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For Ridgway native Louis Dussia, the opportunity to purchase a Warren-based boat dealership has paid off in dividends over time.
In 1984, Louis bought Dell's Marine in Warren, changed the name to Dreamboat Marine, and then watched the business evolve for over 25 years.
When St. Marys native Brian Calla began considering career options, he decided that he wanted to have a job where he could make a bigger contribution and help people. For the past nine years, he has done that through his job at the law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in PIttsburgh.
With his diploma fresh in hand, a move to the Big Apple is on the spreadsheet for Bradley Coppella, a St. Marys native who has graduated in the top of his class at the Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business. This fall, he will begin employment with KPMG LLP's Transaction Services Advisory group in New York City.
"I like the job I have chosen because, first of all, it is in New York City, which is the mergers and acquisitions capital of the world. The biggest, most important deals flow through the financial services and consulting firms in Manhattan," Bradley said.
Eight years ago, Emily (Frank) Kleps was planning to pursue her masters degree at Gannon University in Erie when she heard about an opening in the school's Admissions Office. Kleps, a native of St. Marys, still refers to the incident as "a happy accident."
"I felt that would be a good move for me at the time, and working there while taking classes seemed like a natural fit. And it must have been, because eight years later I am still here," Kleps said.
As an attending veterinarian for agricultural animals and wildlife at the Pennsylvania State University, as well as an assistant professor of veterinary medicine and dairy and animal science, 35-year-old Jacob Werner ensures the proper care of a variety of animals used in teaching, testing and research.
He oversees the health and welfare of Penn State's agricultural animals and wildlife, or as he likes to tell people, "I get to take care of the Nittany Lion."
For area native Kathleen M. Gausman, her faith has always been emphasized, and that faith has helped her in her current vocation.
"If you end up picking something that you love to do as your career, it's not work," said Duane Rieder, a former St. Marys native who now resides in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughters.
These words particularly hold true for Rieder's career, which has allowed him to combine his love of photography, baseball, and winemaking.
As the assistant director of the Newman Catholic Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Jeff Klein, 36, continues to stay in touch with his religious roots established in St. Marys and honed through the local Catholic school system.
"I do a little bit of everything, but the things that occupy most of my energy would be counseling and leadership development of college students," Klein said of his duties at UPenn, where he is now in his fourth year. "I enjoy being a positive influence in the lives of young people."
Force native Jim Brunelli has been involved with basketball since his childhood days on the playground. Throughout his high school and college years, he never lost his connection with the sport, and now helps others develop their own skills and love of the game as head women's basketball coach at Anderson University in Anderson, S.C.
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From conferences to cocktail parties, Amy (Miller) Medawar, 31, coordinates all aspects of such events as the Director of Conference Services and Events at The Liaison Capitol Hill, an Affinia boutique hotel, and adjoining Art & Soul restaurant in Washington, D.C.
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I recently bought a like new MM200. Not too impressed with the GA-20C although it does the job, just a little cumbersome. I found a Bernard Q300 that is set up for .045 wire. I need to get a liner, jump liner and some tips for .030 wire. Is there a place you get them?
How do you like the Bernard gun? Seems like a really nice unit but haven't tried it as I don't have any .045 wire on hand.
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Bernard parts for Q300
i use the q-300 gun at work. i like it for feeding steel wires. i dont like the front end parts when it comes to feeding aluminum. other than that the q-300 handles the heat very well, has great gas coverage, and the tips stick around pretty good. i have the gun on a mm 350p. when i do use it, it is usually in a spray transfer mode. high heat and fast travel speeds. try this link too.
nothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metal
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I use a older Bernard gun run by a old Linde wire feeder sitting on top of a old Linde 250 amp power source. I use only the .035 wire-- I forget the spec & all but its the copper coated wire.
I really like it, and the more expensive copper plated wire handles so well, it will make ya look it.
I'm not doing any real fancy welding with it; 1/8 to 1/2 inch plate sort of stuff mostly, making brackets, doing repairs, fabricating stuff out of angle and square stock, that sort of thing.
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Austin Peay got a game-high 15 kills from Jessica Mollman to lead the Lady Govs over ETSU 3-1 (20-25, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25), Friday night at the ETSU Volleyball Classic presented by Holiday Inn.
Mollman turned in the 15 kills on 25 attempts for a solid .440 hitting percentage on the night. Austin Peay outhit ETSU .215-.189 for the match. Austin Peay is now 7-1 on the season after the win, while ETSU falls to 4-4.
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With the Lady Govs up 20-16 in the fourth set, ETSU got two straight kills from Ryan and a kill from Cogburn to pull the Bucs within one at 20-19. However, that was as close as the Bucs would get as Austin Peay would extend the lead back out and ultimately earn the victory.
UNC Greensboro earned the other victory of the night as they knocked off UNC Asheville 3-1 in the opening match of the Buccaneer Classic.
The ETSU Volleyball Buccaneer Classic presented by Holiday Inn will continue tomorrow with matches all day long beginning at 10 a.m. The Bucs will take on UNC Greensboro at 12:30 before playing the final match of the event against UNC Asheville at 7 p.m.
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First time in franchise history that the Bills have given up 500 yards in back to back games.
Overrated talent with a lousy defensive coordinator.
First time in franchise history that the Bills have given up 500 yards in back to back games.
Overrated talent with a lousy defensive coordinator.
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600+ yards and 45 points to an alex smith led offense
I thought their dline was overrated and their LB corp was mediocre but that's just ridiculous. They need to get an impact LB in the draft along with a safety that can compliment Byrd.
Just beautiful. I hope we kick their ass twice this season.
doesn't matter who is the DC. Bills were banking on their DL being dominant, but they aren't getting much penetration let alone pressure or a pass rush. With how their defense is built, unless the DL starts dominating their screwed.
Wannys d just does not work. The bills whole d is over rated...i posted on here that mario williams was over rated and was lambasted for it....most of his sacks came in garbage time...and dont give me he has a wrist injurt bs...the dude is awful against the run and he can only playtho out wide...thus why bills are getting ran on.
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Wanny's D is highly simplistic anymore. They also don't have the LBs to run the system. They got caught building for a 3-4 D and when it failed, they tried to switch right away to 4-3. They're stuck with a lot of players who don't really have a use in the current system
I feel for Bills fans. They signed the biggest name available, something Buffalo has trouble attracting, only to apparently waste that money on yet another guy getting a huge payday then not showing up. That's why I dislike FA so much.


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"In my opinion, a proper quiche should be rich, custardy, and luxurious--not some kind of dense, baked omelet. This has only enough eggs and yolks to hold things together, but that means you need to let it cool to just warm before serving, to fully enjoy the experience."
