Oilsands expansion 'fool's gold,' scientist warns

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by photon

The energy density of gasoline is 4 orders of magnitude greater than that of natural gas, so you'd have to compress the natural gas significantly and you'd still end up with a lot less range per unit volume than gasoline.

Plus the added cost of the tanks and fueling stations (home based or commercial).

That said it could be a useful step, but it makes more sense to me to go directly to electric vehicles. The big block there of course is the same problem; energy density and batteries that can store useful amounts.

Does it not make sense to have an electric car with 100 km range capacity (or so) and then have electric generators around the tires and a wind generator to harness the wind as well? This should be more than enough to recharge a battery for long trips. 100km/h wind while driving should recharge pretty well no?

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Does it not make sense to have an electric car with 100 km range capacity (or so) and then have electric generators around the tires and a wind generator to harness the wind as well? This should be more than enough to recharge a battery for long trips. 100km/h wind while driving should recharge pretty well no?

green text???

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Does it not make sense to have an electric car with 100 km range capacity (or so) and then have electric generators around the tires and a wind generator to harness the wind as well? This should be more than enough to recharge a battery for long trips. 100km/h wind while driving should recharge pretty well no?

What said car may look like.

[burn_this_city]

The perpetual motion machine...?

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by Dan02

green text???

She's blonde

[photon]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Does it not make sense to have an electric car with 100 km range capacity (or so) and then have electric generators around the tires and a wind generator to harness the wind as well? This should be more than enough to recharge a battery for long trips. 100km/h wind while driving should recharge pretty well no?

[theonlywhiteout]

the oil sands are a great resource, but they're also an ecological nightmare. my family is in the business and even my brother- a hard core union guy who makes his money from the oilsands- says it's depressing to get out around the camps and see the toxic pools and dead animals. take it for what it's worth, i dont condone or condemn the oilsands but the environmental impact is pretty serious stuff