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Nothing going on now is any different than it has been since 2004 - bad drafts, erratic and many times desperate free agent signings, arrogance and a tin ear throughout the entire organization, badly flawed schemes, reckless coordinator hires, the same hideous game day coaching, and on and on.
Think about it - take away the uncharacteristic (and glorious) Garcia run in 2006, the final day luck in 2008, and Vick's brief 2010 streak, and what do you really have since we appeared in Jacksonville? Eight years of mediocrity. Dress it up any way you want, but the record speaks for itself, and all the signs were there for all to see, if they chose to.
The door should have been shown to Reid, along with McNabb, after 2007, when it was crystal clear that he had run out of ideas, and his way had proven beyond any doubt that it was not a plan that could win a championship.
We would have been five years removed from the stench of this group - who knows what great things might have been achieved here during that stretch? We only know one thing with absolute certainty - the trophy case would have no fewer Lombardi trophies than it currently does.
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DaveSpadaro, on 16 November 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:
1st and 10, Foles throws for 7 yards and gets decked by Ware. 2 and 3, your rookie QB is dusting himself off and you have Shady in the backfield. Can you guess what the next play call was?
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DaveSpadaro, on 16 November 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:
My point wasn't the run/pass ratio my point was Marty continuing to proclaim a bunch of catch phrase crap about run / pass ratios thinking the fans are idiots and have any faith in what he says or does about it and then never changing the way they do things when those have now failed miserably for 2 years
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Hey Dave! These doofus-brains didn't recognize the sarcasm. Any chance you could be a little more obvious?
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It was what it was............Happy New Year...
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I think you could say that about pretty much everyone in this organization.
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"As far as volume, we talked several times already," Mornhinweg said. "There are certain things he can do very, very well. Certainly, we'll play to his strengths. What we think are his strengths, and what his strengths are."
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JRoy, on 18 November 2012 - 08:19 PM, said:
'Da hell????!!!!
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Runtherock, on 17 November 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:
I'm consistently surprised when people place blame on Morningwood. I mean, he's probably not pounding the table for a 50/50 offense (and almost no offensive coordinator would), but his play calling has been relatively balanced compared to what we've seen in the past. He's going to move on when Reid is fired in a few weeks, but he's a loyal soldier and an extension of Reid. What he does on offense is what he's been instructed to do. What he says in his press conferences is a boilerplate defense of Reid's philosophy. He's running Reid's offense roughly how Reid wants him to run it.
I don't have the stats in front of me, but I'm pretty certain they've run the ball more since Marty has been calling plays than they typically did under Reid.
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An investigation into the UK's largest ever mass stranding of common dolphins has identified military activity as the most probable cause – although no single activity can be definitively linked to the stranding.
Twenty-six common dolphins died after becoming stranded in the Fal Estuary in Cornwall, southwest England on 9 June, 2008, while a similar number were refloated by volunteers. An investigation into the cause of their deaths (pdf format) by Paul Jepson at the Zoological Society of London and his colleagues has ruled out a lengthy list of possible causes:
• Infectious disease
• Pollution
• Decompression sickness
• Attack by killer whales or bottlenose dolphins
• High-intensity acoustic inputs from seismic airgun arrays or natural sources
However, documents obtained under the UK Freedom of Information act have provided researchers with unprecedented access to military records of navy activity in the area. While there is no evidence of physical injury to the dolphins caused by sonar, "what we are left with is a mass stranding and a naval exercise – we have ruled out pretty much everything else," Jepson says.
The UK navy had been conducting exercises in the area several days before the stranding, and on the morning of the stranding itself. Jepson suspects that these may have driven the dolphins closer to shore than normal, and that something then caused them to panic and beach.
Sound damage
Military sonar has previously been linked to strandings of cetaceans elsewhere and is known to temporarily deafen dolphins.
However, the Ministry of Defence says that routine exercises including sonar activity had ceased 60 hours before the onset of the stranding and cannot therefore have directly triggered the event. It says it is prepared to work with researchers to further explore how its activities might affect cetacean behaviour.
Sarah Dolman of the UK's Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society believes they should go even further.
