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% Daily ValueThe % Daily Values (%DVs) are based on the Daily Value recommendations for key nutrients for a 2,000 calorie daily diet. You may not know exactly how many calories you consume in a day, but you can still use the %DV to help you figure out if a serving of food is high or low in a certain nutrient. This will help you know if the nutrients you get in a serving of food make up a lot or a little of that nutrient for your total daily diet. (By diet, we mean all the different foods you eat in a day.) Generally, anything 5 percent or less is low and anything 20 percent or higher is a lot of that nutrient. Remember, if you double your serving, you also double the percent here.

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Capcom's fitting prologue to the zombie apocalypse.
Case Zero's premise is simple and effective. Manly protagonist Chuck is stranded in a small town and needs to find five parts to build the motorcycle that will carry him into Dead Rising 2. But there's a catch. The military will arrive in 24 hours, at which point his adorable but infected daughter will be locked away in quarantine, effectively dooming her to zombiehood. Unfortunately, while Dead Rising 2 is happy to imply child zombies, it shies away from actually showing them. Too bad. Child zombies are a mean-spirited staple of the genre. I guess even Dead Rising has its limits.
You can get through Case Zero in maybe three or four hours, but just getting through has never been the point. Dead Risings are built to be replayed. I'd say Case Zero has juice for three playthroughs, and part of the incentive is that Capcom will let you carry over into Dead Rising 2 any progress you earn. Chuck will likely reach third level on your first Case 0 playthrough, which you'll probably fail. You'll reach fifth level on your second playthrough. If you're like me, you'll probably fail that as well. It's a very tight time limit and the motorcycle parts aren't exactly labeled on the map. And if you want the achievements, well, that'll probably take a third playthrough. All told, Case 0 presents a solid ten to fifteen hours of pre-Dead Rising 2 zombie slaughter.
The small town setting is a great contrast to the larger scale glitz you'll get in Dead Rising 2. In fact, holing up in this run-down gas station feels much truer to the traditional zombie apocalypse mythos than all the neon and slot machines in Fortune City. It's a fantastic iconic moment when you first emerge from your safehouse onto what should be quiet deserted post-apocalyptic streets clogged with zombies.
The basic gameplay is present in spades....and drills and kerosene tanks and boxes of nails and saw blades. Altogether, you get a generous sampling of the outrageous new combo weapons. You also get a great sense for how the new developer, Blue Castle, appreciates the hallmarks of Dead Rising. From mixing power shakes, toting magazines, and donning unlikely clothes to the boss fights against human opponents and the challenging save game system, you'll see that Dead Rising 2 isn't afraid of the things that made the first Dead Rising unique (and sometimes frustrating). This is a wonderful way for Capcom to build to the release of the full game. You might chafe a bit at having to pay for it -- I'd much rather have seen this as part of some sort of pre-order deal -- but you can't argue that Case Zero is not only an effective way to set the stage and build anticipation, it's also a meaty, satisfying slice of the zombie apocalypse.
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I'm convinced.. and pre-orderedPosted: Sep 24, 2010 12:00AM PST by Rotten_Avocado
First impression when I saw it available on XBOX Live was:
"5 dollar demo? Screw That"
I played the demo of Dead Rising a long while ago and after 5 minutes promptly deleted the game from my HD. Didn't have the taste for it.
So what made me pay $5 for a "demo" download for a sequel to a game that I didn't like in the first place?
The answer is simple: I had Microsoft points and they were burning a virtual hole in my avatar's pocket.
After playing Case Zero I realized three things:
1) I need to play/buy Dead Rising
2) I need to pre-order Dead Rising 2
3) I need to buy Dead Rising 2: Case West (when it's released of course)
Case Zero was loads of fun without the heavy lifting. Sure you have to level up your character and start over and over again, but it's all very mindlessly fun. The scene was great. The plot wasn't complicated but what do you expect from a zombie scenario?
My only two gripes about the game were the loading times (damn that's a long time to wait) and that the zombies disappeared right after you killed them. I'm assuming that the load times will go down because I'm going to install it on my XBOX 360 and the zombies will probably phase out like in the first game, Case Zero just isn't that huge of a game memory-wise.
I feel like I definitely got my money's worth from this "demo". It immersed me enough that I went out and bought the first game and pre-ordered the second.
I recommend this game if you aren't:
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A Grind?Posted: Sep 09, 2010 12:00AM PST by Mr.Donatti
So replay value is based on whether you like grinding, it seems.
guiltyPosted: Sep 05, 2010 12:00AM PST by smile_kill
of playing thru my 4th play thru maxed out at level 5 n having fun picking up PP points....achievements are awesum n gotta play it a must
just played itPosted: Sep 03, 2010 12:00AM PST by theicon1.1up.com
and I must admit that it's pretty fun and at 400 MS point,it's not that bad of a deal,even though it's just 3-4 hours long,but has high replay value.
Hmm...InterestingPosted: Sep 02, 2010 12:00AM PST by Megatron-1
Why is this only released on the 360? Isn't the real game coming out for the PS3 and 360??
Great StuffPosted: Sep 01, 2010 12:00AM PST by FriedZombie
This game without a doubt is the best 400 MPTS i've ever spent. I have to say that I could see this being a trend if under hyped games release prequels/tastes of games in DL format before the game comes out to build hype.
As a side note,
In response to stealth_king's comment, I think that you're being harsh borderline calling him pathetic for not being able to find all the bike parts before the time was up. I do admit that 2 parts were out in the open for the most part, but the others were a lot harder to find and my first playthrough was a D.
A word to the wise, if you want the A ranking then you have to frigging hussle. Take shortcuts whenever possible, and save as many people as you come across. The nail baseball bat is your friend.
dumb?Posted: Sep 01, 2010 12:00AM PST by Murk_Masala
In both videos, of worst and best ways to kill a zombie, the gameplay looks incredilbly boring, no?