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1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust (see footnote for recipe link)
8 slices
bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup
chopped leeks (white and pale green parts only)
1/2 cup
chopped onion
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 pinch
cayenne pepper, or more to taste
egg yolks
1 cup
heavy cream
3/4 cup
1 teaspoon
chopped fresh thyme
6 ounces
shredded Gruyere cheese
Delish! I skipped the pie dough recipe and used a frozen pie shell. Deep dish a must! I also did not layer it. Followed directions until filling the crust. Just mixed all the ingredients in a bowl and poured into a frozen pie crust. Baked for 50 mins on 325. Perfect! I would not add any more ingredients for filling the quiche (mushrooms, broccoli, etc) as one tends to do in a quiche. There is no room at the Inn. This filling fills a deep dish pie shell as is.
The good points-the flavor combo is good, the layering & ladling made for a perfect distribution of ingredients, & it looked very pretty(fitting PERFECTLY into the crust, too). The bad points-my crisp cooked bacon ended up chewy. The texture of the quiche is way too soft for me, I actually gagged on my 2nd bite, this after letting it rest 2 hrs out of the oven. The next day it's a little more firm but still too mushy for my taste. IDK, more eggs or less milk(or both)?? Sorry, Chef John. Not a hit here :(
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What is not to like - cheese, bacon & cream along with onion and you have a match made in heaven. Warning! Use a Deep Dish pie pan - or all the filling will not fit. Also, you must let quiche cool to fully set. This a classic recipe with a really good method.
Yummy!!!! :) This was the first time I ever made quiche and I was a little nervous about it but I had company over and wanted to make something different. This is a fabulous recipie. I used parmesan and herb seasoning instead of thyme and colby jack cheese instead of Gruyere because that's what I had on hand and it was scrumptious. Made my crust which I just poked holes with a fork in the crust then simply baked it for 10 min. (blind bake thing too much bother). Fried my bacon and onion, mixed up my eggs, put it all in the fridge and it took 2 minutes to assemble and pop in the oven in the morning! Definitly a keeper!!
Wonderful! The first time I made it is was very good, but the 2nd time I watched the video and what a difference.WOW! The tips he gives in the video you can't get from the recipe only. I don't like watching videos but this was a must for me. I get the difference now,from a dense eggy quiche which can still be tasty but Chef John's true quiche is a custardy flavorful delight, a taste to behold!
I made this quiche, as laid out in the recipe, for my husband last night (I'm a pescatarian, so I made mine with veggies instead). It was my first time making a quiche. He really liked it. He ate half of the quiche in two helpings last night and ate the other half for brunch today. It always gets me giddy when his mouth is filled with something I've just made and he gets that, "Da*n this is good," look on his face. Such a reward :) So...this was a success and I'll be making it again. I'm such a visual/"in motion" kind of learner, so, as someone who is just starting out with cooking, watching the video, as well as having the written recipe, really helps me. Thank you!!!
Fantastic recipe! I didn't follow it to the T, as I have a bad habit of speed reading and not necessarily catching all the details. I substituted onion for spring onion as had a lot of the latter growing in the garden. Then mixed the bacon together with the onion-leek mix which turned out fine. We didn't fill the mixture to the top of the dish as we were afraid it would overflow, but now realised we should've as the centre mix will sink a bit as it cools, so next time we will make sure to fill it right to the top. We also made the pie dough and for a first timer, who wasn't too fussed with specific weights/measurements, it turned out fine. I was actually quite surprised how well it turned out and am sure will be making more pie crusts in future instead of going to the supermarket. Highly recommended - I would make this dish again!
I've made Quiche Lorraine for at least 30 years from the recipe in the big Betty Crocker cookbook. I didn't think there was a better one until I tried Chef John's. The biggest difference was the addition of leeks and using Gruyere cheese. I used an applewood smoked Gruyere which gave it even more flavor. I'm not going to look any further. This is my "go to" Quiche Lorraine recipe A couple of people didn't like the mouth feel of this quiche, but that is what really good quiche is supposed to be like. It's the cream.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Chef John's Quiche Lorraine
Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
** Calories: 491
** Calories from Fat: 373
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Honestly, don't fret over it. I get it. Dear God, I get it. You've found a new god. Truthfully, I've seen this coming for awhile. I tried to deny it. I even tried to change it. (I have to admit, even in all my divine wisdom, I just did not see the whole MLK, contemporary prophet thing not working. But humans, YOU try to figure them out).
You know, there was a brief time there, just after 9/11 that I thought we were going to make it. I really thought you finally "got it." In the midst of chaos you sought out community. In the midst of anger and fear you united over differences and seemed to be hoping for a greater good. Good times. Hopeful, even.
It's OK, I understand why the new god in your life is so appealing. Sure, it hurts a little, but c'mon, I'm God. Seriously, I'll be OK. This new god of yours is all shiny and is promising you "prosperity." Let's face it, the certitude of the "prosperity" your new god offers has a particular kind of appeal that the hope of love, peace and grace that I offer you just can't touch. This new God of yours, he offers you everything without sacrifice (well, without sacrifice on your part; others will pay quite dearly), and admittedly I ask a lot of you. I ask you to lay down your life for the sake of others. I ask you to love your enemies and to be a servant of all. Honestly, I get why you want to be with him.
In a lot of ways, it's better like this for now. This relationship between us hasn't been very good for me either. Don't get me wrong, I still love you. You have no idea. But, honestly, you've been more of a user of me than a follower of me. I thought Jesus put it about as clearly as possible when he said, "you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me." Really, I thought that was pretty clear, but like I said, "Humans, YOU try to figure them out." You post My name on your money and even added Me to your pledge, but you deny the sacrifice it takes to follow Me every time a child dies of hunger in your nation of plenty, every time a person dies of a curable disease for lack of health insurance, every time you kill people to show them that killing people is wrong. Did you realize that both corporate profits and the poverty rate are growing? That's one Hell of a problem... and I'm finally getting the message.
You know when I really knew it was over? Or at least when I finally admitted it to Myself? In the last two debates. Please, don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. I'm God. I know you know. When they cheered for death. Twice. That's when I had to admit it. You see, I came to put an end to death, not celebrate it... at least not that way.
There were lots of tell tale signs. I just love you so much, so I guess I let myself overlook them. Take for instance, until recently it was only the things I created that were considered people, but now the things you've created are considered people. (How something as literally heartless as a Corporation can be treated as a person, in all of My infinite knowledge, I will never understand). I don't think you are actually playing God by doing it (much), but I do think you are denying Me and, in doing so, denying who I created you to be.