"We are calling for the Ministry of Defence to conduct a full and transparent environmental assessment of all of its activities in this exercise area and in all exercise areas that it operates in," Dolman says. "The post mortem results have shown us that those dolphins that died were healthy animals prior to stranding. Something frightened them ashore, way up inside the river system, where this species is not generally known to go."
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Not In My Name
Wed Jun 17 13:14:16 BST 2009 by georgie lyng
We are engaged in environmental war. Dolphins killed by military sonar ? Not In MY Name.
Not In My Name
Wed Jun 17 14:08:23 BST 2009 by Think Again
Guess the military isn't satisfied with killing people...
After reading stuff like this, I want my tax money back. Wont feel bad about exploiting every loophole in future seeing as military is over half trillion this year. What a waste.
Not In My Name
Wed Jun 17 14:10:00 BST 2009 by Jason
To think the navy denied this for so many years - and all along they know it.
Guess lying is a pre-requisite to becoming admiral.
Not In My Name
Wed Jun 17 14:28:36 BST 2009 by Michael P
I feel compelled to point out at this point, and at any point where people go around blaming the Army for everything, is that even if the highest rank in the Navy is Admiral, his boss is a politician. And we all know that lying certainly is a pre-requisite to becoming a politician. We can blame the army/navy, but it is the politicians and this government that have known for years and done nothing about it whilst promoting themselves as being on the conservationists side. Same deal with war I am affraid, it is easy to blame the Army, but the ruling party are the ones that decide when we go to war and what we do, not the Army.
Not In My Name
Wed Jun 17 14:55:33 BST 2009 by michael
too right the men and women who serve the army,navy or air force are just normal people like you and me who probly feel alot more guilty than they should do as it is without the puplic spoutin comments like these,be mad at the system man.
Not In My Name
Thu Jun 18 00:57:41 BST 2009 by Think Again
Sure politicians are garbage, and the companies that fund them, starting wars and everything.
But if a person does the work of these forces, they they're also serving the evil.
Conscience has always been the responsibility and duty of the individual.
So yes, soldiers are responsible for what they decide to do. This is of course with the understanding that they are usually young, poor, preyed on by recruiters and noble sounding slogans, and are ordered into unjust wars and 'operations' by rich, intelligent, demons.
Why Won't They Own Up To It !
Wed Jun 17 14:25:12 BST 2009 by Mary Alice Pollard
Over and over again I hear that the Navy had ceased firing 60 hours before the stranding, this is an absolute non thruth. We are not all deaf here on the Roseland ... the firings were heard the day before as well as the day and days afterwards ! To witness such a horrific loss of life is something that will remain with me forever. It was always a dream of mine to see dolphins wild and free in the oceans - this was a living nightmare for them and all of us who were there on the scene. http://outdoors.webshots.com/slideshow/563744580roxVmf
is the link to the whole tragic day through my eyes. May we never see the likes of this again !
Does It Cause Harm
Wed Jun 17 19:22:14 BST 2009 by Ron
Has anybody actually done test to see if sonar is the problem it would be simple
1. put dolphin in tank
2. test its hearing
3. subject it to sonar
4. test it's hearing again
this is a real questions and if it's true then we will have to make value judgments because the military has to practice.
Does It Cause Harm
Wed Jun 17 22:43:28 BST 2009 by Brandon benkosky
interesting, I think it's Preaty obvious the damage done when the navy blasts 1000db sound underwater. As for needing a navy to test and train like this? What the bleep for? Nobody is going to atack us with subs. Sounds like the navy is a spoiled kid with destructive toys. It should be illeagal for them to use active sonar unless there is a wartime situation. Just as it is illeagal to break the sound barrier in planes above continents.
Does It Cause Harm
Thu Jun 18 15:47:59 BST 2009 by Ron
I'm sorry but pretty obvious and assumptions are not prove. I believe that people would rather place a blame than actually test because it might prove them wrong, that goes for both sides of thsi and many other debates. The simple test I outline would give real world scientific results. With real results ral actions can take place.