I like Left 4 Dead and Resident Evils. I'm waiting for the review of the full game.
buy it!Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
dead risitng 1 was great , but this improves upon everything so far. if dead rising 2 is anything like this than it will be pretty good , this is much bigger than a demo has achivments , and you carry your stats over to the full game. if you love dead rising , and plan on getting the next one buy this.
Really digging this gamePosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by Keefman -X-
I was initially uneasy about how well the new DR would play out, what with its non-mall setting and its relatively obscure American developer.
After playing Case Zero, I'm quite relieved. I can tell from this that Dead RIsing 2 preserves the endearing quirks of the original while smoothing over a lot of the rough edges. The escort missions in particular are improved, and its nice to be able to skip through dialogue when you're done reading it. And as much as I love Frank West, the less-awkard dialogue and story is a nice touch too (probably the influence of the American team). Minus an awkward jumping animation, the game just feels more refined overall. I will miss the photography mechanic, though.
Case Zero is pretty reassuring. It proves that the Dead Rising formula works in different settings, and with an actual character for a protagonist. I can't wait to get my hands on the full retail version.
Not for pre-ordersPosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by ZanzibarBreeze
"You might chafe a bit at having to pay for it -- I'd much rather have seen this as part of some sort of pre-order deal... ."
Having this be a pre-order bonus would go against what it is trying to achieve. Case Zero is an attempt to build hype and recognition for Dead Rising 2 amongst those who, prior to playing Case Zero, may have not had any knowledge of Dead Rising or may not have had any intention of purchasing the full game.
Siphoning this off as a pre-order bonus, only for those who have already laid down cash for the game, would go against its very purpose.
ThisPosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by Keefman -X-
Plus, pre-order bonuses are bullshit.
Consider this an episodic release. Because that's what it is.
I think I'll waitPosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by SuperSledge
for left4dead2 to get on the cheap
My one commentPosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by stealth_king
To the author, Tom Chick, dude you suck. I just finished the game it like 10 minutes ago on my first run. True finding the parts isnt entirely simple but 2 of them are pretty much out in the open and easy to find, another 2 are hints from the Pawn Shop clerk, and the last one is clearly mentioned by the dude on the roof with the rifle.
You are right though game is fun as hell for 5 bucks and I will be playing it again, if anything just for smashing skulls and electric rakes of doom.
Ugh....Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by RECRUDEATH
I hate the fact that I'm at work right now and not home playing this.
TrialPosted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by Jayyyyyyyy
The trial for case zero gives you alot of time to mess around with. Was suprised how long the trial lasted.
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Definición de desulphurize en inglés:
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Remove sulphur or sulphur compounds from (a substance): equipment to desulphurize coal in power plants
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- A recent innovation desulfurizes the paste, produces lead carbonate, recovers sodium sulfate crystals, and recycles the H 2 O.
- Magnesium treatment desulphurises the iron to below 0,02% before alloying with the iron, and for economic reasons the sulphur content should be as low as possible.
- Mutant strains that were unable to desulphurize aromatic or aliphatic sulphonates in vitro showed a different effect on plant growth: strain SN36, deficient in the asfA gene; strain SN34, deficient in the ssuE gene.
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- For the Tarfaya core samples, the polar fractions were first treated by Raney Nickel desulphurization, to release sulphur-bound hydrocarbons, followed by column separation and hydrogenation of the apolar tractions to yield phytane.
- Developments in secondary steelmaking such as desulphurization, vacuum degassing, and argon shrouding have enabled better control of steel chemistry and the effective use of microalloyed elements.
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- The efflorescence and sintering of desulfurizer had not been found through checking after examinatorial test.
- Furthermore, sulphur is not a poison in these systems, but a fuel - so there is no desulphuriser needed.
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4.1: Points in the Coordinate Plane
What if you were given the x- and y-coordinates of a point like (-2, 3). How could you determine in which quadrant of the coordinate plane this point would lie? After completing this Concept, you'll be able to plot points like this one given their coordinates.
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For more practice locating and naming points on the coordinate plane, try playing the Coordinate Plane Game at http://www.math-play.com/Coordinate%20Plane%20Game/Coordinate%20Plane%20Game.html.
Lydia lives 2 blocks north and one block east of school; Travis lives three blocks south and two blocks west of school. What's the shortest line connecting their houses?
The Coordinate Plane
We've seen how to represent numbers using number lines; now we'll see how to represent sets of numbers using a coordinate plane. The coordinate plane can be thought of as two number lines that meet at right angles. The horizontal line is called the
Identify Coordinates of Points
When given a point on a coordinate plane, it's easy to determine its coordinates. The coordinates of a point are two numbers - written together they are called an ordered pair. The numbers describe how far along the
Identifying coordinates is just like reading points on a number line, except that now the points do not actually lie on the number line! Look at the following example.
Example A
Find the coordinates of the point labeled
Imagine you are standing at the origin (the point where the
Now if you were standing at the 3 marker on the
The coordinates of point
Example B
Find the coordinates of the points labeled
In order to get to
The coordinates of
The coordinates of
Example C
Plot Points in a Coordinate Plane
Plotting points is simple, once you understand how to read coordinates and read the scale on a graph. As a note on scale, in the next two examples pay close attention to the labels on the axes.
Example D
Plot the following points on the coordinate plane.
\begin{align*}A(2,7) \quad B(-4, 6) \quad D(-3, -3) \quad E(0, 2)\quad F(7, -5)\end{align*}
Point \begin{align*}A(2,7)\end{align*} is 2 units right, 7 units up. It is in Quadrant I.
Point \begin{align*}B(-4, 6)\end{align*} is 4 units left, 6 units up. It is in Quadrant II.
Point \begin{align*}D(-3, -3)\end{align*} is 3 units left, 3 units down. It is in Quadrant III.
Point \begin{align*}E(0, 2)\end{align*} is 2 units up from the origin. It is right on the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}axis, between Quadrants I and II.
Point \begin{align*}F(7, -5)\end{align*} is 7 units right, 5 units down. It is in Quadrant IV.
