Tom_Sussi's Blog

I am truly concerned in the security of the country ... as well as our economic security.

I am now in favor of off-shore exploration and drilling off Florida coasts. We must do something now to ensure US oil independence.

if we dont stop wasting gas by us using these huge suv's like the hummer and the expedition, and the suburban..we will be paying 10.00 a gallon in the next 5 yrs...the middle east has us by the short and curlies..we have to stop this huge demand for gas...and right now...otherwise the middle east will bankrupt our country...

And where's GM's Hydrogen Fuel Cell car they
like to tease people with on their commercials
saying "and coming soon...Hydrogen powered vehicles" or whatever. This all comes down to
the failing education system in this country.
India ans Asia produce like 70% more engineers
than the US. The students are already taking
Algebra by 5th grade over there! And I hate
to say it but, these Chinese people have some serious skills and vision although we won't
be afforded the technology until these countries get tired of it and develop something
even better!! Or when our government allows it!
It's sad!

I'll say it again and again...we need to quit
producing athletes and American Idols
in this country and reset our values to
positively reinforce intellectual ability
to our children in this country or we will
be shut out of this "wonderful" global economy!
Kids have nothing but pipe dreams nowadays!

That's true, sometimes longer.

I'm really upset at Ford for redesigning
everything and making some
new designs but then not touching
the Ranger in 10 years, one of their best, most fuel efficient vehicles, The 4-banger gets like 35 MPG and no one is buying them because the design is tired. OK, you can't
tow a 35 foot Grady-White with it but
you can haul all that bed can hold!

In the meantime, you can't FIND a 4cyl Frontier
or Tacoma to buy and if you do, check the sticker first! We're getting slaughtered
in the automotive industry and the only
ones suffering are the little people.

So what your saying is....FOX NEWS hires idiots??? God, Tom your a moron!

I'm a moron! You sound like my wife. You gotta do better than that, bigger.
I don't know what the solution is, but we need to find it, pal. Like I said many times before, gas was great when Henry Ford first start building cars. Listen to me - WE NEED TO EVOLVE!

Woo Tom leave NASA out of this , rockets run on water so they are not a part of the problem ! As far as GM making “better cars” if you look beyond the American car market you will find that GM actually has the largest number of super efficient cars in the world (just not building them here) ...in places like China / India she sells millions of 40 to 55 MPG cars every year. On EV (electric vehicles) don't fool yourself the electricity you are putting into that thing comes from somewhere and 15% of our electricity is still generated from oil! Hydrogen is just plane hard to store (I should talk I am building hydrogen generators as fast as I can work right her in my home LOL) so unless you find a magic way to get it to stay put in the gas tank or are willing to fill up every day its still no within reach....

....I am not against producing hydrogen as a “point of use fuel” but it has eluded me so far...a 7 liter per minuet generator is using 200 amps at 12 volts (or 29 hors power relative) and will not keep my 3.1 liter engine running above 2100 RPM. I plan on trying to reconfigure for a 1.8 liter but have to wait until I have the cash...and I am concerned about using 1/3 the total HP of my engine to produce fuel for the engine.....

I don't see why your being critical of GM. They are using the exact same technology as Honda for their hydrogen research. It's the Canadian Ballard fuel cell. Ford Chrysler and Ballard have a joint venture going also.. So don't say they aren't doing anything

Is maybe the fact that rather than it cant be done it's not economically viable yet?

1gr8American: how do electric cars hurt the planet more?

You mean to tell me we can't figure out what to do with expired electric car batteries, and I'm a moron for suggesting more electricity! Give me a break. Hell, what are we doing with expired computer screens, plasma tvs and, for that matter, plastic? Everything hurts the planet, people.

I never called you any names Tom , as far as power all I am saying is we need to make better choices! And atomic energy is the best choice hands down (cleanest, cheapest, fastest to be available etc) .

Hold on raw fish , your statements about battery life are misleading ...actual “life span” of a batteries is Dependant on usage and no batteries (of any kind) can be stored (not used) or used regularly (50%/60% discharge per day ) and actually last even 4 years let alone 8 ...LA (lead acid) batteries do not have a set number of charges and fail based on dendrite formation in the cells or low fluid level if not maintained, SLA's (sealed lead acid ) batteries fail because they can not be refilled and they just plane run out of electrolyte. New types of batteries fail because of “total saturation” of the membrane plate Assembly by hydrogen molecules (similar to dendrite formation but different LOL) so NIM batteries fail faster the more you use them ...if/when you use them in a car that you drive every day and average of 21 miles per day (national average for all cars) they will last approximately 2 years. (stated usage is up to 2000 charges but a partial charge and or variable discharge counts against them! My personal findings as a user have been a drop of 30% total amp output at 600 to 700 partial use cycles )

A properly designed "hybrid" or self regenerating EV makes sense. Like a long range EV.

People have to remember lead acid batteries have a core charge, take them back to get remaned or loose your money. It's up to you. Wasn't Toyota going to a lithium battery? the NiMH are most likely due to be recycled due to the ease of reclaiming and high cost of industrial nickle.

I honestly think it's going to be a slow and steady progression over a decade or two. If it's no cost effective theres no point ot it.

BTW no EV on the market today is using anything other than a 4 brush motor that has been around for over a 100 years with very little change...they generate more heat than power ! LOL

Battery is the answer, why else would the oil companies have been buying up the patents?
Battery technology as developed in spite of roadblocks with lightening speed since computers: lithium, nickel, titanium, Toshiba's Nanobattery which recharges 80% in one minute!
The batteries could be recycled, repaired and re-loaded just like the NASA first stage power boosters which uses solid fuel, aluminum compounds and resins.
The second stage holds liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.
NASA has already explored alternative fuels.
In some countries, the Peace Corp build tanks in back yards that utilize animal and probably people dung to make gas to run stoves, lights, and refrigerators.

Electric cars started as the first choice among autos in the beginning of the 20th century.
Then the electric starter and Ford took the industry in the gasoline direction.
Yes, put NASA space shots on solving problems on Mother Earth.
However, do not scrap the space program.
When Bush had that satellite shot out of space, he was demonstrating where we are first in the world and will remain first in the world.
Terrorist try to put a satellite in the sky and guess what will happen!
NASA is not just about cell phones and tv reception, but about national security.

Ok.
Let's cut through the chase and just take over those damn oil fields in the Middle East and be done with it!