Does It Cause Harm
Thu Jun 18 21:20:25 BST 2009 by Jason D
nobody is going to attack us with subs? what information do you base that statement upon? just because we're fighting terrorists now doesn't mean we'll never have to fight a real war again. I want my military to be ready for ANY possible threat. if you disagree you're a douchebag
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Matt Kemp will make his trot from center field to the Dodger Stadium dugout today and every inning he will have a question for a grounds-crew member. He doesn't even have to ask.
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"Three years ago Trevor and I met and since then it's been all love," Kemp said. "We text as much as we can. When I do something good, he'll text me, and when he does something good, I'll text him. I like to see him do good. This is his breakout year. He's an athlete.
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Kemp has an Ariza jersey, and Ariza has a Kemp jersey. Ariza has yet to attend a Dodgers game this year, but he said he will when the Finals are done.
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"Matt, that's my boy," Ariza said. "Since he got here and I got here, we've been hanging out heavy. We root for each other. We want to see each other do well. He texted me after we won in Denver and closed the series. He called me and told me to bring the ring home.
"If they keep doing what they're doing, we'll be watching them too."
It's something the two have discussed in the offseason. Both are young players who are having breakout seasons. Kemp has been made highlight catch after highlight catch in center field and is batting .310 with six home runs and 30 RBIs. Ariza played his way into the Lakers' starting lineup and has been a pleasant surprise, especially in the playoffs, where he's averaging 11.4 points and 1.5 steals per game.
"It's special," Kemp said. "Me and him are in the same boat. We're the same age in the big city trying to do big things. He's trying to win an NBA championship, and I'm trying to win a World Series."
The Dodgers have the best record in baseball at 36-18 coming into Thursday. The Lakers need to win just four games against the Orlando Magic to capture the NBA title.
The only time the Lakers and Dodgers have both won a championship in the same year since the franchises moved to Los Angeles was in 1988. The Dodgers haven't won a World Series title since then.
It's not just Kemp and Ariza who are fans. Joe Torre went to Game 4 in Denver - the Dodgers were in town for a series against the Coloardo Rockies - and he's been to one game at Staples Center. Torre isn't a big basketball fan, but he's impressed with the body control players possess. Lamar Odom, who loves baseball, has been to Dodgers games this season.
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Here are the winners in Tuesday's elections for Chattanooga City Council:
District 1 – Chip Henderson
District 2 – Jerry Mitchell
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Even so, Chattanooga's city council affects its residents' daily lives perhaps more than any other elected body.
Though often seen (rightly or wrongly) as merely a rubber stamp for the mayor, the Council actually does have the final say on local legislation. Broadly speaking, individuals who make up local governments can range from true servant leaders to out-and-out charlatans, so the act of choosing them is not one to be taken lightly.
I realize that the most often vocalized requirement for a local (or any) government representative is basically "keep taxes low." I personally think that the job is more complex and requires a few more qualities besides thriftiness.
The very competencies that leadership comprises are just as causal to being an effective legislator as they are to being a good executive. Negotiation and persuasion, excellent communication, creativity, motivation, and a willingness to listen and adapt approaches are just some of the ideal characteristics.
An alderman, commissioner, or council member ideally will use these competencies to balance the public need against the people's rights. We all may have slightly different ways of measuring success along those lines, but there is a positive aggregate effect of our paying attention and holding our representatives accountable.
As a member of the voting public, each of us is given the chance to interview job applicants before making our hiring decisions. How carefully we conduct those interviews (with the help of the press), and whether we participate in choosing, is up to each of us.
But we all have to live with the consequences.
(Programming Note: Gentle reader, you are not forgotten. Being a grownup calls for occasionally having to put down the blogging toys for uncomfortable stretches of time.)
Meanwhile, the Chattanooga municipal elections are charging past at a good clip, and I don't much like not being able to discuss them, and everything else that's going on in local and state government, with you.
Fortunately for Chattanooga voters, the cool kids over at the Lamp Post Group and Nooga.com have created a new interactive voter guide complete with a social component. It's called Keen Citizen, and you are advised to check it out.