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CK-12 Foundation: Points in the Coordinate Plane
- The coordinate plane is a two-dimensional space defined by a horizontal number line (the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}axis) and a vertical number line (the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}axis). The origin is the point where these two lines meet. Four areas, or quadrants, are formed as shown in the diagram above.
- Each point on the coordinate plane has a set of coordinates, two numbers written as an ordered pair which describe how far along the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}axis and \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}axis the point is. The \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}coordinate is always written first, then the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}coordinate, in the form \begin{align*}(x, y)\end{align*}.
- Functions are a way that we can relate one quantity to another. Functions can be plotted on the coordinate plane.
Guided Practice
Plot the following points on the coordinate plane.
\begin{align*}A(2.5, 0.5) \quad B(\pi, 1.2) \quad C(2, 1.75) \quad D(0.1, 1.2) \quad E(0, 0)\end{align*}
Here we see the importance of choosing the right scale and range for the graph. In Example 4, our points were scattered throughout the four quadrants. In this case, all the coordinates are positive, so we don't need to show the negative values of \begin{align*}x\end{align*} or \begin{align*}y\end{align*}. Also, there are no \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}values bigger than about 3.14, and 1.75 is the largest value of \begin{align*}y\end{align*}. We can therefore show just the part of the coordinate plane where \begin{align*}0 \le x \le 3.5\end{align*} and \begin{align*}0 \le y \le 2\end{align*}.
Here are some other important things to notice about this graph:
- The tick marks on the axes don't correspond to unit increments (i.e. the numbers do not go up by one each time). This is so that we can plot the points more precisely.
- The scale on the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}axis is different than the scale on the \begin{align*}y-\end{align*}axis, so distances that look the same on both axes are actually greater in the \begin{align*}x-\end{align*}direction. Stretching or shrinking the scale in one direction can be useful when the points we want to plot are farther apart in one direction than the other.
- Identify the coordinates of each point, \begin{align*}A-F\end{align*}, on the graph below.
- Draw a line on the above graph connecting point \begin{align*}B\end{align*} with the origin. Where does that line intersect the line connecting points \begin{align*}C\end{align*} and \begin{align*}D\end{align*}?
Plot the following points on a graph and identify which quadrant each point lies in:
- (4, 2)
- (-3, 5.5)
- (4, -4)
- (-2, -3)
Without graphing the following points, identify which quadrant each lies in:
- (5, 3)
- (-3, -5)
- (-4, 2)
- (2, -4)
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Write a JAVA program that calculates the surface area of a cylinder, C= 2( π r2) + 2 π r h, where r is the radius and h is the height of the cylinder. Allow the user to enter in a radius and a height. Format the output to three decimal places. Use the constant PI and the method pow() from the Math class.
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import Java.util.Scanner;
public class Ex5 {
public static void main (String[] args)
Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
double radius,height,area;
System.out.print("Please enter the radius of the Cylinder");
radius = input.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Please enter the height of the Cylinder");
height = input.nextDouble();
area = (4*Math.PI*radius)+2*Math.PIMath.POW(radius,2);
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Catherine L. (Hile) Edgington, age 83, passed away Jan. 11, 2013, and Paul Junior Edgington, age 84, passed away Oct. 8, 2006.
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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
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Fishing and echolocation behavior of the greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus, in the field
- Hans-Ulrich SchnitzlerAffiliated withAnimal Physiology, University of Tübingen
- , Elisabeth K. V. KalkoAffiliated withAnimal Physiology, University of Tübingen
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When hunting for fish Noctilio leporinus uses several strategies. In high search flight it flies within 20–50 cm of the water surface and emits groups of two to four echolocation signals, always containing at least one pure constant frequency (CF) pulse and one mixed CF-FM pulse consisting of a CF component which is followed by a frequency-modulated (FM) component. The pure CF signals are the longest, with an average duration of 13.3 ms and a maximum of 17 ms. The CF component of the CF-FM signals averages 8.9 ms, the FM sweeps 3.9 ms. The CF components have frequencies of 52.8–56.2 kHz and the FM components have an average bandwidth of 25.9 kHz. A bat in high search flight reacts to jumping fish with "pointed dips" at the spot where a fish has broken the surface. As it descends to the water surface the bat shows the typical approach pattern of all bats with decreasing pulse duration and pulse interval. A jumping fish reveals itself by a typical pattern of temporary echo glints, reflected back to the bat from its body and from the water disturbance. In low search flight N. leporinus drops to a height of only 4–10 cm, with body parallel to the water, legs extended straight back and turned slightly downward, and feet cocked somewhat above the line of the legs and poised within 2–4 cm of the water surface. In this situation N. leporinus emits long series of short CF-FM pulses with an average duration of 5.6 ms (CF 3.1 and FM 2.6) and an average pulse interval of 20 ms, indicating that it is looking for targets within a short range. N. leporinus also makes pointed dips during low search flight by rapidly snapping the feet into the water at the spot where it has localized a jumping fish or disturbance. In the random rake mode, N. leporinus drops to the water surface, lowers its feet and drags its claws through the water in relatively straight lines for up to 10m. The echolocation behavior is similar to that of high search flight. This indicates that in this hunting mode N. leporinus is not pursuing specific targets, and that raking is a random or statistical search for surface fishes. When raking, the bat uses two strategies. In directed random rake it rakes through patches of water where fish jumping activity is high. Our interpretation is that the bat detects this activity by echolocation but prefers not to concentrate on a single jumping fish. In the absence of jumping fish, after flying for several minutes without any dips, N. leporinus starts to make very long rakes in areas where it has hunted successfully before (memory-directed random rake). Hunting bats caught a fish approximately once in every 50–200 passes through the hunting area.
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- Fishing and echolocation behavior of the greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus, in the field
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Backlash from U.S. Chambers right-wing, pro-pollution ads: More local Chambers plan to end membership
This is a cross-post by Lee Fang.
This year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ran one of the largest, most partisan, corporate-funded attack campaigns in its history. It worked closely with Karl Rove's network of attack groups, while raising $75 million dollars to smear Democrats, including Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), and others. The Chamber's ads were particularly sleasy; many were patently untrue, while others criticized Democrats for supporting legislation that the Chamber actually asked them to support.
