Text 5280, 54 rader
Skriven 2005-01-20 15:09:50 av Roy Witt (1:10/22)
   Kommentar till text 5194 av MIKE ROSS (1:167/133.0)
Ärende: Tire inflation (was: Motorcycles)
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Hello MIKE.

16 Jan 05 22:54, you wrote to me:

 MR> "Roy Witt" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (16 Jan 05  11:29:20)
 MR>  --- on the heady topic of "Tire inflation (was: Motorcycles)"

 RW>> If you go down to San Diego, you can see the pollution as you
 RW>> descend the mountain from my place. The air is brown and you pass
 RW>> through a smelly haze before you get there. San Diego is much
 RW>> cleaner than L.A. though.

 MR> I'm going to make you reminisce about snow for a little bit.

Oh boy!

 MR>  This past fall a bunch of cottage owners sued a town authority
 MR> because of the noise and pollution caused by a snowmobile trail that
 MR> went right by as close as some 30 feet from one cottage.

What damned fool let that happen?

 MR> The court ordered the trail closed and the plaintiffs were awarded
 MR> some $7million damages retroactive. The trail however, was a tourist
 MR> attraction and the provincial government stepped in and passed a law
 MR> invalidating the judgment for a couple of years.

Money talks.

 MR> Neat thing is I just read in the paper about a nice bunch of
 MR> mechanical engineering students at McGill University have designed
 MR> and built an all electric snowmobile prototype and have been showing
 MR> it around shows and stuff. Presently the machine uses lead acid
 MR> batteries and will do some 50mph. They are switching to Li-Ion
 MR> technology and will probably increase the speed and range. Pretty
 MR> impressive.

yeup.

 MR> The two items have no direct connection but sure are a match like a
 MR> glove and hand. Absolutely pollution and noise free snowmobiling! It
 MR> should be great for exploring without scaring away wildlife. Some
 MR> scientists from Norway studying the air in the north are interested
 MR> in obtaining one soonest because the usual gas snowmobiles
 MR> contaminate their measurements.

Well, they are related in a way. We have those same inovation college
kids in California too. Only ours build electric cars and then compete
with other colleges who also build electric cars. It's just different
strokes for different folks.


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