speedyvision
Well-Known Member
i have an idea for a car. its not rocket science. its simple engineering principles, available off the shelf technology and good ol' American ingenuity and innovation!
it will light a fire under our economy and shake up the wealth of the world.
in the past it has been stopped, but with global warming being a very real problem as well as pollution in general and the cost of oil...not to mention the war over it...i don`t think this idea can be stopped now if we work together for it!
i would love to be some small part of the process to get us off oil and stop the pollution!
some of you have probably heard of "the stirling engine".
its a very quiet, low or almost no maintenance, dependable external
combustion engine. they are used in submarines because they are very quiet.
unlike internal combustion engines which have explosions constantly the
stirling engine operates by heating a recirculating gas (no exhaust)
which moves pistons back and forth from the heated/hi pressure side to
the cool/low pressure side similar to an air conditioning system.
there are no explosions so they are long lasting low stress, low maintenance engines.
they are also used in developing nations and remote areas without
mass infrastructure such as electrical or water treatment plants.
they need a heat source to operate. in the right climate they can run on solar energy (just like u burned ants with a magnifying glass as a kid!)
they can also burn propane, methane, natural gas, gasoline, ethanol...basically anything, cooking oil? and they only need a very small amount because we`re only using it to turn an alternator to charge a
few batteries and run an electric motor.
electric motors have tremendous torque and are easily enuff to propel a car to over 120 mph.
electric cars are a viable alternative to fossil fuel cars, except
for the weight and space used for all the batteries which don`t store
enough power to last long distances
available battery technology is sufficient, because we have our own electrical generating station onboard the automobile, charging the batteries constantly and running a high output electric motor to propel the car.
now most of you gearheads know that typical alternators use about 7 HP max and u know that every 100 lb of weight u shave off your car equals 1/10th of a second faster E.T. at the dragstrip.
so do u know about carbon fiber unibodies? they are 1/2 the weight of steel and twice as strong. they are much cheaper to produce as compared to steel bodies.
i`m not an engineer, but engineering formulas aren`t that difficult to calculate for this problem.
so why not get an electric motor, a carbon fiber body, a stirling
engine to run an alternator that charges a few batteries and after a few minor details are sorted out have a cheap, reliable, quick, fun car!
u don`t have to plug it in and wait overnite for it to recharge. u fill it up similar to the way u fill up your car now, just not as often!
now maybe u say that to build this car might cost $100,000!!! it might...for a one off prototype. i`m not exactly sure. of course when produced in volume
the prices would come way down...and the savings over the life of the
car will be tremendous! imagine an engine that lasts virtually forever. a body that never rusts. a car u put almost no fuel in compared to our gas guzzling 20 mpg cars now!
the most difficult part of what i propose is the fact that big oil and big energy don`t want this car produced. they are the problem, not the solution. they are trying to maintain their stranglehold over the people and maintain their money, power and control.
why do u think the honda prius is being produced? because its not a threat to the powers that be. it only gets a measely 55 mpg max and has to plug into the grid to achieve that! it offers no travel/distance capability.
so what i propose might be the most difficult part and also the part
which makes this possible.
lets say we started a non profit organization and we produced 10 prototypes just to prove the point. we sell advertising on the cars, sell the documentary movie and drive those ten cars all over the country!
lets say it cost $2,000,000.00 ...if we had 40,000 people donating
$50.00 each we could do it! thats less than u are probably paying to fill your tank now and theres 300 million people in the USA alone!
after that maybe we could actually convert to mass manufacturing?
maybe sell the prototype plan to a company that will!!!
now i`m not sure on the figures, i`m just making an example, but its
not rocket science. its all available technology.
think its possible? i do...think its worth it? i do!
i want to see it done to help us all...i`m not interested in getting
rich, but i do buy lotto tickets...k? haha...
and for the gearheads, imagine carbon fiber bodies crafted to look like your favorite A-body Mopar and hookup a digital audio track simulating a 5000 HP top fuel huffing HEMI!
p.s. the same theory i just expressed can be used to produce electricity for a home or business using solar or wind power.
it will pay for itself in no time!
also any excess electricity can be sold to the electric company.
by law they have to buy it at the same rates they sell it to you!