Part of the Chamber's strategy has been to manipulate the press and the wider public by falsely portraying itself as a community of small businesses and local chambers of commerce. Meanwhile, local chambers are upset that they are being unfairly associated with the U.S. Chamber's far right partisanship. Politico reported today reported on the growing rift:
"We were getting pounded. We felt here, in Central Pennsylvania, that the ads they were running were not professional ads," said David Wise, president of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County, which is considering dropping its national membership. "This was not a unifying event. It was divisive."
… Other chambers plan to take the extraordinary step of ending their affiliation with the U.S. Chamber, including The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Its leaders reported being inundated with angry "" and sometimes profanity-laced "" telephone calls from people objecting to the U.S. Chamber-backed ads….
Looking ahead to the 2012 elections, if more local chambers publicly declare their independence, it could undermine the power and credibility of attacks launched from the Washington office.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, during part of its history, was a practical business lobby interested in working with Democrats and Republicans alike to promote policies to boost both the interests of executives and to help ensure high employment. However, those days are long gone. Since the 70s, the Chamber has been a far right lobbying group, representing mostly multinational corporations like ExxonMobil and CitiGroup. Last year, nearly half of the U.S. Chamber's entire budget came from large health insurance companies. As ThinkProgress reported, the Chamber also recently began a secretive effort to attract donors from foreign corporations, including the Bahrain Petroleum Company and the Bank of India.
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Wow–I didn't realize that the CC went to the extreme right so long ago. I thought that the problem was mainly the current leader. Anyway, I hope that membership keeps fading away and that their reliance on foreign donors becomes an issue, especially for their polical ads in US elections.
This a how our plutocracy rolls. It is just one example of wealthy economic incumbents pressing their advantage farther than ever. They use all their tools: think tanks, lawyers, marketing and PR, lobbying, politicians, pundits, and hate radio.
It is another reason that we need higher taxes at the top. Not want — need.
The US Chamber of Commerce has failed to realize that its members and branches are also located in Blue states with perhaps a far different agenda then the National Chamber follows.
Its good to see these 'rebel' branches break ranks with the right wing views of the hierarchy- located in very conservative regions.
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BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. - The Rev. Edward Murphy wakes each day at 5 a.m., has Bible study, and within an hour is on the reconstruction site of hurricane-battered Shoreline Baptist Church.
The stocky, 61-year-old minister leaves footprints in the sawdust on the sanctuary floor as he makes his daily inspection of the two-story, brick building. When he reaches the outside rear of the church, he abruptly stops, smiles and turns to his wife, Karen.
"They have the meter in," he said.
"Praise the Lord," Karen Murphy replies.
The significance of the meter is more than restored electricity. It means the church is that much closer to recovery and to becoming a symbol of hope to a community still scarred eight months after Hurricane Katrina nearly wiped it off the map.
"Virtually everybody who comes into Bay St. Louis comes by this church," Pastor Murphy said. "I want it to be a shining light."
Like the thousands of families washed from their homes and businesses along Mississippi's coast, church leaders from Waveland to Pascagoula face hard decisions about the future.
Some are rebuilding with the help of the faithful across the nation, while others have nothing left to rebuild and are relocating inland. A common thread for all is the challenge to provide healing for struggling churchgoers.
"We need to get these houses of worship in order as soon as possible before more people drift away," said William Perkins, editor of the Baptist Record, the Mississippi Baptist Convention's weekly news journal.
Between 300 and 400 Southern Baptist churches were damaged by the hurricane. Of those, about 100 were destroyed, Perkins said.
Restoration is made possible from insurance settlements, donations and volunteer labor. Many churches get financial assistance from their headquarters. Few seek federal disaster loans.
In most cases, however, insurance payments are far short of what's needed.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi had its parishes, schools, deaf center and senior citizens apartments insured for $35 million on one policy, but Katrina did $70 million in damage.
Ten churches were destroyed or gutted and another 10 were severely damaged, said Shirley Henderson, communication coordinator for the diocese. The diocese combined some churches rather than rebuild, basing the decision on the degree of damage and whether there was a congregation base left in a parish.
"We lost so many people, so you're not going to have the collection," Henderson said.
Even as Gulf Coast churches grapple with structural and financial dilemmas, they're still expected to serve a crippled community.
Murphy's church, whose congregation numbered 150 before the storm, had $750,000 in damage. He's received a fraction of that in volunteer labor and monetary contributions. Yet, even as he waits for more donations, he's using church funds and other resources to build hundreds of storage sheds for residents living in trailers provided by the federal government.
He and his band of volunteers also have cleaned up the flooded homes of 1,500 families in the months since Katrina raged ashore last August.
About 30 miles east of Bay St. Louis, a few hundred feet from Gulfport's beach, is a slab of concrete that once was home to St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
Leaders of the historic church, founded in 1846 and frequented by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, say they're going to rebuild inland rather than risk another deadly storm.
For now, members meet in a 78-by-40-foot federal trailer each Sunday.
They sit on straight-back chairs tightly arranged in a semicircle around a makeshift pulpit: a table covered with purple linen with a brass cross on top.
The compact surroundings are conducive to "reaching out to members," said the Rev. Nick Roberts, an associate pastor who also is coast coordinator for the Lutheran-Episcopal Disaster Response.
St. Mark's Katrina-related ministries include counseling, distributing food and clothing and recruiting doctors and nurses to the Coastal Family Health Clinic.
"The church has always been the provider of last resort," Roberts said.
"Even as we pick our mission to rebuild houses and disaster response programs, what we understand is there's still going to be those people who can't afford utilities and can't afford medicine. They're going to come back to the churches."
The Rev. Beau Roberts, pastor of St. Mark's and who is not related to Nick Roberts, said the church has raised two-thirds of the money needed for the new building project.