I'm not giving up, just giving in a bit, for now. I love you - so much. I will keep sending my prophets. You will know them by their love. If the people you follow are teaching you to hate and fear, to exclude people for any reason, then they are not sent by Me, even if they say they are. So, when your infatuation with this new god of extremism, nationalism, might-makes-right, and privilege is through using you... I'll still be here. Waiting. Loving.
My Peace, Love and Grace to you,
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I was looking for a higher capacity Solar System (400W or more). I found a really nice instructable. Heres a linkhttp://www.instructables.com/id/Apartment-Solar-System/
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This is great. With all the things going on around us about solar energy we forget that fundamentally solar energy is the natural evolution of the electricity, power and energy industry. If the consumer also becomes the generator and all are electricity self sufficient where solar solutions seem to be going then imagine what fantastic future we can build for ourselves.
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It is a fascinating project I would like to try. But I would need a whole lot more detail and pictures. Not skipping any steps.
Step 2 Connect the pos. and neg. multi meter clips to where/what on the cell?
Step 5 is really confusing. Needs more detail. It looks like you took tabbing wire and soldered it in one long strip across the negative face of the bits. Then placed the whole string of bits on a large piece of copper mesh. So that only accounts for the positive to pos. and neg. to neg. Is there some other wire that goes over and under the bits? Could you please add pictures of attaching the where the positive and neg. parts are also?
Step 6 & 7 it looks like the wire mesh has been cut into strips maybe a few inches long goes over and under--connecting pos. to neg. That makes it a little more clear. But Now it no longer looks like the tabbing wire is connecting pos to pos and neg. to neg.
Step 9 looks really pretty. But wouldn't the bits on the back side never get sun?
Step 10 . It looks like we are back to a large piece of wire mesh.
I'll check out some other DIY solar panel articles and add that info to your idea of using broken bits. As an artist I think I can make a really unusual and attractive solar collector. Thanks for the idea!
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No, it's actually kind of backwards from what you suggest, but you are right that it has to do with fame or popularity of something.
Specifically, the phrase is a reference to trends. When something is "trending down" or "losing popularity," it is said to be "on its way out." If it is a product, maybe it is still available in stores, but it isn't the most popular or talked about item and is losing momentum against some new trend.
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What is the future of the internal combustion engine?
Some people believe this engine will be phased out eventually. Others think it'll only get better and better as the years roll on. I think there's an an upper boundary to how much better it can become, and therefore there'll come a day when someone will build a museum for them. What do you think?
With electric vehicles on the horizon and battery technology improving each year, a bright future for these engines is becoming harder and harder to see.
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Sep 6 2013: Hie,
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Certainly IC Engines will get replaced completely by other means like Steam turbines or air compressors or Gas turbines in further 2 to 3 decades. One of the best live examples for this is JAGUAR's CX-75 concept car which has replaced ICE by Micro Gas Turbine Engine. And also one of the main reasons is whole the world looking towards the future of Electric Cars and Electric Bikes, in order to get zero emission and to protect ecological balance, where there will be no place for IC Engines. So I will strongly say that "there is a day which is an END for present Internal Combustion Engines (Piston-cylinder type) "
You can see about Jaguar's CX-75 concept car in the following links →
Sep 6 2013: Interesting idea of using a scale down turbine + electric hybrid. I wonder what the mass production cost would be for this technology outside the high performance car category? I looked for the mpg and saw that they was predicting 55. But I suspected that it was based on gas + electric calculations. I guessing the mpg is approximately 35 mpg based on the extended range figures versus the size of the fuel tank.
I believe this car tech is more about performance. An electric motor does not have to have a transmission and can out accelerate an ICE powered automobile. Jaguar not only gets to build a hybrid to look good, but they build one that blows the others away. It will be interesting although to see if this will lead to other technology that may pave the way for replacing the internal combustion piston powered engine.
Correct me if I am wrong but my estimate on mpg is based on the 560 extended miles and the 60 liter tank. 60 liters works out to be 15.8503 gallons. So 560 / 15.8503 = 35.330 mpg. When I throw in the extra 66 miles for EV that brings the total up to 39.494 mpge. This is about 15 mpg difference. The only other explanation is that Jaguar is expecting the driver would only burn 11.38 gallons between fillings.
Oh course the only way to know for sure is to do a live test instead of trying to extrapolate it from range vs fuel storage.Aug 26 2013: We mustn't overlook the emotional attachment we have to the ICE.
As bad as it is for the environment, it does provide a huge power to weight ratio.
Powered flight would not have developed without the ICE.
I'm sure the first time two prototype automobiles met at an intersection, the drivers wanted to see which was faster.
A capacitor would make sense, but all it would do is move pollution somewhere else.
What's more, a capacitor could be a disaster in a collision when several thousand joules shorted out at once.
The automobile designer would have to make the capacitor accessible to highly trained technicians ONLY.
This would not stop the Sunday racer from trying to make his vehicle go faster.
If you remember Nevil Shute's apocalyptic novel, On The Beach, the last gasp of the human race was an automobile race, and the Last Man on Earth shut the garage door, swallowed a poison pill, and started up his race car.
The metaphor was unmistakeable.
Rene Reyes
Aug 25 2013: Have you any idea of how many ICE (Internal Combustion Engines) are in existence worldwide? Do you really think a great new technology is going to replace the engines in South America or India or so many of the other 3rd world countries that are being squeezed out their natural resources? Yeah sure maybe when humanity grows a soul... But not for a long time like a thousand years... We can work with what we have and the rich can move into outer space and use fuel cells and electric engines but the other 10 billion have ICE, so lets make work with the water we have. H2O and a little electric = clean burning fuel... It's not rocket science...
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Aug 25 2013: Problem is, hydrogen production from water is a very inefficient process--most of it goes into heating the water, not breaking apart the molecular bonds. For every unit of energy you get in hydrogen fuel, you need to spend quite a few more in electricity.
Only way that'll be economical is if electricity turns cheap enough, and I'm not sure even nuclear fusion is capable of that particular feat while fossil fuels are still around as a cheap alternative.
Another possibility is that capacitor design will improve enough that you could just use the electricity to power a vehicle directly (the only thing really holding back electric cars today is battery technology). No hydrogen required.
The thing is with trying to predict technological advancement more than 5-10 years ahead, its like any prediction of the distant future. A fool's errand.
Aug 25 2013: That really was the case and 5 months ago I would have agreed with you. AquaTune uses the power from the intake manifold to help break apart the molecule rather than rely on electricity alone. Previously it took 10 to 12 amps of power to make 1.5 liters of hydrogen per minute but now they can produce 2.5 liters of hydrogen with only 1.5 amps of electricity on demand with NO storage necessary.