Oh, my thoughts on the election? Well, I agree with pretty much every editorial writer and pundit who has expressed disappointment in former Sen. Andy Berke, the ostensible far-and-away frontrunner in the mayoral election, for being so light on specifics about his likely future term.
Can he get away with it? Sure. Do I still wish we could have a frank and somewhat detailed discussion about the city's current issues and future direction? Of course. I'm not discounting the times Berke has held community discussions on crime and other topics; but the campaign message itself could have been clearer about his goals.
The Chattanooga City Council elections merit their own separate posts. Maybe by the time Election Day gets here, we'll have had a chance to chat about them.
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NK gymnasts seventh at state
February 25, 2009 · Updated 1:18 PM
The North Kitsap High School gymnastics team went to the state tournament this year for the first time, and finished in seventh place.
The team put up a score of 154.200, about one point below their goal for the competition.
"The girls did a great job," said coach Kris Goodfellow. "I am very pleased with our team score and the way they competed."
Junior Melissa Kunold was the only Kitsap gymnast to qualify for the finals as an individual, and finished ninth on beam, with a 9.2.
Vancouver's Columbia River won the state title, scoring 169.150.
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iPad Lounge – Crow Review
Sunside's Crow roams onto the App Store with a squawk and some interesting gameplay. The story here is also something that catches the eye. Crow takes some familiar iOS game mechanics and throws in a depressing and somewhat morbid quest to vanquish enemies in order to power up something worse. Gameplay Think Infinity Blade with air controls. You control ... Read More »
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Forte de Copacabana
The fort that attracts tourists in the country offers, besides the strategic location, diverse entertainment options, with extensive cultural program throughout the year.
Occupying a total area of 114,169 m2, the Copacabana Fort was inaugurated in 1914, but then considered the most modern plaza of war in South America in the form of bunker built on 40,000 m2 of e12m thick on their external walls, the strong German Krupp guns had housed in mobile armored domes. With its own power plant, storage of supplies and ammunition, canteen, kitchen, barracks, infirmary, he served as Artillery Unit and was the scene of important events in our history as the "Eighteen of the fort. It currently houses the Historical Museum of the Army, open daily to the public and hosts various cultural events.
Address: Praça Coronel Eugenio Franco, n º 1 - Copacabana - Posto 6
Visitation: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00
Phone: (21) 2522-6263 and 2521-1032 - Fax: 2522-4460
Site: www.fortedecopacabana.com
email: mhex / fc @ ig.com.br
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Address: Forte Copacabana Pc Cel Eugênio Franco, 1 Rio de Janeiro - RJActivities near to Forte de Copacabana
Dentro Beach (beach) -
Dentro Beach is a small beach that separates Ipanema Beach from the Copacabana Fort and Copacabana Beach beyond it. Ipanema Beach, the beach made famous by Vinicius de Moraes and Tom Jobim's song 'The Girl from Ipanema', resides south of Copacabana. The two beaches are separated by the Fort of Copacabana, an active military facility, and at the tip of the extension of the fort is where you can find Dentro Beach, wh... Address: Avenida Atlantica próximo ao número 122, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Distance: 0.14km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Girl from Ipanema Park (activity) -
Privileged by the landscape and vegetation, besides being an attraction for lovers of sport, the 2.58 ha. site has games court, skating rinks and a bike path which crosses the park and goes to the Copacabana Fort (11588).
The park also has a stage for various events.
The Department of Environment revitalized access within the park, and has replaced the cage and the seesaw in the playground area, which has more than 20 ro... Address: Parque Garota de Ipanema Rio de Janeiro - RJ Brasil Distance: 0.27km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Diabo Beach (beach) -
To the left of Stone Arpoador, you will find Diablo Beach, within the chic and expensive neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro. Diablo Beach faces the open sea and is so named because when the sea is turning over, it is much more violent at this point than any other and reminded the settlers of Rio of the dark visions of hell.