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At DC Comics "Superman Unchained" panel, part of San Diegoâs Comic-Con International, writer Scott Snyder joined artist and DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee, artist Dustin Nguyen, inker Scott Williams and colorist Alex Sinclair to speak about the New 52 title and answer fan questions.
The panel began as Moderator and SVP of Sales at DC Bob Wayne brought the creative team out to thunderous applause. Bringing the cover to issue #1 up on the big screen, Snyder laughed, âIt was really scary moving from Gotham to Metropolis!â
Explaining that he wanted the story to challenge Superman physically and emotionally, Snyder continued,âWe really want to tear him apart...so we wanted a cover for this one that looks heroic and has that huge, epic quality, but at the same time heâs struggling with something."
âIâm really, really proud of whatâs coming up too," the writer added.
Showing pages of the script, Lee told the audience that the idea began at San Diego Comic-Con last year. The audience then bust into applause for inker and Leeâs long-time colleague Williams.
âHeâs been a longer partner to me than any of my two wives,â Lee joked as the room cracked up. Sinclair was also one of Leeâs hires over at Wildstorm who came over to work on Lee's DC work.
As for backup artist Nguyen, the artist laughed as Lee teased him, âHe wanted to contractually obligate himself to one page, but we pushed the bastard to two pages a month!"
Speaking about inking Leeâs work, Williams said he wanted to change up the look of the inking for âSuperman Unchainedâ and move away from full bleeds -- the artwork going out to the edges on every page.
âThe rest of the story and the pencil pages, letâs keep that a little more confined in a traditional scale,â Williams said.
Showing an example of a full bleed cover with colors, Sinclair chimed in that like âHush,â which both he and Williams worked on, he played around with adding texture to the foreground and different combinations of coloring methods. This included digital, which the art team tried to use more sparingly.
âYouâre constantly fighting using ciphers that used to signify certain effects [in photoshop],â Lee added.
Displaying an intricately penciled double-page spread of Nagasaki from issue #1 by Lee, he explained that he put bars in the background in order to help move the readersâ eyes from left to right. Snyder added that Lee drew Snyderâs wife, who just passed her medical board test, into the issue.
âHe drew her in, sheâs a doctor..Sheâs like, 'listen Lois,'â Snyder laughed.
âAnd she kept showing up,â Lee joked.
âI just keep writing her in!â Snyder laughed.
Lee also told the audience that Snyder loaded his script with reference pictures, such as images of the atomic bomb. âHe does all my Google reference for me,â Lee laughed again.
Speaking about the decision to put in a pullout poster, Lee said they wanted something that could only work with the print edition, though the physical reality of printing those posters and inserting them into the comic proved far harder than Lee originally thought.
âAll those posters are hand-inserted into those comics, and I want to thank Scott and Alex for helping me out,â Lee joked.
âPeople thought you were being serious and yelled at me on Twitter,â Snyder said as the room cracked up. âThey were like, âYou didnât use enough glue on mine!ââ
Looking at an un-colored and un-inked image of Superman from issue #1, Lee admitted that while he puts in tons of lines in his pencils, when he inks himself, âThatâs all black. I donât do any of that!â
The panelists then played a time-compressed video of Williams inking, taking a forty-three minute process and turning it into a minute-long clip.
âChange that, I donât like that!â Lee joked to Williams as the video played.
After watched for another 30 seconds, Lee pointed out how Williams changed the line weight (how thick the lines are) and where he just colored things black.
âWow, thatâs a lot of lines," Lee said as the audience laughed again.
âAnd then I cover it in captions. I look at the meanest places to put them in,â Snyder joked as the room cracked up and applauded the end of the video.
Lee explained that in the poster they had to move the lettering around as they drew it over four quadrants, like two double-page spreads, and they had to mess with the way it fell in order to make sense when read.
But when it came to coloring it, âI just saw it as one big page,â Sinclair said, adding that the digital image size was nearly 2 gigs. âWhen I work with Jim I send to him and Scott first...and then he kicks back revisions,â Sinclair added.
Pointing to an uncolored page from issue #2 of the Batcave, Lee said that it was done close to the deadline and the art team broke it down in a similar way to one of Leeâs old âX-Menâ comics he did back in the â90s. âWe did that issue in nine days, pencils and inks...we literally cut up pages so we could all work on it at the same time,â Lee said. âThis reminded me of that time.â
Lee then took off for another engagement, apologizing to the audience and praising his collaborators before he left. Nguyen took the microphone next, pointing to his un-inked and un-colored images from issue #2. The artist said heâd often call Snyder to see what the writer was going for, adding he inked his own work for the most part.
âThereâs only so much pencils can do and I donât do a lot of hatching,â Nguyen said, adding he did black gutters to contrast with Leeâs white gutters and to mimic the after-credits scenes from a move.
âHey, letâs give you guys some spoilers,â Snyder said as the audience cheered. He then showed the cover for issue #3 which showed Superman fighting a new, blue/gray villain: Wraith.
âHereâs what the story is about basically...not only does [Superman] get owned physically, he gets punched against the state of Utah. They did a Google map image of Utah and you see him as a streak,â Snyder laughed.
Explaining that in 1938 a group of scientists sent out a mathematical formula pleading for help from the stars, Wraith, âbasically lands with a more complicated version of that...heâs basically Superman if Superman does what he might want to do but doesnât do,â Snyder says.
Snyder explained that General Lane accuses Superman being a coward because he doesnât take out warlords or change the world as he needs the praise and adulation of an audience calling him a hero before he does anything.
But with the new character, âNot only has this guy been here longer and is solar-powered...heâs not a straight up villain, heâs Supermanâs nightmare, heâs the guy doing what Superman wants to do but doesnât,â Snyder said.
Snyder also clarified that Lois Lane will be the third biggest character in the book. âSheâs the third protagonist in the book,â Snyder said.
Talking about General Lane specifically, Snyder said that in issue #3 readers will see the things the military man has prepared to fight Superman, especially since the US cannot count Superman will always be on their side -- letting them bomb and fight who they want, for instance.