This tech does not seek to replace petrol but instead work as a combined fuel saving you 25 to 40%. That is real and significant dollar savings in your pocket every week. Wouldn't you rather save money than have to buy and electric car replacement. I love electric cars. They are quiet and make a lot of sense, but worldwide replacement is impracticality. There are many countries where the vehicles are from the 1950's. if you are rich and can afford "the savings" more power to you. Maybe the rich will buy electric cars for the poor from the kindness of their hearts.
I am not predicting just following the current and relevant technology. Many people still hold the notion that it takes more power the create perpetual motion than can be harnessed. That is a fool's errand. It closes the mind to the obvious, like the world is in a state of relative perpetual motion already, and all you have to do is plug in. Ie. wind turbines or geothermal power. The power is there already. Same with hydrogen. There are many low cost and novel ways to do what we previously thought couldn't be done or couldn't be done for another 5, 10, 20 or 100 years just sitting there looking at us and laughing at or lack of ingenuity.
Maybe the oil companies will just stop making fuel and use the oil for plastics, asphalt, toothpaste and everything else that requires some form of oil and humanity will recycle it vehicles in a utopian change of conscienceless. I would really like that.
Sep 5 2013: Research and read. Sounds good but doesn't work.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/gas-mileage/1802932Aug 25 2013: Hydrogen from electrolysis or other chemical processes can not solve the issue of fuel. Forget about clean coal, nuclear, H2, biofuels, etc.We need a new paradigm shift in our motor/generator design. We should simply forget about fuels, and concentrate R&D to convertion/transformation of electromagnetic waves such as IR radiations. Once the technological challenge is resolved here, our energy problems will be solved 4 ever. The beauty of fuelless electricity generation is NO WASTE, GARBAGE CLEAN UP required.
Check this journal article link: http://jrse.aip.org/1.2633039Amazing! Isn't it?
Aug 26 2013: Actually, it sounds from the article that you'll still need a source of heat to get any real amount of electricity together.
Which in most cases, means fuel.
We're still looking at a game changing technology once its made practical, but not quite on the scale you suggest.
Of course, who knows when it'll actually be practical. Nuclear fusion for example, has been twenty years away for the past fifty years now. Chances are that it even once its developed, it'll be some time before its made economical while they work out all the initial kinks that new technology inevitably comes with. It may never be economical at all--go figure how the market will look in twenty years. You just can't know those things in advance.
Aug 27 2013: Hello Nadav,I think the need for excessive heat is due the immaturity of the technology. Any body at temperature above 0K radiate IR. As nanotechnology develops and we become more able to manipulate or control magnetic waves in those tiny devices, the conversion of IR radiations to electricity useful for motors, generators, and even storage will drastically increase. Already, estimates put the efficiency at 80%. Pretty good when you consider that PV barely go beyond 20%. What's more interesting about IR radiation conversion to electrons is that bright sun is not required. Suddenly, you have 24 hour source of electricity, day & night.Aug 27 2013: Its not just about efficiency, its about effectiveness.
If say, I have a panel which converts IR to electricity even at a theoretically impossible 100%, the total output of ambient IR radiation it picks up is 100 watts, and I want switch on a toaster that uses 1000 watts. Either I need to increase the ambient IR (easiest way would be to burn a fuel), or I need to store the electricity in some manner, which can be something of a pain.
Some applications simply need a greater concentration of power than is practical to achieve with the energy of ambient IR.
Hence, you'll always need fuel. Or extra panels I suppose, but at a certain point (and probably rather early) you'll hit a balance where fuel+existing panels is cheaper.
Aug 27 2013: Yes, Nadav.
I agree.
It's true that concentration of power is needed for some applications. However, that's what storage (batteries, flywheels, capacitors) is for. With this combo (ambiaent IR + storage) you will not need fuel. If, on average, you collect 100w/h from ambiant IR, at the end of day (Remember IR is available day or night), u'll have collected 2400wh, more than enough to run your 1000w toaster for 1 or 2 hours. I bet you don't use toaster for 2 hours every day. You see! Happy now?Aug 27 2013: The idea that you can change an infrastructure without a catastrophic event is my first issue. Second you cannot enact broad change without the prospect of monetary gain. Solar is in a second decline in it's history. PV is all about real estate and financial return as well as is wind. Nuclear is stupid but only survive because of subsidy and even oil is subsidized through war and control.
The important challange is that of transistion and profitability; being clean and green is wonderful but doesn't have the force to change a culture in totalAug 24 2013: I foresee the end of combustion engine in less than 10 years. I think the misinterpretation of the law of conservation has clouded our technological mind, and our mind has limited the possibility of energy generation to closed systems. And yet, we all know that our planet, solar system, or galaxy are all open to the rest of universe with "infinite" energy.
What have we done to cheaply & conveniently access water? Do you know? We invented pipes that run from sources (rivers, lakes, etc) to wherever H2O is needed. And then when done, H2O is returned to sources. Imagine how foolish it would be to try to synthesize water through expensive chemical reactions? That's what we are doing with Energy. Pretty smart, eh eh eh!!! Maybe NOT
All that is required is to engineer a device that can collect the energy we need from this abundant, "infinite" source, universe. = open your mind, think, believe, and get to work =
Aug 25 2013: I agree Musole. but I'd modify your first sentence to read: "I foresee the BEGINNING of the end of the combustion engine in less than 10 years."
As a marine engineer I spent 40 years working with and operating Infernal Combustion Engines. The biggest problem, which can't be overcome with clean fuels, is that they're inherently very inefficient and the smaller they are the worse that efficiency is.
Aug 25 2013: Thanks Alan.I understand your hesitation due to clean fuel inefficiencies. What I am suggesting is to forget about fuels. Invest in serious research that exploit electromagnetic waves. For example, Direct "conversion or transformation" of Infra red radiations to electrons ==> Electricity.However to get there, we need a new understanding/teaching of what an electron is. Clue: Constituents/composition put aside, Hurricane is perfectly identical to an electron.Check the talk at 7 - 8 minutes or the journal article at the links:
1) http://www.ted.com/talks/justin_hall_tipping_freeing_energy_from_the_grid.html
2) http://solarenergyengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1473745
3) http://jrse.aip.org/1.2633039
Max Tully
Aug 24 2013: Industrial greed leaked the ICE onto civilian streets and with promises to take Man further and faster, "The Great Leveller" has just made us lazy. Once the last tank of gas runs empty, we will once again turn to industry for an impressive technology to covet.
