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Adam Kinzinger's avatar

I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period

Lydia Royer's avatar

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RaidaDave's avatar

Iraq Vet in Minnesota on May 1.

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Still Point's avatar

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rd3's avatar

The most recent phase of the US war against Germany began with Obama's "cash for clunkers" and the bullshit attack on German turbo diesels. With turbo diesels getting 50+ miles per gallon, there was no reason to ever make an electric car. So, Obama's cronies took most used cars off the market and ginned up some bullshit lawsuit about turbo diesel emissions thereby shutting the whole turbo diesel project down. This created a fake market for electric cars that nobody really wanted anyway.

tom clark's avatar

Almost time to resurrect the horse and buggy. EROEI will rule in the end.

John Schrauth's avatar

Sorry, but no. If you want streets that are nothing but rivers of horse poop and urine, OK. Otherwise give me a good old internal combustion vehicle, although I am fascinated by fuel cells.

tom clark's avatar

I dunno if fuel cells will save humankind, John. In the meantime, drill baby, drill!

John Schrauth's avatar

I am enthusiastic about "drill baby drill." It's hard to imagine fuel cells becoming the thing any time soon. I recall Toyota saying in the mid 90's there would be a fuel cell RAV 4 in 2000. 25 years on they have a car finally but hydrogen is harder to find than a working Tesla charger in a Blue shithole. Also Trump's admonition that they're great but might explode. LOL!

rd3's avatar

The electric vehicle industry shut down fuel cell research. I saw many operative fuel cells at a conference I attended in 2001. Then, they all disappeared.

JohnAZ's avatar

As JHK said long ago, trying to control hydrogen in a relatively dumb car public is a big problem. Boy, you think Pintos blew up when hit from behind? Imagine the Hindenburg every time an accident happens, or the reaction around a leaky “pump” when the local idiot lights up a cigar.

rd3's avatar

Gas isn't flammable, right?

JohnAZ's avatar

Sure it is, but not near as volatile as hydrogen, plus the small size of the hydrogen molecule makes leaks more of a problem.

rd3's avatar

There are multiple ways to store it safely.

JohnAZ's avatar

Yeah, until the first one blows sky high.

JohnAZ's avatar

Murphy’s law prevails evermore and someone will find a way to blow one up.

Or some terrorist?

Would a hydrogen electrical plant, for example, require any less security than a nuclear plant?

All generators that make our power, regardless the fuel, are hydrogen cooled. If hydrogen was as big a problem as yall say, you would read about it, daily. And they would figure out a way to blame climate change and Donald trump. The biggest danger from hydrogen is its inherent danger in mixing with air. The perfect combination and you barely need a spark. But otherwise, it’s relatively safe. Btw, because of its density is why we use it to cool generators. It’s more efficient that the generator’s rotor spin in a gas much lighter than air, or anything else.

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