âWeâre not pulling any punches...Lex has a big part in it too, next issue he has a really big sequence with Jimmy Olsen,â Snyder said, adding, âWe really wanted to do something that builds on the classic Superman character: Lex, Lois, Jimmy, Lana, but at the same time make it modern...whatâs coming is the best stuff.â
âI think I just found out more stuff about this book in the last fifteen minutes than I did talking to him,â Wayne said as the audience laughed, ending the panel to whistles and thunderous applause.


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A ninja with no weapons or a rabid hungry wild boar
It depends on how well trained the ninja is. I would guess probably the boar. Even if the ninja wins he might still get rabies if he got hurt during the fight.
I think the boar would win also since they can kill tigers, why wouldnt they be able to massacre a little asian ninja guy
Ninja's only hide from people seeing them but animals can smell them so they are going to get their but kicked. Boar wins.
Depends if the ninja is as good as I am.
Martial arts applies to human body and such idk
The ninja is just your average ninja. Hes not a ninja grandmaster and hes not rookies ninja.
The boar would destroy him
Originally posted by Timothynot:The ninja is just your average ninja. Hes not a ninja grandmaster and hes not rookies ninja.
Then it depends where he was taught and who by.
Boar. A ninja without weapons could only attack it here and there, and hold its tusks to prevent it from biting him/her, but that's about it and they most likely won't kill it before the boar bites him/her.
If the ninja is me, the ninja. Otherwise, the boar.
Originally posted by SpearDudezor:If the ninja is me, the ninja. Otherwise, the boar.
But what if the ninja was me
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DOE flushes $15 million down the hydrogen toilet
There are only three sure things in life — death, taxes, and you won't be buying a hydrogen fuel cell car. Sadly, the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has not gotten any of the memos (see "The Last Car You Would Ever Buy — Literally" and "This just in: Hydrogen fuel cell cars are still dead").]
As GreenCarCongress reports:
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 10 cost-shared hydrogen storage research and development projects to receive up to $15.3 million over five years, subject to annual appropriations.
The selected projects seek to develop hydrogen storage technologies to enable fuel cell vehicles to meet customer expectations for longer driving range and performance. The projects include development of novel hydrogen storage materials, development of efficient methods for regeneration of hydrogen storage materials, and approaches to increase hydrogen binding energies to enable room temperature hydrogen storage.
It would be difficult for "fuel cell vehicles to meet customer expectations for longer driving range and performance" given that there are no customers for fuel cell vehicles nor are there going to be any time soon and I mean soon in the sense of Hell-freezes-over soon.
I predict that by the end of the first term of the next president — whoever he is — the hydrogen fuel cell budget will be cut in half. If it were up to me, it would be cut 90% or more. Depending on what you include, the current budget is close to $300 million a year. All of that money should be shifted towards developing advanced batteries and cellulosic ethanol — and deploying plug-in hybrids.
This latest DOE announcement shows just how bad an investment hydrogen technology has become for taxpayers:
DOE will negotiate the terms of 10 cost-shared projects currently planned for a total of approximately $18 million, with up to $15.3 million total government share, subject to annual appropriations, and $3 million applicant cost share.
In the good old days, we tried very hard to get 50-50 cost share. Now, at a time when the nation and the world has simply run out of time for pursuing high-in-the-sky projects, if you can't get the private sector to cough up half of the project cost, that is a pretty good sign that you are not pursuing a technology that is going to make much of a contribution for decades to come.
In case you want to know what rabbit hole your taxpayer dollars are disappearing down, here is the list of the 10 projects:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, N.M.) Up to $2.3 million for a novel concept using an electric field to increase the hydrogen binding energy in hydrogen adsorbents.
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Up to $2.2 million to design novel multi-component metal hydride-based mixtures for hydrogen storage.
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Up to $1.3 million for novel hydrogen adsorbent materials with increased hydrogen binding energy through metal doping.
- Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) Up to $1.1 million for development of high capacity, reversible hydrogen storage materials using boron-based metal hydrides.
- Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pa.) Up to $1.5 million for development of novel nanoporous materials for use as hydrogen adsorbents.
- US Borax Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.) Up to $600,000 for development of a high-efficiency process for the regeneration of spent chemical hydrogen carriers.
- University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.) Up to $1.9 million for development of boron-substituted, high-surface area carbon materials made from corncobs for use as hydrogen adsorbents.
- University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) Up to $640,000 for novel boron and nitrogen substituted cyclic compounds for use as liquid hydrogen carriers.
- University of California at Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Up to $1.7 million for novel hydrogen adsorbent materials based on light metal impregnation for increasing hydrogen binding energies.
- Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, Calif.) Up to $2.0 million for development of materials with tunable thermodynamics through the stabilization of nanosized particles.
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40 Responses to DOE flushes $15 million down the hydrogen toilet
Here is one where I completely agree with you. However, who were the people/groups pushing hydrogen over the last 20 yrs? [In the same vein as CA mandating an EV as if the capability would magically appear if a law was passed. ] I can remember many a press piece touting the virtues of pollution free hydrogen but never mentioning how one obtained hydrogen. Like you could mine it or drill for it.
Wait… They finally got the hydrogen toilets to work?
Environmentalist movie star Jamie Lee Curtis has a very different opinion on hydrogen.
I bet this is small change compared to all the other stuff Bush govt is doing to waste our (and Chinese) money.
The basic problem is ideology. They think govt should not "choose" winners in alt fuels.
So the future of transportation is electric, and the big vexing question is how to get electricity to the wheels.
Battery only, series or parallel hybrid, and PHEV are inside the box of possibilities we are considering. Joe puts fuel cells way outside the box. But are there any other ways to get juice to the wheels? Catenary wires are ugly I guess (except for trains like TGV), but there are other ways to induce current. EM induction? Microwaves? Anything else out there?
Clearly we want better batteries, lighter more aerodynamic cars, better mass transit, more bikes and even more shoe leather in the transport mix, but how do we best get electric current to the wheels? That appears to be the big question.