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Renewable energy sources in nature [solar, wind, hygro] are not only very easy to hack into [subverting the revenue streams away from providers] but require $Trillions to develop the technology to meet our extravagant power demands. Biomass - great, looks good to us innocent folk on paper, very resourceful and convenient to use... but they can't sell us back our own s***.. Entrepreneurs and independents will swoop to make money out of something so easily attainable.
Hydrogen, if it were readily available in the same abundance that it exists in our cosmos, would be an exquisite solution. However the best way we have to obtain it is from Natural Gas, and the process produces about half as much CO2 as burning coal, while also being 3x as costly... Alas, pure H20 emissions sounded so neat.
It is of course neat opportunities for monetisation that drive Energy companies: swap gas stations for (very) high speed charging docks, swap ICEs for battery-powered motors, and swap non-renewables for Nuclear power. Charging stations are very low-tech (goodness knows how we'd address safety issues with hydrogen pumps/canisters) so franchisees will swarm to deliver the Nuclear-sourced 'fuel' [electricity] with greater ease than engine-fuel.
Completely key is that the method of delivery [recharging] is already established, it makes it very easy for car-manufacturers to pick up the slack on their end of development... But so too is Nuclear energy. It will be more expensive than ICEs - with vehicles tuned for efficiency not performance - but cars were only ever going to be a flash in the pan "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty - a fad."
thomas Lewis
Aug 24 2013: As much as I love the internal combustion engine,it is not very efficient,most of the heat energy goes out the exaust.On the other hand,electric motors are very efficient ,I'm guessing twice as efficient as a internal combustion engine.The problem is the batteries,they just haven't reached the capacity to drive 600 miles and most people feel uncomfortable driving a electric car full time.I think because of the battery capacity,the car manufactures are in a wait and see,they have a few products ,because they know at some point batteries will become better.But trust me,in 20 years we will have electric cars that are capable of going 600 miles on a single charge and the infrastructure to charge them.
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Aug 26 2013: Technology will get us there:
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Whisky Delta
Aug 15 2013: The internal combustion engine will become obsolete. It's inefficiency will take it to it's grave. Sure, they will be around for a while like tube televisions are today. Too many moving mechanical parts.Sep 14 2013: Iwas told a few years ago way before technology is at the level it is now that water could be used to run an engine for any car/vehicle. Water has never been used as a fuel because it is available virtually worldwide , so what would oil companies do then? I wonder does anybody now , if this is possible in this day and age?Sep 14 2013: Electric motors can can be very robust and dependable. The Diesel locomotives that pull trains are actually a diesel generator-electric motor hybrid system. But the Achilles heel is how we going to power the electric motor. Batteries have several problems.
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1. Cost. Due to subsidies, many people are not aware of the hidden cost and are hit with the gotcha cost when they have to replace them without the subsidy. I believe this would lead to used battery/electric cars (and hybrids with batteries) being dumped on used car lots to pass that cost on to the new owner.
2. Disposal. As the tech is being pushed, batteries are becoming more exotic and possibly more toxic.
3. Batteries take too long to recharge.
4. Some batteries are a fire hazard when shorted or if they get water in them. There was a case of a damaged car from a accident with a Lithium-Ion battery. It was sitting in a lot and got rained on causing it to catch fire destroying it. and the surrounding cars.
5. Time and cost to build enough charging stations across the country for electric cars be adopted. I am not sure if the battery tech can be improved enough to overcome these hurtles. It is coming down to physics and chemistry as much of the limiting factor.
But if any other tech ever overcomes these issues I would be glad to step up and buy a electric car. By other tech I mean
1. A super capacitor dense enough to hold a charge for 200+ miles, and enough charging stations to service travelers. Some feature for safely discharging the capacitor in an accident may be needed.
2. An economical means to split water into hydrogen and oxygen for a fuel cell/electric cars. And enough hydrogen refueling stations to service travelers. Also I would want to be assured of the robustness of the fuel cell vs the cost of replacement.
As for splitting hydrogen there is some new experiments using other means than brute force of electricity. I am hoping one day one of these will pan out.Sep 14 2013: I expect that the internal combustion engine will be used for generations to come unless there is a game-changing development in battery technology.
In the future: Internal combustion engines will run on renewable bio fuels such as ethanol derived from algae. Hybridization will become mainstream, although the size of the electric system will usually be smaller than in today's hybrid vehicles. And the full-fuel-cycle efficiency of future internal combustion engine powered vehicles will be surprisingly better.Sep 14 2013: Yes I agree the next generations will see them in Museums.....There is lot to be done , discovered..... like anti gravitational forces, harnessing of matter energy.
once the energy equation is solved the future for Human kind will be great.....discovering the great energy, how dose the cosmos is created , how do life gets in the consicious bodies, what is the nature of consciousness, is it possible to trace this consciousness in their different pilgrimages...is there is a four dimensional world.
Discovering this huge area will make todays discoveries as primitive as the whole energy related solutions will be at least known.Sep 13 2013: Two unusually interesting possibilities:
Sep 14 2013: Thank you for this link. I wish I had known about this technology in April as the corporation I work for had an open forum on sustainability. I suggested that unless the oil markets collapse they should invest in replacing their fleet with a new motor. I suggested the ecomotor but wished I had the information on MYT which seems a better option considering their power requirements. The MYT servo it seems can have an additional purpose that needs to be explored. With the kind of power output it would be ideal as the power source for industrial robots or prosthetic/bionics or mobility chairs. A TED talk on DARMA inventions had a product of a robotic camel which if it had the MYT motor could be self sufficient using local cooking oil. This is just my opinion but it will be hard to replace the standard combustion motor for the financial gains it creates for dealers, who rely on a complex motor to need complex servicing.
Tao P
Sep 13 2013: Take it out back and shoot it!
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It's a inefficient mini-power plant that heats your car more than it moves the wheels. It's far better to burn oil in an industrial size power plant which is far more efficient and can capture some of the emissions that go out it's chimney's.Sep 12 2013: What a great topic!
I am in support of the phasing out of the internal combustion engine . However it has been demonstrated vehicles powered by hydrogen or electricity have the same, or greater, carbon footprint.
Where's my hoverboard?
