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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Jack and Brian in Wonderland - The Search for Alice.
It starts with the rather bald implication that the American public is hungering for electric cars, and that the evil empire is denying them access to them for various vaguely nefarious and republican reasons. This huge, latent demand for a better technology, left unfulfilled and unrequited in the eternal quest for filthy euchre and the ongoing quest for global climactic rape and mayhem.
And somehow lurking in all that is the eternal premise that the wealthy grow wealthy on the backs of the poor working man.
If you could spend a day in my mailbox from THIS end, you'd understand why I'm old, cranky, and overweight.
In truth, the demand for a battery powered electric vehicle, not only in the United States but worldwide, is essentially and statistically zero and always was.
China, a country whose primary means of transportation for a century has been a bicycle, offered a more advanced government subsidy last year for electric cars than the United States and had a whopping 34 takers.
It IS true that those who DID lease an EV1, a RAV4, a Ford Ranger, or a Chevy S10 in the 1990s, probably overwhelmingly wanted to keep them.
Today, the Volt is under siege both as a non seller and a fire hazard. But Volt owners haven't gotten the word. They love the car. In fact, according to Consumer Reports, it has the highest vehicle owner satisfaction numbers in the business - ahead of the Dodge Challenger and the Porsche 911. Neither beast nor fowl, it uses both gasoline and kilowattage rather indiscriminately.
To know an electric car at this point, with modern Lithium ion cells, is to love one. But almost nobody knows them.
And so we have this bizarre Alice in Wonderland national debate, with almost ALL the voices on ALL sides of it, pro AND con, bereft of any experience with the vehicles whatsoever, and they entirely drown out the plaintive mews of actual owners who have actually owned and driven the beasts for at least two weeks.
Since their experience matches not the preconceived pro OR con notions, there is not really a slot on the evening news for their voices at all.
More annoying for me personally, is the entirely altered nature of business in America. An unintended consequence of the Internet. A decade or more ago, all businesses had telephones and answered them as a matter of course, taking all callers. They responded to electronic mail. And generally, they would sell their products to anyone capable of paying for them, in quantities large or small.
This is actually a necessary mannerism of commerce. Despite the 80/20 rule that all businesses live by, wherein 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers, the 20% age and die. Worse, they merge. And so you have to constantly replenish them from the great mass of unwashed 80% of your customers most of whom are in truth a pain in the ass. Problem being, you can't tell which of them is going to switch categories on you.
Today, we have whole industries with no phone number. They don't have a receptionist. Nobody screens the incoming call because no one takes them. E-mail addresses are posted, but no humanoid ever checks that mailbox. The sales process is very much more efficient because it is entirely outbound. There is no incoming over the transom business because there is no one there to take the order.
This is most forgivable in mature industries. Massive hedging in corn futures could be forgiven for being a bit clubby. There are a few traders who have been doing this as a family business for a hundred years or so. Ironically, you can call them and they'll take the call.
But in young, emerging, technically disruptive businesses, this is pretty much a page of lost opportunity and connections and relationships never made and never fulfilled. In other words, kids playing at having a business - usually with other peoples money.
So it is no great loss to the CEO of Enerdel. That half a billion in investor capital went away because HE was too busy in a business FANTASY to answer the phone wasn't really his money. And A123 can likewise VERY cavalierly claim to NOT do business with the great unwashed AS they watch their investors stock plunge below $3 - not a problem. OPM.
But the lost opportunities are a treasonous high crime and misdemeanor. Backyard and garage inventors Bill Hewlett, David Packard, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Paul Allen would simply be shut out today because they cannot "qualify" to get a phone call or e-mail returned, much less order a small quantity of whatever it is the companies offer.
So today, we have this ironic situation where we have plunging prices on American lithium batteries that can only be purchased from Chinese traders,which is ok because the American made batteries are really made in Korea or China ANYWAY while the American company is laying off workers in MICHIGAN prior to going out of business and being delisted from the Nasdaq ANYWAY and our main question is will these cells be available long enough for us to bother to design a module/package for sufficient to use in a car.
And if we did, and enough of you purchased the cells, would the cells then remain in production in China to fill THAT backdoor demand even though the original U.S. company went out of business entirely? Oh, did I mention they received $259 million of YOUR tax dollars to do all this? But they will neither sell to you or even SPEAK to you at this point?
American jobs? I'm sorry. Americans don't DESERVE jobs. They can't be bothered answering the phone.
Beyond ranting and raving about these developments, we're basically taking the win on almost everything we've predicted for the past two years. It is now becoming evident to everyone that General Motors sales projections, Nissan's sales projections, and all industry observers sales projections, have been nothing but fantasy confused by the ongoing propensity to offer a bare faced lie to anyone who will listen.
Electric cars offer a serious advantage to those who own them. The problem is those who own them are very few and not part of the national conversation on this topic. So in this Alice and Wonderland world, the only way anyone is going to learn anything useful about a modern electric car is to take a ride with one of the very few who have one. ANd that ironically is the same group that was building their own. The conversion guys generally ARE the low hanging fruit who are buying the Leaf's and the Volts, and parking them right next to their own efforts at an electric car in the same garage. But that's what's happening.
And so the bootstrapping of this technology to the masses is going to be a much longer and much slower process than Carlos Ghosn can imagine I do fear, despite his heroic work in this area. It remains an early adopter market. And will because the American public has learned to rely on information gathered first hand by their own experience. They have over time learned how to tell when the corporate elements of the world are lying .....
.....- you can see their lips moving.....
We continue to work on the Swallow - which is fun with an open VW chassis from 1968. We're making battery boxes and hooking things up left and right.
Jack Rickard
77 comments:
I've seen a product hijacked by the Chinese. One of the customers of the company I was doing consulting with wanted a better margin so they took our product and asked the Chinese to clone it. The Chinese version of the product was not as good as the original but was a lot cheaper. (Eventually it vanished for this reason.) They supposedly had an exclusive deal and this seemed true for about 6 months. After that time all of their (and our) competition started selling this clone product. What I think happens is you talk to a trading company which then hires a factory to make the product. The deal is with the trading company, not the factory. This will all work out great if you take every item you contracted to make at the rate you requested. The problem comes about when your demand doesn't meet expectations and you tell them to slow down production. You are only telling the trading company. The factory just wants to make product and continues to do so at the original ordered rate. So they look for another trading company to sell the excess when they realize it is building up. End result is your competition ends up with your product at a lower price than what you are paying. It sure looks like a good deal to a manufacturer to have their stuff built over there but you have almost no control over it when you do. A123 is probably seeing exactly this situation. As long as they were taking all the production they stay in control. When they say cut back a little that doesn't happen and the excess eventually ends up at your competition or on Ebay.ReplyDelete
A123 is still selling the 18650 and 26650 cells to Dewalt and Black and Decker so they may manage to stay in business for a while yet. Fortunately for us they may have lost control of their food bag prismatics and the price may end up to be very attractive for a while. It may also be that the ones we are seeing for cheap may be fallouts that didnt meet quality control. The specs for those indicate 19.6AH minimal capacity. What are you seeing for capacity Jack?
