which will continue to be subsidized by Toyota's gas-burning SUVs and pickups. |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So why isn't Ford's F150 pickup profits |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Why Ford Will Survive, GM and Chrysler will fail, and Used Car Dealers Will Thrive in 2009 |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ford's Hot Ecostar Electric Car |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing special, just a grid-tied EV. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Not quite. (If the AP got things right.) |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Here too |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. A later model. And that's not possible. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. An interesting tidbit |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. From 25% to 33% on the Volt: one mile per day. nt |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Another interesting tidbit |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Again? |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Green |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Heat is not the problem, insulation is the problem |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Solar panels don't really produce heat, they just get hot due to being black in sunlight. nt |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. That doesn't really contradict the argument |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No matter, any is better than none |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Painted my |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Carbon neutral heat for my home for the last 16 going on 17 years for starters |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. My family heated with wood for decades, now, I wonder… |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Pellets stove have very little if any carbon soot output and are not what they are talking about |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I know |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. burning wood pellets is carbon neutral, |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I don't see where that necessarily follows (i.e. that burning wood pellets is "carbon neutral") |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Ok my bad |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Commendable |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I doubt that the heat increase from a solar panel is any more than what would normally |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Three blades |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You need to study on that more |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You're a certified member of the tinfoil hat club. |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Energy |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Energy is not the problem |
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