Today, there is a small square at the entry to Diablo Beach, where visitors can sit a... Address: Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Distance: 0.40km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Arpoador Beach (beach) - This is one of the favorite beaches among Cariocas and tourists, due to its beautiful surroundings and the ability to surf in either summer or winter. Arpoador Beach is 800 meters long, and situated between the Copacabana Fortress and Rua Francisco Otaviano with Avenida Vieira Souto. Its name stems from the fact that in the past it was possible to harpoon (arpoar) whales near the coast. The entire region is know as Ar... Address: Praca do Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro, rs, brazil Distance: 0.43km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Oi Futuro Ipanema (theater) - The opening of the Future in Hi Ipanema is the link for convergence among the various art forms that already live in Hi Future in Flamengo, in constant interface with new media. The marriage between art, technology, language and thought is present in the scheduling of shows, performances, exhibitions and debates.In the birthplace of Bossa Nova, Tropicalismo, the topless, the Future Hi has the vocation to be a meeting point for artists f... Address: R. Visc. de Pirajá, 54 - Ipanema Rio de Janeiro - RJ Distance: 0.88km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Ipanema Hippie Fair (market) - The Feira Hippie de Ipanema, is already going through four decades and is known worldwide and appreciated by both his work always creative and innovative but also by his classics.
Modernizes itself every Sunday, attracting tourists and being part of the tourist in the Marvelous City. Ali can be found from sculptures in bronze and wood, oil paintings, silver objects, porcelain, hand-painted, even fabrics, leather garments, shoes and h... Address: Praça General Osório - Rio de Janeiro - RJ Distance: 0.98km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim (theater) - Donated to the State Government in 1983, six months before the death of the owner Laura Alvim, the house was transformed into a Cultural Centre and inaugurated on May 12, 1986. Today belongs to FUNARJ / Anita Mantuano Arts Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro, bound to the Secretary of State for Culture.Woman ahead of her time, Laura wanted to be an actress, but her family never allowed. Decided to make this a frustration stimulus:... Address: Av. Vieira Souto, 176 - Ipanema Rio de Janeiro - RJ Distance: 1.12km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Ipanema (sightseeing) - Perhaps even more irresistible than the muse who inspired the song "Girl from Ipanema, " which immortalized it. Ipanema is certainly a famous meeting point of Rio de Janeiro.
Sophisticated and an intense nightlife, the neighborhood is a happy gathering of beach, bars and shops. Permanent attraction during the day, the beach also receives a large number of visitors during the night. These are people who walk, play sports, fraternize k... Address: Ipanema Rio de Janeiro Brazil Distance: 1.68km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Ipanema Beach (beach) -
Probably the most famous beach in the world, Ipanema Beach is an urban beach that has a broad band of soft sand, with relatively strong waves. The beach is a major tourist draw and therefore hotels run the entire length of the beach. Locals and tourists flock to the beach year round, and with all of its nightime lighting, beach goers stay well into the evening every night.
Across the famous sidewalk that borders Ipane... Address: Praia de Ipanema Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil Distance: 1.71km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Cândido Mendes Theater (theater) - Teatro da Universidade Cândido Mendes em IpanemaRua Joana Angélica, 63 - IpanemaPhone:(21) 2267-7295
http://www.ucam.edu.br/comunidade/teatro.asp Address: R. Joana Angélica, 63 - Ipanema Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22420-030 Distance: 1.72km from the Forte de Copacabana | |
Nossa Senhora da Paz Square (park) - The Square Our Lady of Peace is a public square in Rio de Janeiro, located in Ipanema. It is located between the streets Visconde de Pirajá, Joana Angélica, Barão da Torre and Maria Quitéria.
It was part of the urbanization project coordinated by the Barão de Ipanema from 1894, and was officially opened on October 31, 1917, under the name Souza Ferreira Square.