Winston/Balqon may be in control for now but I bet we will see their batteries showing up again. The fact that we haven't may mean that some entity is absorbing the production and there is no excess at the factory that is making them. The line is dedicated to making the size that Balqon wants.
Sinopoly is more of a puzzle. They must be selling to someone somewhere. I suppose they might be waiting for a large quantity order before they tell the factory to make some.
For now we still have the excellent CALB and GBS batteries.
Here is a nice article regarding a private US corporation (they break company policy and talk to the media) and how they expanded into China. I personally know the people involved.ReplyDelete
What the article does not tell you is, that to "own" a Chinese factory, You have to have Chinese residency. Better brush up on your Mandarin!
hehe I'm not sure you can blame your age and weight on us lefties Jack : )ReplyDelete
but if you mean the stress and frustration that's because you at times fight against the truth and that cannot be won.
republicans are douches. they start wars based on lies. they do anything the corporate wants. and you can tell they lie when they open their mouths.
big oil is the enemy. you may not like these facts but that is not the fault of the facts.
but ironically I believe you are wrong on the Volt fire issue and the demand issue even though it is from big auto. obviously the sales have been supply limited. it's possible the Volt doesn't have super great demand but it's there. and certainly the Leaf has been supply limited. that's a Jackism that you deny that. Nissan's projections were basically spot on despite earthquakes and they are projecting much larger numbers in the future. and this despite the car being quite overpriced not to mention unattractive.
you are also wrong about demand for EVs in general. sure the hardcore EV fans are few but there is a big group of unengaged latent dogooders. the meek middle class, those who will inherit the earth. mom and pop who doesn't spend all their time online looking for EV parts but who have a bit of money and good inclination and it's an ocean that will enlarge as they become more familiar with the concept when they are seen around town or Tom at work gets one.
if supply opens up and they are priced by cost then sales will be in the millions in short order.
the super overpriced mitsubishi iMiev has sold over 1000 now in Norway alone. a country of maybe 6 million. they cost about 40k$. a tiny slow car with 16kWh. it's a kei car. yet there is demand.
once there is selection and decent price for EVs they will explode.ReplyDelete
I know you like the idea that we the EV freaks will change the world and big auto's current efforts wont matter. that's just not true. big auto will survive and they will provide EVs. it is in motion and the only question is timing. if we want to be relevant we have to demonstrate something better than their current offerings. I see two main avenues; cheaper and higher performance.
if we can't make something cheaper and faster than a Leaf we'd be crazy to spend our time on building one instead of just buying a Leaf.
fortunately it's possible to make it much cheaper and faster than a Leaf.
if we do that we can embarrass the dull-witted automakers and that's the only thing that gets them to move.
and the key to achieve both is a light weight aerodynamic car because you get the speed and the range for less battery. a ferrari killer for econobox money. the more such cars we can get in the hands of enthusiasts who bring them to drag strips and humiliate socalled sports cars the more we take over the world. it's basically that easy.
the 818 is one way to do the weight and aerodynamics thing. and we have workable battery prices now. and the last piece of the puzzle is cost optimized drivetrains. no 1600$ motor nonsense, no 4000$ 50kW controller or 2000$ charger and DCDC.
instead it can all in one for 1000$ and 250$ motors. the power electronics components are cheap enough for it and I think we can use industrial AC induction motors.
other than doing that within the closing window before big auto fills the possibilities, the only thing I see that's left in the long run is the enthusiast custom market like crate engines, hotrod, dragster etc.
but that's niche like we are now and wont take over the world.
this is an example of power electronics cost.
this IGBT http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/STGW40NC60WD/497-5742-ND/1299904
costs 2.3$ if you buy 1000. each one can do for instance 400V 32A which is 12.8kW. 4 of those can do 50kW. that's less than 10$.
to make a DC buck controller power section you need the equivalent in diodes and capacitors and their prices are similar.
the potential is there. also for integration rather than trying to piece together 3 different products and then some.
Go on. Tell us your secret I want to know what your doctor is prescribing you.
hAndy J, could we please dispense with the childish attitudeReplyDelete
Dispense!! A Freudian slip methinks.ReplyDelete
Dan, until you turn up with that vehicle you say is possible. Nobody will give any credence to what you say.
Here is an interesting from Technology Review on China and batteries>> "Why Boston Power Went to China"ReplyDelete
A few years ago, when gas was well north of $4 per gallon, and lead-acid was the battery of choice, you could convert a car with a projected ROI of about 6 years (if you were "cost careful" and nice to your batteries), just based on fuel cost differential. And electricity is home grown and is a relatively stable commodity. The "EV grin" happened when you drove past a gas station and saw the prices. The market for your EV was yourself, as was the supplier. The market was trusted and understood.ReplyDelete
And if lil' ol' me could convert a car for $10k, surely a car company, starting from a glider, with all the efficiencies of the assemly line, etc., coud do it for half that.
What happened?
Mike Kaindl
Perhap I do not understand your exact controller design, but from the IGBT info you gave you would have a hard time doing a real controller for the price you quote. Here is the problem: the four IGBTs only give you 128 Amps. If you derate them to 50% you now have 64 amps. If you want a 640 amp controller you now need ~40 IGBTs.
At $2.30 thats $92. Now you probably need caps and diodes for each of these which you say are similarly priced so add another $184. Now add the cost and complexity of dealing with so many IGBTs, and matching them and heat sinking them and driving them, and I think you will find that you have a very expensive and impractical controller. However I could be wrong.
DGS, not only could you be but you are. it's a 70A rated IGBT so how many times do you need to derate it by 50%?ReplyDelete
secondly you arbitrarily come up with 640A as the design requirement but you never stop to realize that 400V at 640A is 340 horsepower.
now go back and realize I am right. maybe even publically admit your mistake and learn from it.
