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If shipping was restricted to just airlines, will that affect your business?

How would shipping airlines only affect me?

  • If I had to ship only through airlines it would only hurt my business slightly.

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • If I had to ship only through airlines I would pretty much be out of business.

    Votes: 9 60.0%

  • As a buyer if I had to pay for airline shipping I might as well buy from a local pet shop.

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • As a buyer I would prefer airlines as the only shipping possibility.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
I saw on the news a few weeks back that they now have kits for the hybrid cars that they claim to be able to get 250 mpg
I dont know how true it is ... But im thinking about it
It would pay for itself quickly and save the enviroment
 
I understand the science of 2H2 + O2 <--> 2H20 + energy. The question is how to get the hydrogen and how to transport it. Solar energy is a nice idea, but how many of us are going to set up solar panels in our 10,000-15,0000 square foot suburban lots (make that 5000 square feet or less in California and Florida)? The laws of thermodynamics are such that you can't get more energy out of a process than what you put in (energy cannot be "created" except by converting matter to energy in a thermonuclear reaction of some sort). The idea of using renewable forms of energy to power automobiles is nice, but seeing as how the infrastructure and technology to do so on a really large scale has not been developed or deployed, there still need to be plants to produce the hydrogen that goes into those tanks. And what will power those plants? Fossil fuels? Geysers in Iceland (that is not a joke, there are people considering that as use of a clean, renewable form of energy)? If they use coal and/or petroleum products to manufacture the hydrogen from water then we still face the emission of greenhouse gases and other noxious chemicals, and the price is still dependent on the price of oil. Also remember the second law of thermodynamics and that is no process is 100% efficient. So there are now two conversions to power the car, first burning oil to make the hydrogen and then the "burning" of the hydrogen to propel the car.

Another issue which needs to be addressed include the propensity for explosion. Have you ever seen the experiment where the science teacher electrolyzed water into hydrogen and oxygen, then ignited the hydrogen producing water and energy (a pretty loud "pop" for a small amount of gas)? I wouldn't want to be the guy the plows into someone's hydrogen tank.

While I agree that these cars are a good idea, until there is actually a way to use renewable, clean forms of energy to generate the hydrogen, we are just shifting where we burn fossil fuels, not whether we burn them. In the end that makes no difference to the environment.
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This is probably a little off-topic but interesting enough (at least from my perspective). You are right Jim, the energy needed to split the energy molecule is the same energy liberated in the process (one of the laws of thermodynamics). The energy that will be used in the initial process will be either solar and/or wind, and both can be stored in batteries for later use. The next step is obtaining hydrogen from water, which will be used in a fuel cell to power the cars. And you are also right when you say the process is not 100% efficient as some energy is lost in friction. As far as the danger of hydrogen, it is not greater than the danger than a gas full of gas poses today.

Regards.
 
As a buyer, I wouldn't be too happy about airline shipping because the airport is 65 miles away. I'd have to plan purchases better and buy more per order. I wouldn't go to the local pet store to buy my reptiles so I suppose I'd end up buying less online and not adding much to what I already have. Geez, I've already got more than 100 turtles and tortoises so it's not like I "need" more! Now I've gotten into leos, corns, and beardies, though, and it seems like I'm always wanting to buy something.
 
Herpaddiction! Not sure if it's been described but the first one to open such a clinic for treating patients will certainly have a lot of work. The problem is that most of us would have to be there probably for life, and hoping that they will allow us to bring our collections with us. :)
 
Dennis1 said:
I saw on the news a few weeks back that they now have kits for the hybrid cars that they claim to be able to get 250 mpg
I dont know how true it is ... But im thinking about it
It would pay for itself quickly and save the enviroment
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Don't forget vegatable oil as a fuel. It's being thrown out by restraunts anyway so it's being used rather than disposed of and being free it's certainly cheaper than even 250mpg. A lot of people out there are using vegatable oil and other fuels like that: http://www.enginads.com/extras/2004stor.cgi/noframes/read/62215
 
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