Tao P
Sep 13 2013: I don't think you are correct about electric cars having a greater carbon footprint. Perhaps there is slightly to build them but the ICE requires a vast amount of regulating apparatuses to keep it from destroying itself. All the engine oil and coolant is due to the incredible heat produced when the gas explodes. Electric cars who few moving parts: wheels and a drive train. Minimal maintenance, minimal cost, minimal footprint.Sep 9 2013: As long as there are supporters of people and companies that want to investigate alternatives I think ice's will eventually become obsolete, however I don't think electric powered vehicles will stand the test of time either, electricity will still need to be generated to power the engines.Sep 8 2013: They are already on the way out, and I hope to see the end of them in my lifetime.Sep 8 2013: Shell are giving the ICE around 50 years before it will have been substantially replaced, and are predicting – and planning for – hydrogen fuel cell power as the ultimate replacement. They have been thinking about this harder and longer than most, understand the limits on further efficiency gains for ICEs in minute detail, and see hybrids and BEVs as intermediate solutions. This time scale is also nicely aligned with 'running down' the world's inventory of ICEs, adding to the efficiency of the transition to other power types.
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At the same time, trends such the next wave of emerging LDCs and the growth of micro-manufacturing could see the persistence of the ICE in regions with cheap and easy access to oil or other hydrocarbon (waste) feedstocks and infrastructure. The expensive and wasteful global transportation of fuel could be supplanted by regional production and distribution, creating a diverse landscape of automotive energy sources and powertrain designs around the world.Sep 7 2013: The major use of the internal combustion engine will fade but not go away. There will be jobs and locations where it will still have advantages over the electric engine. i.e. locations where there is a sparse populations like northern alaska, canada.Sep 6 2013: As an answer to what could be the death of the ICE is cost of fuel. If fuel costs keeps going up to where in the future people are not able to afford the fuel then they may have to park/abandon their cars for other means of travel. In Japan many people in the cities can afford a car but can't afford the space to park them, so they use mass transit instead. We may end up having to adjust our travel habits in this country (U.S.) if fuel becomes too expensive.Sep 6 2013: I believe that what ever replaces the ICE will have to meet certain criteria.
1 It has to be economical enough. If too expensive, people will never adopt it. This also applies to the infrastructure to support it. It will have to be cost effective to replace the gas stations etc that supports the ICE. Henry Ford made the automobile cheap enough for the masses. This represented a new freedom to travel that totally changed society.
2. It has to match the ICE capabilities. For example If new tech takes too long to refuel (or recharge) then that will be an obstacle to the very freedom of travel that people have grown to take for granted. They will reject it. The new tech will have to be able match the power of the ICE. Not everyone's needs can be met with little cars. For example the rancher, or the landscaper has to have enough power to pull trailers with animals or equipment.
Whatever does replace the ICE may have to do so slowly over time because:
* The time it would take to build the new support infrastructure
* The time for people to learn to accept it. It may take a couple generations to make the migration.
There were many people in the early 1900s who was distrustful of the automobile and stuck to horses.
For many families, it took another generation to adopt the automobile.
* The new tech may need time to mature; to work all the bugs out.Sep 6 2013: Read that a long time ago. It's old news and the system has evolved to actually surpassing expectations But it's ok for you to believe it will never work. You should follow where the US Army and Airforce are spending money in renewable energy alternatives for vehicles. Instead of me telling you I suggest your read and research....Sep 5 2013: Like the buggy whip, the crank telephone along with party lines, the film camera, and the manual typewriter, the internal combustion engine will one day be something in museums or your crazy uncle still uses. What will replace it? Contributors have added numerous possibilities. I give the ICE maybe 50 years, maybe two generations. Someone in the writings stated it would take a 1000 years to be completely replaced. Well since they only last a couple dozen years, once there is a competitive alternative be it chemical, electrical, atomic, etc.;the ICE will be out in one generation.Sep 4 2013: There is very little doubt that basing our technology on fossil fuels is not much short of a suicide pact for humanity; it dooms Earth to many of the problems that the greenies spout off about. What is needed is an alternative energy source, of which there are many. Embracing one or several of them will, while providing us with the opportunity to avoid massive atmospheric carbon dioxide overload, almost certainly spawn new technologies not yet dreamed of.
The biggest problem we have in achieving that, though, is that the Big Energy people will have to give up trillions of dollars in profits if that happens. Naturally, they are not likely to 'go quietly into the night' ... they'll fight true progress tooth and nail to preserve their place at the top of the economic food chain.Sep 1 2013: It is a dead end since the resources for it are very limited and the pollution it causes is very bad all round. It had its day and needs to be upgraded to something better. The problem here has been the tendency to spend very little time and money on alternatives when there seemed to be an endless supply. This creates inertia which is typical; of human beings in their comfort zone. Imagine if alternatives had been thoroughly research say 40 years ago then we would by now have a thriving energy supply from other sources.Sep 1 2013: I would like to see a revival of the steam driven car, like the Stanley Steamer. At the turn of the 20th century, a kerosene boiler was needed to heat the water sufficiently and after about 15-20 minutes you could go. These days I'm sure that lag time could be drastically reduced. With that said, there could be things other than gasoline that could make engines more efficient and extend the usefulness of the internal combustion engine for a long time to come.
Sep 3 2013: I remember some time back reading that BMW was experimenting with a steam/internal combustion engine hybrid. They are working to convert wasted heat from the exhaust and radiator of an internal combustion engine to drive a steam turbine to supplement power to the drive train. They reported a 15% gain in fuel efficiency.
I understand that in the 1920s some steam cars was still being built. I was told that the Baker Steam Car (Not to be confused with Baker Electric) could start with a minute of heating though I could not find any proof of this on the Internet. I did find a video of a 1925 Doble Steamer that could start with 2 minutes of heating. The video is Jay Leno (owner) explaining the tech and demonstrating it.
Sep 3 2013: there are also 6 stroke engines, for example the crower design. interesting concept. these designs are viable from an engineering standpoint, but pose serious discomfort for the user, and thus not marketable.Aug 29 2013: While the civilization on this planet remains oriented largely around the wheel and fire for the creation of energy, the internal combustion energy has a long and healthy life ahead of it
Our imaginations seem to remain more focused on finding alternative and sustainable fuel sources to turn that wheel. Nuclear energy, the new age, has probably reached its zenith to be replaced by more benign energy sources - possibly the "green age" where the internal combustion engine will still have a place.Aug 29 2013: nothing lasts forever. engines and motors are the main ways we harvest fossil fuel energy. engines are a means to an end. what exactly is that end, or goal? there are other ways to achieve the goals we new use engines and motors to achieve. there are the ways humans have been using for millennia. and there will be new and different ways to achieve these goals without engines and motors.
www.work4sustenance.blogspot.comAug 28 2013: I just received this notice in a RSS feed. It is about Toyota has built a hybrid electric car that is using a super capacitor. See: http://newsroom.toyota.eu/pressrelease/3583//toyota-yaris-hybrid-r-420hp-hybrid-powertrain-details
Capaciter has a higher density than a NiMh battery.
