Posted by Tegger on January 16, 2010, 2:39 am
40076B.16015815012010@news.eternal-september.org:
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>> >ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline.
>>
>> Wrong. A rear-end collision will directly impart kinetic energy to a
>> Prius (which could be recaptured by braking).
>
> And the hand of God could come down from the sky and push it along, too.
>
> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?
His examples are not ridiculous. They are at the very heart of
environmentalistic thought, and are quite practical, besides.
I myself have personally witnessed a meteor strike a Prius being pushed by
a person who was then killed by a nearby car bomb detonation AND an
earthquake, all at once. Talk about coincidences...
By the way, the word "environmentalistic" contains seven robust syllables
(I counted) and is as long as a freight train, which excuses me from any
further interrogation on this matter.
--
Tegger
Posted by Leo Siefert on January 18, 2010, 4:42 pm
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Wrong. ....
>And the hand of God could come down
>from the sky and push it along, too.
Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker.
>What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?
I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a Prius
with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino.
Did you read far enough to realize I was supporting your point, or did
you get stuck on the first word of my post?
- Leo
Posted by Tegger on January 18, 2010, 10:52 pm
4ax.com:
> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
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>>> Wrong. ....
>
>>And the hand of God could come down
>>from the sky and push it along, too.
>
> Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker.
>
>>What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?
>
> I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a Prius
> with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino.
What is the rhino's charging voltage? If it's much more than 14.4VDC, he
could damage the car's battery.
I don't even wanna know where the positive cable goes...
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Tegger
Posted by News on January 18, 2010, 11:38 pm
Tegger wrote:
> 4ax.com:
>
>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>
>>>> Wrong. ....
>>> And the hand of God could come down
>> >from the sky and push it along, too.
>>
>> Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker.
>>
>>> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?
>> I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a Prius
>> with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino.
>
>
>
> What is the rhino's charging voltage? If it's much more than 14.4VDC, he
> could damage the car's battery.
>
> I don't even wanna know where the positive cable goes...
>
>
>
Easily grounded, though.
Posted by Tegger on January 19, 2010, 1:48 am
> Tegger wrote:
>>
>>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Wrong. ....
>>>> And the hand of God could come down
>>> >from the sky and push it along, too.
>>>
>>> Only if you have a "Jesus Is My Copilot" bumper sticker.
>>>
>>>> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?
>>> I thought I had a pretty exhaustive list of the ways to propel a
>>> Prius with kinetic energy. Ok, maybe I forgot the charging rhino.
>>
>>
>>
>> What is the rhino's charging voltage? If it's much more than 14.4VDC,
>> he could damage the car's battery.
>>
>> I don't even wanna know where the positive cable goes...
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Easily grounded, though.
Pre-'56 rhinos were positive ground. Get it crossed up and you could short
your rhino. The resulting sudden discharge of electrons could propel a
Prius quite a ways, I think.
--
Tegger
>> >ALL energy used by the Prius comes from gasoline.
>>
>> Wrong. A rear-end collision will directly impart kinetic energy to a
>> Prius (which could be recaptured by braking).
>
> And the hand of God could come down from the sky and push it along, too.
>
> What other ridiculous examples could you come up with?