From: Bret Cahill on
> > > > > > There is ONE well in the south
> > > > > >     Atlantic (still under development) that has
> > > > > >     reserves sufficient to supply USA with all
> > > > > >     its' needs for centuries.
>
> > > > > >     In neighbouring fields, Exxon, BP, China,
> > > > > >     Saudi Arabia, etc, are all drilling 10 miles
> > > > > >     below the surface.
>
> > > > > >     Want to know more Google for "Tupi",
> > > > > >     Petrobras, Sustainable oil, "Deep Hot
> > > > > >     Biosphere" ...
>
> > > > > There is something wrong with your hallucinations. According to
> > > > > Petrobras  the Tupi oil field contains 5-8 billion barrels. The world
> > > > > uses 31 billion a year.
>
> > > •• Is there something wrong in your hallucinations
> > >     Some US jackasses do think USA "IS"
> > >     the world.
>
> > Take another deep huff o your gasoline soaked bag and then explain where
> > in the US Brazil can be found.
>
> •• You screw up and then try to pass your
>     stupidity on to me just like jackass Bret
>     Cahill.

Are rightards really going to purge Charlie Crist from the GOP?


Bret Cahill


From: Bret Cahill on
> > > > There is ONE well in the south
> > > >     Atlantic (still under development) that has
> > > >     reserves sufficient to supply USA with all
> > > >     its' needs for centuries.
>
> > > >     In neighbouring fields, Exxon, BP, China,
> > > >     Saudi Arabia, etc, are all drilling 10 miles
> > > >     below the surface.
>
> > > >     Want to know more Google for "Tupi",
> > > >     Petrobras, Sustainable oil, "Deep Hot
> > > >     Biosphere" ...
>
> > > There is something wrong with your hallucinations. According to
> > > Petrobras  the Tupi oil field contains 5-8 billion barrels. The world
> > > uses 31 billion a year.
>
> > Some are calling it "The Long Goodbye."
>
> > It'll be a "long goodbye" for those making over several hundred
> > thousand a year.

For millions in India it'll mean a short life.

> This is one guy's projection for oil prices from now to 2020:
>
> http://www.theoildrum.com/files/image2415_0.png

There's no way it'll be _that_ cyclical. It would be interesting to
know if factors like advances in alternative energy are taken into
account.

> The bottom graph is the price of oil projected into the future. The grey
> areas in the graph are major recessions that bring the price of oil down
> after it has spiked to a peak. We are in  the first grey area now.

Oil will only be affordable when we are in a recession?


Bret Cahill




From: Bret Cahill on
> > There is something wrong with your hallucinations. According to
> > Petrobras  the Tupi oil field contains 5-8 billion barrels. The world
> > uses 31 billion a year.
>
> •• You are too lazy, jim. You took the first
>     estimate when they hit oil. It has been revised
>     upward 3 or more times. Petrobras is chilling
>     about the numbers but people are speaking of
>     a factor of 100

And to think that on alt.politics rightards were saying Obama
shouldn't have invested in this venture!


Bret Cahill

From: Bret Cahill on
> >> Even the prototype is only $100K.
>
> >>http://www.planetanalog.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218400113&cid...
>
> >> Leave the big engine in there for the road trips.
>
> >> The unsprung weight doubles and the batteries might not always be near
> >> the original design center of mass but aside from that it's a really
> >> good idea.
>
> "What makes our approach different is we don't need to modify anything
> in existing vehicles to turn them into a hybrid," said Perry. "We
> install the motor in the space between the brake mechanism and the hub
> without any other modifications."
>
> I wish the image had the resolution to be readable,

I couldn't find any patents or applications for Charles Perry. It was
probably invented back in the '70s.

Several companies are coming out with them:

http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/10/12/story5.html

> but that system
> looks like it would push the wheels out (by going between the wheel
> and the brake) and disturb the suspension geometry that would require
> other changes.

> The car would not drive well with all the battery weight and changed
> suspension geometry without numerous other changes.

It might be better than spending 50K for a Volt.

> If there is something that hangs on the inboard side it might work by
> making FWD cars be RWD cars in electric mode, but it would interfere
> with drive shafts in the front on FWD cars and the rear axle or drive
> shafts on RWD cars. Front hubs or spindles on RWD cars won't accept
> something hanging inside the brake very well in most cases.

If axles were hollow they could be mounted on the outside of the
wheels.


Bret Cahill



From: jim on


"leonard78sp(a)gmail.com" wrote:

> > > > There is something wrong with your hallucinations. According to
> > > > Petrobras the Tupi oil field contains 5-8 billion barrels. The world
> > > > uses 31 billion a year.
> >
> �� It would seem that John Larkin is responsible
> for the hallucinations. USA is not the whole
> world in case John hasn't noticed
> >
>

Ah of course it must be John Larkin who is responsible for those
halucinations. Maybe another snort of gasoline will fix it ,,,