"In truth, the demand for a battery powered electric vehicle, not only in the United States but worldwide, is essentially and statistically zero and always was."ReplyDelete
Still working on the penultimate EVTV video, but there are 140 million electric vehicles in use in China alone [1], and "worldwide sales of electric two-wheel vehicles (E2WVs) are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4% through 2016."[2] As of the beginning of the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan had sold 20,000 LEAFS worldwide.[3] My own ev-angelism and generalized jonesing for electric vehicles is extrapolated from the grin of pushing a battery electric lawnmower and the certain health, environmental, and cost benefits of shucking dependency on petro fuels.
Replace "(DOT}" with "."
[1] http://oilprice(DOT}com/Metals/Commodities/Massive-Demand-for-Electric-Bikes-in-China-Impacting-Lead-and-Lithium-Prices.html
[2] http://www.pikeresearch(DOT)com/newsroom/electric-bicycles-motorcycles-and-scooters-to-gain-increasing-acceptance-worldwide
[3] http://green.autoblog(DOT)com/2011/11/29/nissan-sells-20000-leafs-worldwide-10000-in-us/
High voltages are less safe and more impracticable in a real world car in the real world with humidity, corrosion, fingers and the bogey man of Less equal AH rating of the smaller cells pulling the whole pack down in range.
The maximum current rating for any device is the one-off spike current on a tested sample. Nothing to do with continuous rating.
I presume you haven't ever followed up anybody else's links on here. You CAN include full stops. This is not youtube.
Jacks noted the burgeoning quantities of electric bikes on the EVDL list already. Not wishing to sound snobbish but its mostly of off-topic here.
"much longer and much slower process than Carlos Ghosn can imagine I do fear"ReplyDelete
Nissan opened up sales in seven more states yesterday. If you check the online inventories of practically any Nissan dealer, in any of the previous launch states, you will see that most have at least one to over a dozen 2011's, and 2012's waiting for a home.
By this time next year, some will have unsold examples of three model years. It will be hard to pretend there is more demand than supply.
Guys please, we're having an abusive argument break out over a controller that is entirely a FANTASY in Dan's mind, will never be built, and he is so desperate to be RIGHT on something in his fantasy world, that it will never end. It does not exist. It is not proposed. It is a fantasy. So debating it's merits is not a useful exercise for this forum.ReplyDelete
Jack Rickard
Electric bikes are entirely another kettle of fish. I think people are familiar with the concept and apparently willing to buy at the drop of a hat. I approve of them. BUt we don't do them.ReplyDelete
We're kind of interestested in cars. Cars allow you to have personal mobility with greater control of your "environment bubble". Bicycles are great, but they can't carry much, are at the whims of the weather. And they're very easy to steal, which means they are hard to keep from getting stolen.
But I love the whole concept, and you are quite correct, they exist now in the millions.
We owe much to RC helicopters and bicycles. But we're about cars.
Jack Rickard
Part of the issue is the batteries. A car with lead acid batteries is, to my way of thinking not a car. It's a science project. It can demonstrate that a car can move on electricity. But it doesn't work for me as a car. The range is too short and really more importantly, the life cycle of the cells just moves the problem from the gas pump to the battery store.
LiFePo4 cells represent a change across a very important threshold of viability wherein the car becomes a car instead of an interesting project. 80 miles range is roughly twice what most of us drive daily. and 12 years or so of cycle life is basically the life of the car.
Not to say problems do not remain aplenty, but these two changes alter the landscape mightily. The problem is the batteries cost $10K. It's a little tough to do a conversion for $10K when the main component costs that alone.
We're finding it very difficult to do this task for $15K - more like $16-$17k for a basic small 2000 lb car.
If you want to do the large car thing, the costs go up exponentially. The batteries for the Escalade are over $25,000.
So what kind of car, and what do you want it to do. All cars are not created equal.
Beyond that, if your point is that EV's are well within the abilities of the OEMs to build, of course they are. Implicit in that is that there is this huge latent demand just waiting for the right product offering. Perhaps. But the value proposition will remain poor until economies of scale are achieved.
Ironically, for now the answer is a bit of sweat equity and "do it yourself." If you take out the labor and profit, and you install the components yourself in an existing car, you can still wind up with a good car for less money.
It is. Actually we've been talking about this for over six months and the excuses have actually run out some time ago. These cars present a poor value proposition to a market that is unsure they want an electric vehicle at all.
As prices come down, and marketplace familiarity increases, things will get better. But without some sort of dramatic product introduction, it will be slow.
I think the Tesla Model S will actually be the crysalis in the supersaturated solution.
Jack Rickard
EVs are simply a hobby at this point so forget about the cost it's all about who has the biggest boat right now.ReplyDelete
Even the OEM ev's are simply toys. Ten years ago the tablet was a toy, now seems people can't function without one.
Ahh the parent appears on bit of sibling rivalry. lolReplyDelete
Dan simply doesn't listen.
Last week on the home brew charger you said "As these things normally go, the heatsink, the enclosure, and the knobs are the most expensive things.". I know this is true with the all and sundry items on any EV or kit car build.
I'm afraid he is scarily like those BMS manufacturers who's circuits on the bench can theoretically do wonders. Then they let them loose under the hood unboxed in the rain, high emc fields, crazy weather, connector blocks with unconsidered wiring. Plugs that can be assembled in any direction and any variation of unconsidered errors including software issues that they did not know. All while in bed dreaming of taking over the world...
It's carefully considered cars that have the best engineering. He has never seen a bill of materials in his life. If he did, he would despair.
I'm not saying these things to get at him but I feel he learns nothing.
You stated:
I think the Tesla Model S will actually be the crysalis in the supersaturated solution.
I am reading with interest with what you are saying, but I do not know what you are saying because I could not find the word "crysalis" in the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
With respect,
Mark Yormark
First you must figure that maybe the reason you did not find the word was because the word was not spelled correctly. Ooops. chrysalisReplyDelete
It means it is the point before the butterfly. An emerging ...........
The Tesla is a beautiful vehicle. That there is no doubt and it is one hell of an engineering art piece. Practical, nearly affordable to many and gorgeous. It is the emerging butterfly of the worlds EV's.
Pete :)
Jack, is calling it fantasy your way of goading me into doing it? : )ReplyDelete
try a more honest approach. maybe even support..
A beautiful red Tesla with only 1200 miles sold on EBay yesterday for $80100. I was tempted to bid for about 5 seconds and then came to my senses.ReplyDelete
I think the roadster has too much range. I would prefer a lighter battery pack. Maybe I should buy an Elise and do my own conversion.
The model S is going to be very tempting.