Front wheels: 300hp 4-cylinder 1.6 turbo engine
Rear wheels: each has a 60hp electric motor.Aug 27 2013: IC engines will stay. We have many replacements to Diesel and Gasoline. Some fossil fuels do give better efficiency and cleaner burning like Natural Gas and Butane/Propane. Renewable options are Biodiesel and Ethanol. There will be technological developments to improve ICE It is easier to replace a fuel than the whole vehicle.
Electric vehicle will slowly be more common as battery capacity increases, speed increases and overall cost is lower or comparable to IC automobiles.Aug 25 2013: It is the unfortunate truth that people aren't aware that the internal combustion engine is perfect for future use to burn hydrogen, either pure, mixed with gas or deisel, or with oxygen and water. Take a look at Aqua tune to understand that the combustion engin and hydrogen can actually be a benefit to humanity. Dd you know that when you mix hydrogen with gasoline that all of the gas is burned with NO carbon emissions? Did you know that that not only will you not make carbon emissions but you you will also ionize the air behind your tailpipe, thereby cleaning the polluted air already out there. Did you know that by mixing hydrogen in your fuel that your engine will operate at a lower temperature and will burn all of the carbon and oil deposits making your engine last longer. No I think that that a little wisdom will help combustions engines stay and persist in out world for a long time...Aug 24 2013: I once read a 100 year old newspaper. The mayor had contributed an article, stating that growing the city's population would result in an unmanageable issue of what to do with horse dung. This was serious conundrum. Mountains of horse dung would have to transported to the provinces. An effluent tax would have to be administered.
Then came the horseless carriage and these issues – just went away!
Nobody considered renewable recourses, environmental impact. These problems were way in the future.
To be dealt with by decedents of engineers and policy makers.
This issue "Technology versus environment" will always be there
And if by accident or re-engineering we resolve the issue – it will re-appear down the track.Aug 24 2013: the time for using internal combustion engines has passed. we are at a place, technologically, where they are not necessary. there are other more efficient and cost effective ways of transportation that can be used today to replace the internal combustion engine.
with the rise of urban populations around the world, mass transit and human powered transportation (i.e. bicycles) are more efficient and cost effective. within cities, vehicles are responsible for a great deal of the air pollution. then there are other adverse effects that come from things like motor oil, gasoline/diesel fuel, paints, metals, tires, electronics and other waste. cars are not necessary in cities. a person can walk or bike locally and use a mass transit system for longer trips.
the internal combustion engine should go the way of the cave. humans no longer need to live in caves. we can now construct more efficient dwellings. technology has afforded us this opportunity. now we should move beyond burning fossil fuel for our transportation and the internal combustion engine should become a footnote in the history books.Aug 23 2013: You know they would make a real nice fish reef for a few years.Aug 23 2013: There will be better engines. Just reflect a bit on engines history shall we? first true engine is the steam power, provide kinetic energy by generating and regulating steam, it is slow to start and bulky, yet it's the majority engine type at that time. nowadays steam engine belong in some type of power plants and the museum. then comes the age of combustion engine, it's much more compact than steam engine for the same power ratio, run on more active chemical reaction, faster to start and nowadays engine can be very smooth, efficient and quiet on the run. but there are limits into it: it involve lots of moving parts and eventually reach its minimum possible size. now in 10 or 20 years the electromagnetic based engine will be more prevalent. it has less moving parts, operate at lower temperature and has better efficiency, and probably manufactured out of 3D printer. but it's not the end. as we understand more about other types of energy fields, there will come engines utilizing probably gravity fields, with even much smaller size providing huge kinetic push, probably enough to levitate. just wait a couple more hundred years into it :) but there will be better engines. it's more on better technology rather than availability of fuel. since steam is still well available nowadays.Aug 23 2013: they can run on alcohol or methane which can be produced from renewable resources by individuals with minimal expense and without great technology, and they are 100% green. while the internal combustion engine may be outdated in theory, it is still all over the place and what society around the world is geared to use. therefore change the source of energy and you change the dynamics of society.Aug 18 2013: Internal combustion engines represent a thermodynamic cycle, cycles are always governed with a reversible efficiency, it's better to find a device that converts fuel into dynamic movement without dealing with a cycle, but what kind of process would it be??
We can consider fuel cells, which are basically electro-chemical cells that convert fuel's energy directly into electricity, and since electricity is a desired form of power and can be converted into kinetic energy very easily and efficiently, it's a possibility that this technology can be the new type of engines ahead of us.
I'm a huge fan of internal combustion engines, but soon it will be history.Aug 17 2013: Internal combustion using fossil fuels is a limited technology whose days are numbered for the simple reason that it is in limited supply. Most sources now cost more to get the fuel out of the ground and to market every day. Frakking just sweeps up the dregs that conventional drilling won't get. The question here is what comes next. I think that will the many technologies out there, that the replacement will largely depend on the application. Petroleum power plants in the US are all but gone already, replaced largely by coal and natural gas. Natural gas or hydrogen gas have increased hazards for moving engines because of their volatility and risks innate to automobile travel. Biofuels are an idea, for either internal combustion or fuel cells. We can go with innovations in batteries and use electric cars. We can store energy in the form of compressed air to drive a car. We can use capacitors to make electric cars more effective. Some of these will work better with passenger vehicles than with construction equipment or large cargo haulers. It may be that most diesel engines will be replaced with on technology and most gasoline engines with another. We need to evaluate the performance standards we are looking for in each technology. Petroleum was a compromise solution that has worked well enough for now. Now it is time to find a better solution that will take us into the next century and beyond.
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Sep 6 2013: Gas Turbine Engines.. Just check out Jaguar's CX-75 concept car !Aug 17 2013: Air compressed engines.
Aug 23 2013: And where do you get the compressed air?Aug 15 2013: Batteries for electric motors are crap honestly. The power to weight is atrocious; they're always over weight and underpowered compared to their internal combustion counterparts, and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Also, unless you re-charge them on energy made in a nuclear, geothermal or hydro plant, you're not really earning all that much. Someone else will be burning the fossil fuels for you, is all (solar and wind are both garbage in terms of energy per cost).
If capacitor technology improves drastically in the future, we may have something. Otherwise, the internal combustion engine is here to stay, seeing that hydrogen fuel cells are still a pipe dream.
Aug 15 2013: be careful with predictions. suppose the energy/mass ratio of batteries increase 20% a year. it means the ratio doubles every 4 years. quadruples in 8 years. all bow to the power of the exponential function!
Aug 15 2013: Except it doesn't. At all.
This isn't transistor's density, something similar to Moore's law doesn't apply.