For the 2010 Olympics, hydrogen fuel cell buses will be used in Whistler, British Columbia. The refueling station and garage will be built on a rare wetland. The compressed hydrogen gas will be trucked in from thousands of kilometres away, from a plant in Quebec deriving the Hydrogen from natural gas.
I find it amusing that people get all up in arms about lip-syncing fakery at the olympics, but will swallow hydrogen fakery without much criticism.
Thanks to Michael Hoexter at terraverde.wordpress.com for his discussions of the renewable electron economy, and specifically about electrification of transportation rights of way.
My more general question: how can we provide electricity to vehicles safely and reliably while they are moving?
I am really confused. Can't Hydrogen be stored just like propane in a pressuretank, and fill a car like we fill propane tanks?
Honda is sending 200 Hydrogen cars to Calif. next year. Off their production line. Which they are selling to other countries. What are those countries doing for infra structure, (production and distribution of Hydrogen). curious. Why can't we do the same?
Joe, that was an unusual answer to William. I would think the pumping into and storage of hydrogen in vehicle tanks would be the least of the issues to cite against hydrogen. Inherent inefficiency and the cost/lifetime of the fuel cells are of more concern, IMO. After all, the Honda Clarity FCX is showing 5000 psi (350 bar) storage now. Far more significant is that it will take 2-4x as many windmills to power the FCX as it would a plug-in version of the same vehicle. Such a multiple on the renewable energy requirement for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles makes them a horrible choice for replacing gasoline vehicles. The extra windmills required by FCVs would be far better directed at replacing coal power plants.
Mark Shapiro said, "how do we best get electric current to the wheels? That appears to be the big question."
It isn't that big of a question. It is hard to beat delivering electricity over the grid to your garage plug at 93% efficiency, converting it to DC in the car at 92% efficiency, and then charging/discharging batteries at 94% efficiency. Until something else can come close, there's no real question there.
They'd be better off giving that money away to people who will receive the money who vow to spend it on buying a Tesla.
I'm waiting for my check in the mail :-)
Everyone interested in this topic should read Joe's book, The Hype About Hydrogen, which he links to above. It's a devastating critique of HFC's in cars.
If you want something shorter, then I highly recommend the paper "Does a Hydrogen Economy Make Sense?" (12 pages, 459KB PDF) (http://www.efcf.com/reports/E21.pdf) by Ulf Bossel, which I mentioned over on The Cost of Energy several times, including the following post:
Bossel does a detailed analysis of the energy losses at every stage of creating, transporting, compressing, dispensing, and using hydrogen in a FC vehicle, and compares it to a battery electric vehicle. The BEV wins by a factor of 3.
My views on hydrogen are evolving, from naive optimism years ago, to utter skepticism like Joe's as of maybe a month ago, and now sliding to something of a middle ground.
My current thinking can be summed up as this: hydrogen is not competitive against battery-electric serial hybrids, but may become so against biofuels. At least for large-usage cases such as airplanes, ocean liners/freighters, and large trucks — applications that truly require high on-board energy density, unlike 90% of auto usage.
I did some back-of-the-envelope calcs, and estimated that, for the same land area, hydrogen from a PV installation could yield around 10x the mileage to a car as can cellulosic ethanol (both as the range-extenders in a serial-hybrid setup). I had to use auto mileage for comparison, as I don't know any hydrogen or electric numbers for large trucks/ships/airplanes. I also have no idea about biodiesel from algae, as I have not seen any numbers for that.
On top of the simple land-area advantage, solar installations will of course not be competing with food crops for land (and perhaps fertilizer and irrigation) as cellulosic ethanol would, and would have more-reliable yields to boot. Again, I don't know about algae, but algae would require significant infrastructure — perhaps more intensive than a solar installation, due to the need for all sorts of fluids shunting about. Algae certainly will require plenty of water.
For jets, I don't know if hydrogen will be an adequate substitute for injecting into the air stream instead of a hydrocarbon; but if it is, a big jet is so expensive already that hydrogen storage might be fesable (e.g. in liquid form).
For large ships and trucks, the transition to diesel-electric either is already underway (ships) or will be soon (e.g. Wal-Mart's fleet-efficiency project to double mileage by 2015). It stands to reason that adding battery capacity will follow soon after. But it will be quite a while before such huge batteries could even be charged easily, on a widespread basis, due to the amperage requirements. So a secondary fuel source will be needed for quite a few decades. Due to the massive fuel requirements of these applications, I worry that it will be difficult for biofuels to accommodate it. That's where hydrogen may come in.
So continued research into improved H2 storage, fuel cells, and electrolysis is warranted; but probably not to be targeted for production until at least a decade from now. Compared to the multiple billions we should be spending on PV, solar-thermal, batteries, and grid improvements, 300 million for hydrogen sounds reasonable. It's just that we need to get those other billions actually allocated!
crf: The liquid hydrogen will travel for some 4,725 km (using the Trans-Canada Highway instead of the southern route used by Google Map) from the factory in Montreal to Whistler. Assuming the semi uses the same amount of diesel than a bus (6 mpg or 38 l/100 km), the one-way trip will take 1800 l (472 US gallons) of diesel… to transport one load of the precious gas .
Unless they ship the precious cargo using the CN train line.
The big difference between hydrogen and plug ins is that hydrogen cars are on the road in the hands of environmental opinion leaders. High quality, major car makers are producing fuel cell vehicles while still trying to perfect the plug-in hybrid.
Earl Killian is certainly correct that EV is the best path and I wish he could have been one of the Californians allowed to lease a hydrogen car.
nataraj: They think govt should not "choose" winners in alt fuels.
This is why some climate voters will vote the other way.
Paul K, there are more plug-in cars on the road than hydrogen cars. My wife and I have two plug-in cars in my garage. I would characterize your statement, "High quality, major car makers are producing fuel cell vehicles" as false. Automakers are still doing research on making FCVs feasible; they are experimenting with prototypes, not producing vehicles.
I haven't read Joe's book on hydrogen, but the paper Lou cited above:
is certainly a damning indictment of the extreme energy inefficiency of the hydrogen economy.