He is being honest. :) Your not listening.ReplyDelete
Jack, I agree that the Tesla Model S[tarship] could cause a great reaction. All E2WVs, however, are not created equal: many e-scooter/e-motorcycles can carry a passenger and or tote groceries/pizzas. A 400lb scooter is not so easy to steal. On the handful of inclement weather days which discourage/prevent E2WV use, take the car, call a taxi, use public transportation, or walk. Do the Dutch ride bicyles in the winter? Check out this elektro-Swallow[1]. I have a suggestion for some great EVTV episodes. Fly Dan F. over as your [minimum wage] paid intern. If he makes it through the grunt work stage for a week or two, give him access to your electronic bench and EE knowledge and let the world--and Dan--see how easy or difficult it is to build a revolutionary new controller or whatever.ReplyDelete
Andyj, I have on more than a half dozen occasions had my post post only to find it nowhere to be found when I returned to the blog. This problem has been remedied by my use of (dot), etc. as my posted posts now remain.
It would be very interesting to learn EVTV viewers' Myers Briggs personality test showings.
You mean like this:ReplyDelete
There must be another reason why your url's are not posting.
Hey, I do like you idea of Dan's internment!!
Please don't suggest something which could cause what all of Jack's bad habits, like having someone cut a live cable while he's holding it or setting batteries on fire haven't been able to do. He's a resource that MUST be protected. :)
Another great program. Thank you.
Hi Jack,ReplyDelete
Agree with Joe. I enjoyed watching it again this week. Thank you.
not sure if you were joking Perin but I was of course never suggesting that I'd go to Missouri to work. I have the equipment I need here. and I sure wont be doing any 'grunt work'.ReplyDelete
broom pushers are not in a position to design the electronics I am suggesting.
I started in the print business pushing a broom then worked slowly up over the years to Journey Man PressMan. Yes Dan, I am afraid sometimes you DO need to push a broom first. NO GRUNT WORK. What a joke. No one starts out a MASTER. It is all grunt work. How do you think a car is built? How do you think a house is built. Do you think it together? Hardly. You design it completely then go BUILD THE THING. If it does not work you change your design and TRY AGAIN.
I actually think he was serious about the suggestion but after your remark I see that what I was going to write was completely right. I won't work because it involves WORK.
It won't work because it involves WORK.ReplyDelete
I guess some of you are not familiar with higher education. you don't make even a freshly educated engineer push a broom let alone one with unique knowledge in a specialized field.ReplyDelete
Au Contraire.ReplyDelete
Takes work my friend. So put your unique knowledge to WORK. BUILD SOMETHING.
Shows Dan knows nothing of real working environments.ReplyDelete
There is a peculiarly satisfying feeling when you have repaired the fuselage on that supersonic fighter. It's not the fact you can stand back and admire the work. It only feels complete when you and your mate are working together on the final clean down, sweeping and hoovering up the jet and the hangar floor.
That is the time your boss (and the customer) shows their greatest appreciation of your efforts. It is also the time they gain the greatest respect for your work ethic.
Believe me, I've known bosses up to middle management have chipped in helping with a yard brush. Who am I to deny them some job satisfaction shared respect and comradery?
Yes, I am a full mechanical production engineer with 35 years varied aerospace experience, unix, SAP etc. My worst days on "clean" jobs was in the office. People, computers and paperwork carry no job satisfaction.
It's the little people in the gutter who only look up to the sky and never down.
Dan, I see you make a bad team player.
I guess Einstein was a fool for not realizing that only janitors get job satisfaction. and only janitors are good team players.ReplyDelete
it would be difficult to be less impressed with your mindless pettiness
Our mindless pettiness? I went back to school and now work with doctors putting people back together. I am the eyes of the operation. I have skill I use and go to work and get paid for my work. Pushing the broom was in the beginning. I did it more than once so to speak. Flippin burgers, washin dishes, pushing brooms, salvaging scrap but I never sat around crying about no work. I do what I need.ReplyDelete
To bad the world is so full of folks so full of themselves. Unwilling to work. Piss poor work ethics. Yes a janitor can have job satisfaction. They at least work. It's a start. But noooooooooo it is sooooo below you to do such petty work you'd rather not work at all no matter what it is and sit here bitching and complaining that someone who earned their money won't GIVE you any because YOU are so brilliant.
Don't know about you Dan but I have letters after my name.ReplyDelete
We can quote Einstein..
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
"In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
My brother in law is CEO of a very successful engineering company. He left his old place of work as a turner because there was somebody employed to clean the machines, sweep the floor, bring the work and tea. He was driven stir crazy doing one job. My Dad was area manager of a huge haulage company. When David and myself were setting up his business, Dad who was happily retired, dusted himself down, got some togs on done the books, taxes, wages, buying, phone trading and you guessed it. When he had time straight on the shop floor and swept up. I was in the offices at my place of work at that time. I went to Dave's, hand sharpened his drills (up to 3.5"dia) and worked the Asquith and PCD drills if he wanted me. It made me feel good.
Dan, you are unemployed. If your potential employer asks a question on your work ethic, you will stay unemployed. You never hear of Aldi employee's saying "Oh no! I only fill shelves or only do the till".
"I guess Einstein was a fool for not realizing that only janitors get job satisfaction. and only janitors are good team players."ReplyDelete
Einstein might be a perfect example. When he graduated he took plenty of bad jobs because nobody thought he could do anything for them in the world of physics. He seemed mad (sound familiar). He eventually landed a job at the patent office where he then met friends who worked with him on Physics outside of work. The outside work proved to the "establishment" that he was capable of doing things, so he finally landed a teaching job in physics.
You might be the next Einstein for all we know, but you need to prove it by doing something before we believe you. You can't just talk your way into the respect and admiration of others.
I'd like to see a AC-50 controller that has 144V. Make it for peanuts sell it for $2500. First to do it should make a killing ...ReplyDelete
On a more serious note there is a UK Sinopoly seller on diyelectriccar, I've asked him to contact Jack with a price list and availability to US
Calb 180ah 5.6 kg, 3.6 L, Peak 2600 W (6C @ 25% sag)
Sinopoly 200ah 5.6 kg, 3.4 L, Peak ? W
If you count them at 210 ah (@1C) thats 120 Wh/kg
Mr. Grieve!ReplyDelete
What's his email addy. Do you have his prices or how do I find him?
I'm in the UK.
The stowaway trying to be chief engineer.ReplyDelete
One way to get thrown overboard.
Wow, this is Jack's blog but it is starting to sound like Dan's blog. Jack talks about EVs. Dan talks about why he can't. I can't help can't -- and the good people that are doing are far more interesting.ReplyDelete
Contact details - skooler - on www.diyelectriccar.com forums.ReplyDelete
US$1.10 per ah plus shipping.