It was landscaped again in 1932, and received its current name in... Address: Praça Ns. da Paz - Ipanema Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22410-030 Distance: 1.78km from the Forte de Copacabana |
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Confeitaria Colombo is a Dessert restaurant that is roughly 0.00km from Forte de Copacabana and can be found at Praça Coronel Eugênio Franco, 1
Founded in 1894, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, confectionery Columbus is part of cultural heritage and the reference point of the city. With an art nouveau architecture and the belle epoque Rio became a traditional meeting point for artists, intellectuals and politicians. Sandwiches, Viennese bread, pastry cream, Petrópolis famous to...Porto Velho Enoteca Bar is a Wine restaurant that is roughly 0.06km from Forte de Copacabana and can be found at Rua Francisco Otaviano, 20C
Atlantis is a International restaurant that is roughly 0.15km from Forte de Copacabana and can be found at Avenida Atlântica, 4240
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Sofitel Rio De Janeiro Hotel Lowest Rate: $252.00 With its central location, Sofitel Rio De Janeiro Hotel is within easy reach of most tourist attractions and business addresses in Rio De Janeiro. All 441 guestrooms at the hotel provide all the comforts and conveniences guests would expect in a hotel in this class. Room amenities include non smoking rooms, air conditioning, bathrobes, daily newspaper, inhouse movies, desk, hair dryer, internet ac... |
Caesar Park Ipanema Hotel Lowest Rate: $314.00 With its central location, Caesar Park Ipanema Hotel is within easy reach of most tourist attractions and business addresses in Rio De Janeiro. With the guests' convenience in mind, each of the 222 guestrooms at the hotel is well designed and fully equipped to cater to the demands of corporate and holiday travelers looking for unique accommodation in Rio De Janeiro. In-room facilities include non ... |
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THe answer gets a little complicated. The reason accelerating fast consumes more energy is similar to who AC units and chillers are more efficient at part load. Under normal loads, IC engines in cars are most efficient at lowers RPM's and partial throttle positions. They burn the most lean and more improtantly, make full use of their compresssion ratio. Meaning that more energy goes into moving the piston and less into waste heat. At full throttle and high RPM, the mixture is more rich, and sice throttle positon is larger, more air is pushed into the piston, so pressures and heat increase and more energy is lost to waste heat.
However, on a electric motor and drive, the permenant magnet motors used make peka torque at 0 RPM and there's little change in efficinecy as RPM increases. However, the drive, is most efficient at full load. At part load it uses I beleive pulse width modulation and some waste heat is created switching on/off the circuits. So you want the electric motor at full load, but the IC engine at minimum RPM and throttle and more improtantly, if it's a automatic, it needs to have the torque converter locked up.
Oh... and jsut ot further comlicate matters, engine effciency and fuel economy are not nessesary the same thing. Efficiency would be fuel conmption rate per delivered HP. Fuel economy is fuel consumed per unit of distance traveled. Many engine reach peak efficiency I beileive right at the point where the torque curves begins to taper off.
OH and in reality, the instanataneous fuel consumption of a engine varies much more dramatically. Very lgiht throttle at low RPM's on a small 2.5L 4 cylinger for example is probably around 50mpg, but full throttle near redline is around 8-10mpg. AN IC engien at idle probably only makes about 5-10HP depending on throttle positon, AC and alternator loads. At a highway crusing speed of 65mph @ 2000RPM and part throttle, it's probably around 40HP and at a nice efficient 45mph, its' maybe just 20HP at 1500RPM.
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That's all well and good, but:
1. I used the example of the gas engine because it's something we are all familiar with. It's easier to talk about miles per gallon than watts per foot-pound per revolution or some such ratio. Of course gas engines are less efficient and have different power curves. But in this case, that's beside the point. I was merely illustrating a point, not carrying on a scientific discourse or comparing efficiency ratios.
2. A lead foot is a lead foot. If you are driving in a 30 mph zone and zoom up to 50 so you can pass a slowpoke and beat him to the red light and stomp on the brakes, while I drive 25 and arrive at the light a few seconds after it has turned green and barely take my foot off the gas, you have wasted more energy than I, regardless of engine type, and regardless of regenerative braking. (Yes, I am one of those guys who gets a kick out of passing lead-footers at the light. In a series of ten traffic lights, I'll pass the same idiot ten times (in light traffic). I've even had people pull into parking lots behind me to tell me my brake lights didn't work.)Vacuum Technology:
CRUD = Contamination Resulting in Undesirable Deposits.
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IF you have regenerative braking, how hard you accelerate becomes irrelevant and in some cases you need to accelerate harder for best overall system efficiency.