if theres a natural disaster and power goes down theres a good chance you will still have yours
it will light a fire under our economy and shake up the wealth of the world.
in the past it has been stopped, but with global warming being a very real problem as well as pollution in general and the cost of oil...not to mention the war over it...i don`t think this idea can be stopped now if we work together for it!
i would love to be some small part of the process to get us off oil and stop the pollution!
some of you have probably heard of "the stirling engine".
its a very quiet, low or almost no maintenance, dependable external
combustion engine. they are used in submarines because they are very quiet.
unlike internal combustion engines which have explosions constantly the
stirling engine operates by heating a recirculating gas (no exhaust)
which moves pistons back and forth from the heated/hi pressure side to
the cool/low pressure side similar to an air conditioning system.
there are no explosions so they are long lasting low stress, low maintenance engines.
they are also used in developing nations and remote areas without
mass infrastructure such as electrical or water treatment plants.
they need a heat source to operate. in the right climate they can run on solar energy (just like u burned ants with a magnifying glass as a kid!)
they can also burn propane, methane, natural gas, gasoline, ethanol...basically anything, cooking oil? and they only need a very small amount because we`re only using it to turn an alternator to charge a
few batteries and run an electric motor.
electric motors have tremendous torque and are easily enuff to propel a car to over 120 mph.
electric cars are a viable alternative to fossil fuel cars, except
for the weight and space used for all the batteries which don`t store
enough power to last long distances
available battery technology is sufficient, because we have our own electrical generating station onboard the automobile, charging the batteries constantly and running a high output electric motor to propel the car.
now most of you gearheads know that typical alternators use about 7 HP max and u know that every 100 lb of weight u shave off your car equals 1/10th of a second faster E.T. at the dragstrip.
so do u know about carbon fiber unibodies? they are 1/2 the weight of steel and twice as strong. they are much cheaper to produce as compared to steel bodies.
i`m not an engineer, but engineering formulas aren`t that difficult to calculate for this problem.
so why not get an electric motor, a carbon fiber body, a stirling
engine to run an alternator that charges a few batteries and after a few minor details are sorted out have a cheap, reliable, quick, fun car!
u don`t have to plug it in and wait overnite for it to recharge. u fill it up similar to the way u fill up your car now, just not as often!
now maybe u say that to build this car might cost $100,000!!! it might...for a one off prototype. i`m not exactly sure. of course when produced in volume
the prices would come way down...and the savings over the life of the
car will be tremendous! imagine an engine that lasts virtually forever. a body that never rusts. a car u put almost no fuel in compared to our gas guzzling 20 mpg cars now!
the most difficult part of what i propose is the fact that big oil and big energy don`t want this car produced. they are the problem, not the solution. they are trying to maintain their stranglehold over the people and maintain their money, power and control.
why do u think the honda prius is being produced? because its not a threat to the powers that be. it only gets a measely 55 mpg max and has to plug into the grid to achieve that! it offers no travel/distance capability.
so what i propose might be the most difficult part and also the part
which makes this possible.
lets say we started a non profit organization and we produced 10 prototypes just to prove the point. we sell advertising on the cars, sell the documentary movie and drive those ten cars all over the country!
lets say it cost $2,000,000.00 ...if we had 40,000 people donating
$50.00 each we could do it! thats less than u are probably paying to fill your tank now and theres 300 million people in the USA alone!
after that maybe we could actually convert to mass manufacturing?
maybe sell the prototype plan to a company that will!!!
now i`m not sure on the figures, i`m just making an example, but its
not rocket science. its all available technology.
think its possible? i do...think its worth it? i do!
i want to see it done to help us all...i`m not interested in getting
rich, but i do buy lotto tickets...k? haha...
and for the gearheads, imagine carbon fiber bodies crafted to look like your favorite A-body Mopar and hookup a digital audio track simulating a 5000 HP top fuel huffing HEMI!
p.s. the same theory i just expressed can be used to produce electricity for a home or business using solar or wind power.
it will pay for itself in no time!
also any excess electricity can be sold to the electric company.
by law they have to buy it at the same rates they sell it to you!
if theres a natural disaster and power goes down theres a good chance you will still have yours