Colour is changed from yellow to black. Nice!
Jack: I know you are not a fan of cylindrical cells, but do you have any knowledge of the Headway 38120HP? It looks quite fun on paper, with a 20C max continuous rating if http://stores.headway-headquarters.com/-strse-107/lifepo4-Headway-batteries,-EV,/Detail.bok is to be believed.ReplyDelete
I gues that implies that a 40 Ah (5 parallel) pack could handle 800 Amps
Unfortunately I not only make up words but use the wrong ones all the time. I was referring to the ability of a very tiny crystalline
seed to "flash" a supersaturated solution kind of on contact, crystallizing the entire solution. Not precisely to butterflies.
Jack Rickard
I have a few of the cells. I examined Sebs Porsche 911 quite closely. He favors these cells. I guess I don't -but on almost purely mechanical construction issues. Cylindrical cells also pose some volumetric issues anyway. A lot of wasted space between cylinders. The prismatics are basically stacked sheets without all that lost space.
Curtis is making a 145 volt controller for the AC=-50. It's been delayed a bit but is coming. Bad news is its back to 550 Amps.
I have corresponded with the new Sinopoly dealer in the UK. He admitted under the lights that he had not actually RECEIVED any of these cells yet. Sinopoly has made quite a bit of noise, but I'm STILL LOOKING for anyone that has actually received a cell from them.
Meanwhile, they offered to make US a dealer. There's something these guys don't quit get about U.S. marketing and publications and so forth.
MEANWHILE Thundersky now does not respond insisting all queries should go to Balqon. We can't even get Balqon to return a phone call and technically they are an advertiser. Same problem. I can't find ANYONE who has successfully ordered and received cells from these guys.
Jack Rickard
Wasn't Thundersky susposed to supply you with their improved batteries for the Escalade when they came out? Is that deal off now?
Hello Jack !ReplyDelete
I know I sent you a link to the swedish EV forum about a guy in sweden already taking delivery of the new Sinopoly black 200ah cells.
Somehow you also managed somehow send that mail to Sinopolys sales rep who contacted me straight away looking for more customers.
Here is the Link
The picture is when the cells has arrived to stockholm. That was in october.
I know you don't want to order from China directly. But to say that no one has gotten any cells from Sinopoly is a bit harsh. If you have problem reading the link I sent you try the google translate or let me know and I'll translate for you.
I hope you liked the Nord-Lock tour.
I had a blast when Chris was here, I'm going to plan for next EVCCON.
Your segments I think were very good. Let me understand this, YOU received some Sinopoly cells, or you are providing me a link to someone in Sweden who purports to have received some Sinopoly cells? That I can't read....
Similarly I was told this UK distributor HAD them by another party. When I contacted him, HE had not actually received any, but was looking to receive soon.
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Right now we cannot even get a phone call returned by Balqon.
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Dan's a troll. People like that don't exist.ReplyDelete
I have not received them personally.
BUT I know this guy who received them.
He is a fellow EV:er that I have close contact with. I can see if I can get you in touch with the distributor that he used.
The cells that he bought is probably gonna end up in a Clio like mine.
To bad the US import scene is really fu regarding the large prismatics.....
Joe, Jack is a treasure worth more than his Warbucks sized treasury, and I would see nothing injure him. And yes, Dan F., I was being very sincere and serious, but I am beginning to believe you aren't.ReplyDelete
regarding what republicans are, here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXfA3Ge39BIReplyDelete
Dan Blah Blah Blah!ReplyDelete
Jack re Headway 38120s - do you have the new HP variant or just the older S or P models?ReplyDelete
I think they are P models and probably close to a year old.ReplyDelete
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Dan, on the other side of the GOP there is Ron Paul.ReplyDelete
John, I don't understand. These things are double the price of say, Sinopoly's and at 24AH per kilo and energy density of way below 100wh/kg. Are they worth the effort of buying, assembling and fitting them?
Jack, you've talked about this controller beforeReplyDelete
and it's used in the new varley super car from australia. it's still not cheap but it has good power and high enough voltage that it might work with an inexpensive 220V 3 phase AC induction motor so as to get experience with that angle.
as an experiment it might even work with a single chain of A123 cells coupled like I proposed if the car is light. say 420V 20Ah ish that's around 8kWh. maybe only50-60km range but that gets you around and it would be an angry little thing (as in quicker than a tesla roadster). and very cheap once a cheaper AC controller comes around.
sure there are DCDC and charger issues to be solved.
I meant to say an industrial AC induction motor (but not just any) one that's low enough voltage to be properly motivated by 3-400vReplyDelete
OT. I like the new blog page that I see on my iPhone this morning. Much better and clean. Excellent!ReplyDelete
Every time Dan opens his mouth. :((ReplyDelete
"a single chain of A123 cells". Seeing the lowest cell could be as low as 16.5AH, subtract 20% off your figure.
A cheap and lightweight industrial AC motor? That is an oxymoron.
A $6K CANBUS controller
So you propose a 20mile range car with needlessly huge technical (DC-DC, CANBUS) hurdles and costing at least 1.5x of a new car from a showroom.
Very good Dan. Knock yourself out. Be the first.
Stop feeding the trollsReplyDelete
AndyJ - yes that is my question.ReplyDelete
The bit that is interesting for the HP cells is the max C rating which (if it is accurate, which is always a big "if") looks like it would allow one to do a shorter-range lower cost conversion. Also (with no BMS) assembling a pack has to be easier than using pouch cells.
I also take Jacks point about packing density of cylinders; but in some situations it allows you to shape a pack to fill a space - if you have a triangular hole, you can build a triangular battery box
It may be an evolutionary gum tree but I thought it might be one worth climbing to take a look
Fairy nuff John, I did consider them myself, once.ReplyDelete
Seems Sinopoly has upped the absolute minimum price of their cells $0.10/AH to $1.2/AH.
Got news! Russia Today on TV has just announced Thundersky is going to make its batteries in Russia with a company called "Neo Tec". The cells in view looked identical to those 600AH 2.8V Li-S cells you thought would be great for the Escalade.
Not Neo Tec. Sorry.ReplyDelete
Andy, none of them are as little as 16.5Ah. GM would never buy cells from such a sloppy production.ReplyDelete
Jack has stated in voice twice that his lowest cell was 16.5AH and none were up to 20AH. It is also in writing. Do you not read and learn?ReplyDelete
If you want exactly the same cells used in the GM car then I suggest you buy them from GM.