But I agree, driving technique makes a big difference. However my time is worth more than saving a few cents. SO I drive 5-10mph over the limit but I do pay attention to timed lights. However occassionally some are off sequence and it drives me nuts when someone is going 5 under or right at the speed limit when I know that going 2-3mph over will allow you to "make" a light vs. sitting for 2 minutes.
Plus in residential area (when no children are around) going 30mph yields better mileage than 25mph.
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True. Rate of acceleration has much less to do with energy waste in electric motors. But excessive speed is wasteful, even when some of the energy is recovered. And for those who like to drive fast, RB provides a rationalization for their bad habits. It does not justify them.
You might beat traffic at a yellow light, but it will all catch up to you at the next light.
There was an experiment done several years ago about driving habits and time saved. Two drivers drove across the city of Chicago. One drove at or below the speed limit, seldom changed lanes, and stopped at yellow lights whenever possible. The other drove above the speed limit, changed lanes often, and ran yellow lights. I don't remember the exact result, but the fast driver beat the slow driver by about 2-3 minutes (a little over a minute per hour). What did he accomplish? How many lives did he endanger? What happened to his gas mileage? How much extra wear and tear to his car did he cause? How much stress did he endure? I don't have the answers to these questions, but I suspect they were all negative.
I have no desire to prove how many pennies you might save with good driving habits. My only point about RB is that it is most useful for those drivers who spend a lot of time slowing down. If you spend a lot of time slowing down, RB provides a way to recover some of the energy you wasted. But if you prefer to drive at a constant rate, RB provides less benefit.
The people who will benefit the most from RB are bad drivers. With RB on their cars, they will feel more encouraged to continue their bad habits. But they will accomplish little beyond endangering the lives of others and causing excessive wear to their cars.Vacuum Technology:
CRUD = Contamination Resulting in Undesirable Deposits.
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Change your vacuum pump oil now.
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I think this is a great idea. If they could get the top speed up to 45 mph and the range around 30 miles a lot of people would buy if gas prices keep going up. You would basically have an electric car for commuting to work that could run on gas for longer trips.
The USA has plenty of power plants to turn coal and nutrons into electrical power. They just kinda cruise at night when power is not required. We need to figure out how to push cars around with this power instead of buying oil from the crazys in the mid-east.
I think we're losing sight of some dinimshing retruns here. TO get more range and speed, you quickly need much larger motors and batteries. IF the car isn't custom built for that function, you're adding a lot of weight, taking up a LOT of space. THere's a reason the Prius, Volt, Insight are all compact cars. I think you'll be surprised at how large a battery you need with a full size IC engine and with full regenerative braking.
We also could get people to just buy smaller cars and not live 40 miles from work. I only drive 6000 miles per year or less. A guy that drives 15,000 miles per year might get almost 2X the mileage, but still consumes more fuel.
Maybe it should considered this way. Without regenerative braking, you will overall consume MORE energy with this system. You are simply deferring some of it to the grid. This is more like a hydrogen system.
I'm highly skeptical until this system replaces all 4 brake rotors and is integrated with the transmission and engine computer to optimize it as it is in current hybrid electrics.
I hate to day it, but high and sustained fuel prices are the best way to drive innovation and make consumers desire more fuel efficient vehciles . Last I checked, large SUV's, full size trucks were still selling well. One BIG sep forward is that midsized cars are now starting to match and in some cases exceed the economy of smaller compact cars... at least on the highway where they are used the most.
IF we stopped supporting these s*** hole countries with benefits and subsidies to better secure their oil supplies and instead let the open market do it's thing. I think plug in electric hybrids with a small CNG could be a viable option as well.
Also if we were really serious, we might impose lower speed limits for vehicles over 3000lbs or with fuel economies under 40mpg combined similar to trucks. Then also raise fuel taxes a little higher and specifically target those funds for subsidising the purchase of electric vehicles.


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Tom D. Dunford is my Father Rufus' Uncle. My brother Luther drove for him when Luther was a teenager. My G Uncle Tom was a hard working man! Peggy Dunford Woodward.
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