What part does the electrical Battery play in the over all Green world picture... Lets look at the use of the Battery in Hybrid cars and some other non uses... These are some more true facts; from a Truth barometer point of view!!
Hybrid cars - There are two basic types of Hybrids series or parallel:
How They Operate
In practice, like a regular car, a series-hybrid vehicle has an engine that is generally running all the time. An electric motor placed "in series" between the engine and the wheels helps motivate the car. In assisting the engine, the electric motor helps improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. Some series hybrids also provide a "start-stop" function, which turns off the engine completely when the car is stationary, then restarting it instantly when the brake pedal is released.
Unlike a series hybrid, a parallel hybrid can operate like a fully electric car up to speeds of roughly 20-30 mph. In situations such as stop-and-go traffic, or under light acceleration at low speeds, the vehicle's engine may not run at all, relying completely on electric propulsion. The results are vastly improved city mpg ratings and, while in full-electric mode, essentially zero emissions.
Now for something that they do not tell you on the Green Gore Global Warming network specials, folks...
Lets look at the actual facts:
1) First the so called " essentially zero pollution " would only be true if there were not any fossil fuel burning power plants; puffing out smoke and pollution some where in the hinterland... Therefore the hybrid cars still contribute to pollution in an indirect way, only you have moved it from your tailpipe going down the road to a power plant some where out in the countryside!! Odd dilimia...
2) Batteries which are used in Automobiles hate heat & motion... Cars are hot and have a lot of motion, {unless you are parked in an ice cave}! Plus the Battery can be dangerous by causing; chemical corrosion, electrical shock, as well it may be a source of fire...
3) A large battery plant is also very heavy, about 200 lbs per Cu Ft. and expensive, like thousands of pacos... The replacement of a complete battery plant will run in the several thousands of dollars, including the disposal costs; which require a very costly method to deal with the corrosive & dangerous chemicals.... HUH!!
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Is a Battery green??
(Absolute Truth Some Wisdom and Intercourse....)
Hybrid cars may be some what better; it remains to be seen the actual results... The use of a battery plant is not always the best plan, in a green world!
Date: 4/20/2008 4:49:28 PM ( 16 y ago)
Here is a FYI on some truth about going green, maybe.... HUH!
There is always the possibility that they might come up with some, light, inexpensive, last almost forever battery; but for now we have not seen it yet!! Or else it is one of the most recent best kept secrets on modern technology!! Here we try to keep you up to date with the real truth in life...
So if you become the first green driver in your neighborhood, you just may want to sell the Hybrid vehicle in a year or so before all the maintenance costs catch up with you... All in all you may not like your electric hybrid car so well; once you get all the rest of the costs that come with maintaining and up keep... After a couple of years or so, it may have been cheaper over all to just have driven a petrol fuel car after all... HUH!! Another little point of interest; a couple of years ago I was working downtown at the regional electrical utility H.Q.; where they have several electric powered "Green" cars, these are used by employees to run around town... Well I was looking at the various models of "green cars; and noted they had several large Diesel powered V10 Pickup trucks, with flat bed trailers... So being the curious person I am; ask why the big trucks?? They told me some one has to pick up the stranded "Green machines!" HUH!! Stranded, broke down, have to be towed in!! Well what do you think of that?? BTW: I do not get paid to lie!!
Just a few more things that you may not know... lets look for more true facts, the mass media may not be telling you... HUH!
Another tid bit of truth: Back when Mt. Pinatubo, blew off in the Philippines; it supposedly put more polluting gases into the atmosphere in a few days than all the automobiles ever built.. So we may want to rethink this green thing argument... It seems to be making some people very rich and powerful...
Now the other side of the Green dilemma:
On the another side of the Green Question... In back up power systems, which use a large Battery Plant... These UPS Uninterpretable Power System; require a DC link to allow ride thru on power outages... Thus usually a Large Battery plant... But now we find many Green Dollars being poured into Rotary Flywheels in order to not use any battery... HUH! Then why do the Green Money People want to use battery in cars; yet turn around and pay big bucks for the non use any battery in UPS...
Now here is a dilemma for you, let me see: Battery, No Battery, Battery, No Battery... Which is it? It looks like a control situation to me... Some times it is the green of the money that gets everyone's attention... Not just a nice idea...
Kind of makes you wonder who is selling what?? Other than the whole truth!!
I am not against being conservative and being Green... Green is good!! I have all ways been a tree hugger! Friend of nature, and person who hates to see waste and corruption!
BTW: Kermit has always been green; and he is me! a True-ism 2000
See Ya... Kermit
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