Let me add, those batteries that are fitted in the GM car are paralleled 3.2V units. Machined assembled to give the same AH on spec. This is accomplished by mixing the good cells with bad.ReplyDelete
Your theoretical series connected pack does not do this. If you have an errant cell of 10AH that is what you are stuck with. A 10AH pack, regardless of voltage. Then your range will be a pitiful 15 miles.
"Lioteh produces three different types of batteries rated capacity"
200AH format 163x117x338 at 7.3 kg its no real improvement, maybe on price!
Thanks for that Rachael. Apologies.ReplyDelete
I never followed up to look for the site itself. The LT-LYP 300 was the cell I saw on TV that seems to be the same case as their previously proposed 600AH Li-sulpur cell.
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I gather this "Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You're Driving?" www.freakonomics(DOT)com/2011/07/07/hey-baby-is-that-a-prius-you%E2%80%99re-driving-full-transcript/ReplyDelete
is the article Brian was referencing. Conspicuous conservation as the driving reason for Toyota Prius popularity is ridiculousness cubed. Toyota rules the hybrid market for obvious reasons, two being Toyota is one of the two largest auto makers and Toyota has the reputation of having exceptionally high quality products. "In fact, there's a number of cited cases where people will put solar paneling on a shadier side of their house because it's the street side, so people will be able to see it." What's the number? Two? A number of persons have used Petroleum Jelly as a food stuff, too, but just as the vast majority don't put Vaseline on breakfast toast, 99%+ of solar panel owners do not put up multi-thousand dollar installations for best the Joneses greenie points.
Perin du Bulu:ReplyDelete
And some DO. Rather the point. Where do YOU get the 99% number? What if it is 49% instead of 99%?
That ANYONE would put the solar panels on the front of their house so they could be seen as green from the curb IS ridiculous, but also QUITE believable.
That anyone would put a blow up doll in their car so they could ride in the carpool lane is also ridiculous, but they do it.
California is not like back here in the States Mr. Bulu. There are a lot of very odd things done there....
Why demand more of my 'paper' than the Sextons' paper? The PV citations: let's see them. Simply put, I don't believe there are more than a half dozen fools in the world with such a surfeit of riches and an absence of brain cells allowing $40K to be cavalierly frittered away on a conspicuous conservation statement. I think it's interesting to note 14,587 Toyota Camry hybrid vs 7336 Honda Civic hybrid 2010 sales numbers given that the Toyota Camry hybrid looks like the regular Camry. Since its introduction in 2006, the Camry hybrid has outsold the Honda Civic hybrid. The truer metaanalysis is more likely that Toyota got the running start in hybrid sales and early publicity/positive reputation and this built upon Toyota's stellar track record--so competitors have been playing catch-up ever since. This doesn't have the punch of a sensational internet rumor passed along without being verfied through SNOPES; Santa doesn't deliver presents with the assist of flying reindeer, either.ReplyDelete
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Pic 4-Gretel!Didn't I ask you to steal the wand from Witch?!What are you doing with a flower?!Quick get me outta here now!
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Roe sushi: I seriously hope he gets indigestion after eating us!
Egg sushi: Quick somebody think of a way to escape!
Pic 6-Cat No. 4: Oh my where is my Andy Lau?!I matched my nice polka dot ribbon with my blue dress just for him!
Cat No. 2: Ha my outfit is more matching!green ribbon and green dress!
Cat No. 1: Argh the weather is soo hot!why is he taking so long?!
Cat No. 3: Must be his limousine got caught in traffic jam!
Pic 10-Don't lock me up in a cage, pretty please?
Pic 11-Such nice weather today..should I take a nap first?or should I go out to play? Hmm…
Pic 11: Insomnia, even baby kittens get it.ReplyDelete
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Veteran British journalist and historian Hastings (Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45, 2008, etc.) provides fresh, exciting insights into Winston Churchill's wartime leadership.
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The 2012 Nantucket Film Festival not only promises more great films, but an expanded slate of Signature Programs as well. Some key dates:
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At the 2009 Festival, Screenplay Competition winner Jenny Deller met Competition Jury member, actress Lili Taylor ("I Shot Andy Warhol"). Inspired by Deller's screenplay, Taylor approached her about being involved in the film.
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Kassala area, various new routes. Lost in the Sudanese East, only a few kilometers from the border with Eritrea, a small island of a dozen granitic monoliths dominate the town of Kassala. Baboons and vultures live there. French climbers Matthieu Noury and I returned from this incredible area enchanted by the country and by the local African tribes we met (Rashaiba, Haddendowah, and Beni Amir), and the routes we opened. Only two known routes existed before our arrival. The first, opened in 1939 by L.W. Brown and R.A. Hodgkin, was described by its first ascenders as the most beautiful climbing in Africa. It allowed them to gain Jebel Taka, the highest point of the granite domes (approximately 1,500m). Two pitons are still in place in a splendid 5+ (5.9) dihedral. The first repetitions took place in November 1981 by a Czech team, and in December 1983 by Tony Howard (U.K.). The second route is near the village of Totil, on one of the additional Turns of Jebel Totil, and was probably climbed by the Czech team in 1981. It offers constant athletic crack climbing at ED-, 6c.
In addition to the free repetitions of these two routes, Matthieu and I opened three new routes during our stay: Mohammed et Mustapha au Pays des Enfants (120m, TD, 6b), with aesthetic crack climbing located above village huts. Chaud Crâne (250m, TD+, 6b) is a broad system of cracks leading to the southern shoulder of Jebel Taka. Khawadja (means "white man") (300m, TD+, 6b+) climbs a rectilinear crack between two immense smooth and compact flagstones. This crack offers exceptional climbing on carved rock. It is a beautiful route that leads near the top of Jebel Taka.
The climbing area and its neighbors seem to conceal great potential for climbing. The immediate border of Kassala (from north to south, Mucram, Totil, and Taka) consist of 12 principal towers ranging from 100m to 450m, and many other domes from 50m to 100m. Nevertheless, the compactness of the rock offers only rare lines for natural protection. Some faces seem to await generations of climbers to come, as they are stiff and smooth.
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Last December, I linked to a cervical photo diary online that does an awesome job of illustrating how cervical mucus changes over a cycle. There were some traffic/hosting problems there, but the site seems to have settled in a new home at http://www.beautifulcervix.com/ – click "Photos of my cycling cervix" in the right sidebar for photos.
The creator is currently looking for women who might be willing to similarly document their cycles for a larger project.
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This site is amazing!
