An American Chernobyl

Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by FL_Prius_Driver, Jun 4, 2010.

  1. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Jimmie, those are all 'before' pictures.
     
  2. Trollbait

    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    I've heard the Panther's 'drive' gears were a weak point. I can't recall the proper name of the gear, but it's the one connected, through the hull, to the drive wheels of the tread. Their specs were set early on in the design process. Unfortunetly, the tank gained weight, in range of several tons, since then. Whatever the reason, lack of oversight, time, etc., these gears weren't beefed up and tended to fail.

    Like the Tahoe suspensions on early H2s.
     
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    My commute is now 100% petroleum free.
     
  4. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    That's awesome. :)

    But with a name like FuelCell, I'm wondering how you do that. What are you putting in your fuel cell and where does it come from?
     
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    Hydrogen. It's captured as a waste product from a plant in Ohio.

    Then the rest of my commute is by electric train/subway.

    Of course, once the FuelCell loan is overwith, I'm back to taking a hybrid diesel bus to the train, but still: not bad.
     
  6. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    Don't mind Jimmie, he has been so brainwashed by his political party that he can no longer connect with reality. All of his posts are like this (politically charged). Don't believe me? Look them up. :) In other respects he is an alright guy that I like to give a hard time.
     
  7. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Most hydrogen is extracted from natural gas. It's nice that yours is captured.

    Tom
     
  8. tripp

    tripp Which it's a 'ybrid, ain't it?

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    The Panther A was rushed into service, making it's debut at Kursk in July of 1943. Definitely had issues there, the sort of typical "bugs". The german tank treads tended to wear out pretty quickly too, IIRC. If I'm not mistaken, they had a lot of manganese in them... but I can't really remember why that was significant. lol