You're very much limited by the chemistry and physics of these things. Unless some fundamental shift in the way we construct our batteries occurs, the sort of increase you're talking about isn't even theoretically possible.
That's one of the reasons that people are talking about developments in capacitors, rather than batteries. New developments put the capacitor's theoretical limit a lot higher. You'd have to ask an expert in the field (or least ask professor google) to get more specific details.
Aug 23 2013: Capacitor development seems still needs a few more jump before can be practically applied to replace batteries. concept of batteries (storing energy in a more innert forms for using it later) are on practical stage and making more sense to develop it further. and so called fundamental shift may well be sooner that we all think. try nano crystal lithium-ion that will double the capacity of standard lithium ion. or lithium-air which could power vehicles up to 1000 miles before recharging with it's precursor sodium-air already on the market. not to mention highly efficient (yet bulky) liquid metal battery. regardless which power source available, what we need is better electricity to kinetic converter, perhaps something better than standard dynamo :)Aug 17 2013: A battery is simply an energy storage device. The standard chemical battery is seriously limited, but it is only one simple sort of energy storage. Solar energy only works if you can store it for later use. Some people use chemical batteries for this, and others are looking into other things. Energy can be stored in the form of compressed gas, such as air. It can be used to separate oxygen from hydrogen so the hydrogen can be used to power cars as a fuel, either for combustion or through a more efficient fuel cell. There are also other ways to build chemical batteries. There is at least one group that is creating a liquid battery where the fluid can be replaced, as quickly as a fuel tank is filled, with a freshly charged liquid. The fluid would be recycled through your engine to drive it and when the charge runs down you go to a station where it is swapped with fresh stuff, while they put your used stuff into a recharging tank. It is foolish to try to compare the performance of a new technology to one that has been around for over a century. Petroleum based internal combustions days are numbered. The question today is what are we going to replace it with.Aug 15 2013: Instead of batteries, I would like to see a capacitor designed to run a electric car. You could charge the car in the fraction of the time it would take a battery. The charge would be limited mainly by the conductors and charging station. If I take a trip of 500 miles, I do not want to have to stop halfway for hours to recharge. Instead with a capacitor you could recharge in a fraction of a hour. Perhaps a capacitor could be made using ceramics.
John Mauren
Aug 15 2013: You mean... this?
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"NPL have overcome this issue, as part of a Technology Strategy Board funded project. The outcome is a capacitor, called HITECA, that can operate close to normal efficiency at over 200oC, significantly higher than any other capacitor on the market. It also offers a high energy density -- the measure of how much energy it can store."
"The most promising materials were optimised to achieve the desired properties. The resulting capacitor is created from a ceramic, based on doped-BiFeO3 compound."
High Temperature Capacitor Could Pave the Way for Electric Vehicle
Aug. 6, 2013
Aug 23 2013: density is one thing, discharge rate is another. today's capacitor is no where near discharge rate of a standard alkaline batteries, hence the alkaline batteries stay for a little longer :)
Vincent B
Aug 26 2013: They will use these:
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August 2013:
"Monash University researchers have developed a completely new strategy to engineer graphene-based supercapacitors (SC), making them viable for widespread use in renewable energy storage, portable electronics and electric vehicles."
John Mauren
Aug 26 2013: Ahhh! You found it!
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I was trying to find that article in response to Eko Fadhillah's post, but it wasn't turning up in the search engine provided by the source I first stumbled upon it on. It's amazing where technology is going, and graphene is seemingly popping up with new applications all the time.
thanks for posting that!Aug 14 2013: IC engines can't be isolated, it will continue its use over years
just the fact remains that in future it will not use its conventional energy sources as petrol or diesel, rather than that it will work on ethanol and methanol which we will obtain by organic waste


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I have heard before that ありがとう came from the word "obrigado" in Portuguese. Is this true and is there any evidence to support this, or is it an old wives' tale?
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It is false. ありがとう came from adjective ありがたい, which was ありがたし in classical Japanese and dates back much earlier than any loanwords from Portuguese appeared in Japanese.
Word ありがたし appeared in Makura no Sōshi (1002), although I hope that someone with access to large dictionaries can post earlier references. Loadwords from Portuguese in Japanese started appearing in the 16th century.
See also the comment to this answer by Dono. Honestly speaking, I think that it is better than this answer.


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Guest blog by Nancy Perry, Senior Vice President of Government Relations
Yesterday was the National Day of the Horse, designated by the U.S. Senate in 2004 as a day for "people of the United States to be mindful of the contribution of horses to the economy, history and character of the United States." This led me to take stock of how our nation is doing when it comes to equine protection. While there have been advances in horse protection, much work remains to be done.
A 2012 national poll found that 80% of American voters oppose horse slaughter. Even though the last domestic horse slaughter plants have closed, the slaughter of American horses has continued in Canada and Mexico. Attempts made this year to resume horse slaughter in the U.S. were thwarted by massive public opposition. Legislation to ban these practices awaits action in Congress.
This spring, media attention focused on the plight of racehorses. A New York Times investigation detailed the tragedies befalling these equine athletes as a result of widespread drugging. Congress quickly introduced legislation to address this root cause of catastrophic injuries, and we continue to press for its passage.
We worked to draft a new piece of legislation to clamp down on "soring"—the practice of inflicting pain in horses' legs and hooves so severe that they move with an unnaturally high-stepping gait. This new bill was introduced in Congress this year to amend the Horse Protection Act and end soring once and for all.
While New York City continues to allow the shameful and dangerous practice of driving carriage horses on congested city streets, the ASPCA has backed a pilot program to replace those vulnerable animals with vintage, electric cars. This project is gaining momentum but has not yet replaced the antiquated urban horse-drawn carriage. We continue seeking ways to implement alternatives to the suffering of these noble creatures.
Though Congress recognized wild horses as living symbols of the American West in 1971, competition for public land use has threatened the welfare of our last mustangs. In 2004, a backroom deal led to the amendment of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act permitting the sale of these iconic animals for the first time. This exception allowed over 1,700 mustangs to be sold to notorious pro-slaughter buyer Tom Davis (a devastating discovery made earlier this year). Many fear those horses were sent to slaughter, despite the Bureau of Land Management's policy against such an action. In response to this incident, the agency just announced reforms to prevent such tragedies in the future—but it may be too little, too late. The ASPCA calls for an end to the sales program and a return to the preservation focus of the Act.
In 2004, when the U.S. Senate recognized December 13 as the National Day of the Horse, it called America to action, stating "horses are a vital part of the collective experience of the United States and deserve protection and compassion." We at the ASPCA pledge to remain committed to this challenge and will ensure you know when and how you can join us in fighting for our beloved horses.


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