I used cervical mucous changes when I conceived my last child (now 20) and after that to help in the desire not to conceive again. (1 c/s, 2 vbac)
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The Beautiful Cervix site is truly awesome, and it so wonderful to see women so interested in what our cervices look like. I have been with Women's Health Specialists, a Feminist Women's Health Center for many years. We have conducted our own menstrual studies and taken hundreds of cervical pictures. We have published much of this material on our website, http://www.cawhs.org. You can go there and click on self help, and find more information on the self-help movement, cervical pictures, menstrual extraction, and redefinition of the clitoris. Jude


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Mik Scarlet has been and is many things such as a broadcaster, journalist, musician, tv presenter, columnist and disability rights campaigner.
I have to say, this interview has been one of the best I've done so far, all thanks to Mik that is!!
He did the hard work of answering my questions and what a pleasure its been reading them.
They are by far, the most interesting and informative I've read in awhile.
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I was only days from death.
How was it treated?
I was put on a drug trail for a new chemo drug called Vincristin Sulphate, after the oncologist who was treating my read about a search for test subjects in the Lancet.
I was one of 6 on the trail and we all survived.
Not bad as back then Neuroblastoma was almost 100% fatal.
I also had surgery to remove the tumour, radiotherapy and was given lethal doses of vitamin B12.
Plus a lot of love and care from my parents.
How has your disability affected your life?
To be honest it's a question I get asked a lot but I can't really answer.
I have no idea what my life would be like if I wasn't disabled.
Having said that, I mostly see my impairment as a positive thing.
Most of the amazing things I've done in my life are linked to being disabled in some way or other.
I wouldn't have been a TV presenter which means I wouldn't have done so many other things.
I also imagine what my life might have been like it I was not disabled and I am pretty sure it would have been crap.
I was brought up in the industrial town Luton, in Bedfordshire, and the usual life path for someone from my background was school, work at Vauxhall, marry, breed, retire and die.
Of course that was before the Vauxhall car plant shut down, so it might have been school, work, marry, breed, redundant, unemployed, retire, die.
Either way, I know that having the barriers that my impairment threw into my way made me want a better life, and gave me the resources to fight for that life.
Sure things haven't always been easy, but I know my life is amazing because of my impairment.
I would never have met my wife for one thing, and for that alone I love being disabled.
Over your career you have been a broadcaster, journalist, musician, actor and a campaigner..
Please answer the following:
What makes a good broadcaster?
I've always felt that if someone presents in such a way that the viewer feels they are being talked to directly then that's good presenting.
Whether it's something light or a serious news story, the presenter has to engage the viewer directly.
I would like to think I do that, and the technique I use is to talk to someone I love.
When I was young I used to present as if I was talking to my Mum, but now I talk to my wife.
I really like presenters who do not sound like they are reading, which sadly seems to be very fashionable right now.
The key skill is to make it sound easy.
If you take someone like Matthew Wright. It's only when he takes time off and someone else sits in for him do you realise just how good he is.
Natural and warm, and despite the fact he is reading autocue through out the show you can't tell when.
What technical abilities do you have within the work of broadcasting?
I trained at the BBC in both radio and TV broadcasting.
From script writing and editing through to on air, I did a pile of courses.
If a course was on offer I tended to do it, so I have done loads of courses that weren't really that useful to my career.
I know all about health and safety on studio sets for example.
But I suppose the best ability I have is such a long time in the industry.
It allows me to understand how it's changed and how the techniques required develop over time.
It's not a static industry, and this really helps me move with the times.
How do you keep up to date with news? It's all online.
I watch a lot of TV news too, but never read a newspaper unless I reviewing them on TV.
Always shocked at how biased print is, and it's best to avoid it if you want real news.
When and why did you become a journalist?
Haha. I fell into being called a "journalist" along the way, and didn't really notice it happening.
I started as a presenter, and then as I moved in to serious news became a reporter.
As I had to retire from air for a while due to ill health, I began writing for magazines and online and this caused me to move over to being a journalist.
I am now a columnist really, as alongside reporting and sourcing stories I give my own views on what is going on.
That's the key difference, when you are a journalist you report the news, but a columnist explores the news from their view point.
Depending on the story and the outlet, I can be either.
Just the pay is better for a columnist.
What is the competition like when competing against other journalists for a story?
Hmm. Not really sure.
I tend to cover my stories from a point of view that includes me, placing myself in the action, and so it's very hard for people to compete for the story.
You do see a story you covered being explored by other writers, and I put my spin on stories I've read or seen, but I've never fought for a story.
What type of acting have you done? Everything from stage to screen, from comedy to Shakespeare.
With acting if I get asked I tend to do it, as I enjoy exploring a way of becoming the character.
The only thing I won't do is any part that I feel damages society's understanding of what it means to be disabled.
I've ended up in raging rows with directors, writers and casting agents over this and have lost out on work, but it means I have never played a story that did not ring true or painted disabled people in a damaging light.
Who are your favourite actors/actresses and why?
Oh wow, a toughie.
If I listed all my favourite actors here it would be a long long list.
I suppose it has to include Rutger Hauger, Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie, Brenda Blethyn, Keeley Hawes, Karl Urban...
oh the list goes on.
I love actors who can allow you to forget they aren't the character mostly although I'm also a fan of those celeb actors who just play themselves.
One day I'd love to be one of those, but I doubt it'll happen now.
If you could work alongside any actor/actress who would it be and why? Angelina Jolie, as she is such an amazing actress.
You rarely get that combination of looks and chameleon like ability to become someone else.
I'd also love to be in Vera opposite Brenda Blethyn, but as Lisa Hammond is in it already I doubt that'll happen.
There can only ever be one disabled person in a drama apparently.
What was your first acting performance? It was in Brookside, when I played a friend of Owen.
Never acted before and it showed.
As a musician what instruments do you play?
I'm a tech head.
I play keyboards, and piano, and program like a wizard.
It means I have to have an understanding of the theory of playing other instruments, even if I can't play them physically.
The way a violin reacts to being plays is very different to a bass guitar, but if you program music you need to understand that to make them sound realistic.
I'm currently learning to play lead guitar.
I can also play drums but need to program the bass drum and hi hats as I can't use the pedals.
I also sing.
Rather well even if I say so myself.
What genre of music do you perform? Electronic.
Anything from dance to synth pop to nu metal.
If there's a synth on it, I will play it.
Who is your musical idol and why?
Gary Numan, as he was my inspiration to get into music.
As a teenager I was a musical chameleon, but once I'd heard Numan's music I found my niche.
I then became a massive synth music fan, with Depeche Mode being another musical love.
Martin Gore from DM is a genius.