Since y'all are on the subject of cars, I thought I'd bring up something about electric cars that has puzzled me and others.
For longer distance trips, electric would seem to have a major drawback. With gas, when one runs out after 300 or so miles, one merely pulls into a service station and refills in a couple of minutes. With electric, what does one do? Recharging batteries takes a much longer time, I assume.
Obviously, most car trips are not so long that this is an issue. In addition, gas/electric hybrids can solve some of this. But presumably we don't want to have the inefficiency of maintaining both gas and electric distributions infrastructures.
So, what is the electric car answer for long haul trucking and spring break road trips?
> So, what is the electric car answer for long haul trucking and spring break road trips?
Two possibilities: recharging stations or swapping the battery for a fully recharged one. Both are planned for electric car initiative in Israel by Renault-Nissan. See for example:
To add to John Hollenberg's reply, there are also plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). However, in the long-term fast charging is likely to have pure Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) replace PHEVs. In May 2007 a 10-minute recharge of a 150-mile BEV was demonstrated to the California Air Resources Board. The technology to support this therefore already exists. It is a matter of making it cost-effective.
For the question about long trips in BEV and PHEV's, some have looked at the problem and came up with this report 'Low-emissions Range Extender for Electric Vehicles.'
Go to this Website:
Go to Resources and you can download the report.
The question about what to do with long haul trucking is harder. Batteries aren't at the point yet of doing it yet and may never be able to. My thinking on the problem is that if fossil fuels are used, they should be used in the most valuable state for the end use, otherwise power, heat and cooling needs should be handled with the electrical grid and then feed the grid with as much Renewables (nondepleatables, nonexhaustables) possibles.
Example. Instead of heating houses in the Northeast with Fuel oil as many do now, they should be using Geothermal heat pumps that are powered from the electrical grid thats powered by Renewable low and non carbon sources. Then use the fuel oil saved from that to power the trucks needed for medium distance heavy transportation.
Let me follow up by saying that I like the idea of an electric car world. I think it could, in the very near term, provide terrific benefits. Israel will reap the rewards relatively easily (props to my peeps in the promised land!). It's a tiny country, so long-haul isn't a huge issue there. We'll need some different solutions in the rest of the world.
I guess if we already have 10 minutes/150 miles (refill time divided by range… a good measure of convenience, no?) for recharging batteries that's certainly promising. Presumably, technology will improve on that. Gasoline gets a convenience ratio of what, 3 minutes / 300 miles? That's about six times better than the previously cited demonstration before the CARB.
I'm not particularly enamored of the idea of swapping out batteries. The US, in particular, has issues with standards (witness our mobile phone "system"), and without a standardized battery system, swapping becomes logistically VERY challenging. Then there's the labor. We'd be forced back into full service service stations! That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's certainly an impediment to uptake of the technology.
In short, I'd put my money behind improving recharging technology. Or maybe solutions for the problems dogging hydrogen will be found. Ya' never know. Just don't count on it.
Cheers y'all!
…swapping out batteries. … We'd be forced back into full service service stations! That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's certainly an impediment to uptake of the technology.
Actually there would be far fewer such service stations as there are gas stations now, as 90% of the electric fleet's driving needs would be met by home chargers. But you're right about the danger of too many proprietary battery types.
I skimmed the subject of long-haul trucking in my other post above. Basically, the battery needs will be enormous here, so the best hope is to transition as much as possible to biodiesel, ultimately derived from algae. In the meantime, battery technology does improve, and these trucks should switch largely to diesel-electric setups by maybe 2020. I base that date on the fact that Wal-Mart is already planning for that transition of its fleet by 2015 (that, together with numerous other measures, will double their trucks' gas mileage by that time). So once that's pioneered, the larger fleet should switch over — if gas prices remain high, it could be rather quick.
With diesel-electric in place, there will be a natural transition to start adding batteries in the middle, making the trucks into serial hybrids. Then the batteries' capacities can increase until the technology hits a wall — or, if we're lucky, it doesn't, and the only issue is how to charge them fast enough. But if it does, then the question will be is hydrogen or biodiesel better as the range-extending energy carrier.
BTW, someone here mentioned fast-charging batteries. I don't think they're truly here yet, as schemes for quick charging can reduce a battery's longevity considerably — or it means that the battery has much lower energy density than non-fast-charging types. It's going to take a while to develop fast-chargers that have high energy density + low cost + long durability. Slow-charging batteries will meet those three requirements much sooner.
I'll repeat my question for all:
What is the best way to get electricity to the vehicle while it's moving?
Earl Killian's reply that grid to battery is efficient clearly holds, but only while the vehicle is parked at a charging station.
Electricity is a clean, efficient, simple, and inexpensive way to propel a vehicle. Batteries, HEVs, PHEVs, and especially fuel cells are complex and/or expensive.
So how do you best bet electricity to the wheels? Can you make electricity available at the right of way?
By the way –
The ideal that I am looking for is that electricity would be available continuously, or in short bursts, for example at intersections or interchanges.
If this is even possible, it would require huge infrastructure investment, but battery production also requires investment.
One possible system would be buses that recharge briefly at every bus stop. With fixed routes, the infrastructure need is known and limited. The charging mechanism needs to be fast, safe, and reliable, but that is true for all energy transfer.
My apologies if this is too preposterous.
Mark, now that you mention the idea, I DO recall seeing a blurb in New Scientist about using induction plates embedded in the road to recharge vehicles. The context was very specific (and the one you mentioned): city buses with recharging at bus stops. I'm skeptical about the efficiency of such a system, especially for the more general automotive population.
On the other hand, people have also experimented with generating electricity using the piezoelectric effect as cars drive over plates embedded in the road. So, at intersections, cars driving over piezoelectric plates going one direction generate electricity which charges cars going the other direction but stopped at the lights and sitting over induction plates.
As you mentioned, putting together the infrastructure could be prohibitive, but if it's a closed system, as opposed to feeding off mains, it would be interesting to see what that does to the cast/benefit analysis.
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