Those two shaped most of the music I have ever written and to this day, if I want to lift my spirits I play something by them.
Yes I am an old 80's fan.
What campaigns/causes are you currently supporting?
EEEKK. It's weird, as I now keep getting called a Disability Rights Campaigner, but in truth I haven't ever really campaigned.
I lend my name to things and run an access consultancy, that advises business on how to be more accessible and inclusive, but I've never created a campaign.
But I am working with Enhance the UK as an agony uncle on their Undressing Disability campaign, giving out advice on sex, sexuality and confidence to people who contact the charity.
I work with Scope on their End The Awkward campaign too.
I think that it's difficult for disabled people as charities can reinforce stereotypes as they need them to raise money, and so it can prove dodgy to be involved.
However if disabled people don't get involved they run campaigns anyway and then they really get things wrong.
I have raised the lack of disabled people working on campaigns with disability charities and I think in future we will see more and inclusion which will ensure a more representative voice
What makes a good campaign?
As I already said, I haven't ever created a campaign and have only worked with existing campaigns.
Having said all that, as a journalist I do know what kind of campaign would make me sit up and listen.
I really feel that the best campaigns feature real people telling their story in a way that people can relate to.
The campaign mustn't disempower the people it features, no matter how much a charity might want to raise funds.
If this doesn't happen and it features disabled people who appear tragic or weak, or it reinforces any other out-dated stereotypes, it has failed.
Disabled people need to be involved in every part of the campaigning process when fighting for disabled people's right and equality.
Not just stuck on at the end. It's easy to spot those campaigns and when they drop into my inbox, they get deleted straight away.
What additional information can you share with me?
I hit 50 last year, and this is amazing as I was given no more than 5 years to live at birth.
So I've been doing loads of things I've never done before, in a kind of non-bucket list.
I'm planning to write a book about this year, using each activity as a jumping off point to explore a wider issues or story from my life.
It's why I've been so damn busy this year. I've adopted a kind of never say no approach and so far it's been great fun. I'd advise everyone to seize the day and enjoy the moment.
It's the one great thing that being so ill so often in my has taught me.
You never know when the end will come, so make sure you are having fun.
Live each day like it might be your last, enjoy yourself and try not to have regrets. That's not to say do what ever you want, as regrets can also be the way you treated people.
So be nice as well as enjoying yourself. All I know is a spent most of my adult life feeling like I'd be dead soon, only to reach 50 and realise that I might have another 50 ahead of me.
Cool, Gonna make sure whatever's ahead is as much as fun as what I've already lived.
Other than that, I'd say watch this space. I'm in talks at the mo about a few projects and if only half of them happen I should be damn busy as I hit 51.
Oh and visit my website for news, views and free music.www.mikscarlet.com.
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I was looking through an old copy of Food Network Magazine and came across this recipe for Ranch Wings. I liked the idea of it, but wasn't really feeling like deep frying stuff, so I tweeked the recipe a little and used boneless skinless chicken tenders and baked it in the oven at 400*F for 20 minutes. It was delicious, but not very crunchy...I think maybe if I make it again I'll do in in the skillet like making fried chicken.
- 2 pounds chicken wings,split at the joint, tips removed ( I used a 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast tender pack, and then halved all the other ingredients)
- 3 1-ounce packets ranch dressing mix
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 large eggs
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
Toss the wings with 1 packet dressing mix in a large bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour, or up to 4 hours.
Whisk the flour, 1 teaspoon pepper and 1 packet dressing mix in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, 2 tablespoons water and the remaining packet dressing mix. Dredge the wings a few at a time in the seasoned flour, then dip into the egg mixture and return to the flour mixture, turning to coat. Transfer to a rack.
Heat 1/2 inch vegetable oil in a medium cast-iron skillet over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees F. Fry the wings in batches until crisp and golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Whisk the hot sauce and honey in a bowl. Serve with the wings.
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When the trip to the store leaves you wanting more
As a child, you made the trip to the store with your mom dozens of times. Specifically, you knew the drill – be good, get a piece of candy. While you may not have realized mom was avoiding the toy isle and the additional expense that it brought, she often was. Consequently, wise marketing began to put toy displays in the path of the general public. And that's when it began. You laid eyes on that new shiny toy. The begging, pleading and yes even crying for the beloved toy began. Forgotten was the joy of the piece of candy you were getting or even all the toys you had at home because you wanted that toy. In a nutshell that is wanting works.
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The destructive power of wanting on the mind
In a moment, wanting can turn our mind from content and happy to discontent and depressed. Here's a short list of the effects that wanting has on the mind.
- Wanting by definition is lacking. Which means you have reduced yourself to "not enough" just by the use of the word.
- Lacking is a scarcity mindset.
- When the focus is on wanting then gratitude has gone out the window. Gratitude is the foundation for happiness. When it goes, so does our happiness.
- Your wanting causes you to be stuck. Wanting is an adjective, not a verb. And therefore when you are wanting you are stuck in the wanting rather than taking action.
Time to replace wanting with working
At this instant, I pray you've made the wise decision to strike wanting from your vocabulary. It will likely take some practice, but it will be well worth the effort. In light of removing a word that has a destructive power, it's important to replace it with a word that creates progress. And progress is by definition is the movement toward a goal. The word I find effective for using in the place of wanting is working.
Now instead of "I want a new car" (insert sad, distressed face) I strengthen my motivation and determination by saying "I'm working towards a new car" (insert determined face). Here's a short list of the effects that working has on the mind:
- Working is a verb and thus is an action word. When we tell our mind to take action it becomes unstuck
- Working implies progress. According to Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer in their book titled The Progress Principle, progress ignites joy, creates engagement and improves creativity.
- Working is an act of faith. And faith has the power to move moutains.
Grab your journal; it's your turn to grow
Take a few moments and reflect on where you have been stuck.
- In the area that you are stuck, can you identify your wanting statements?
- Take some time to journal several "I am working statements."
- Enlist an accountability partner to help you catch yourself when you fall into the old habit of using "I want"


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Sixth week
The last week, we worked on the content of our presentation. We overlooked our agenda so each of us could intensify the research for her topic. We also kept in mind that there's not that much time left till the presentation so we made a time schedule for the following week and decided on which days we'll meet in order to bring together our collected information. Our group is aware of the short time we have left and what we still have to do. Nevertheless, we are in an optimistic mood, because we have a clear structure in our presentation und we already worked on this topic intensively.
Suitable for our objective, which is going to be the environmental aspects we want to show you a picture, which emphasizes the negative effect of binge flying.
This photo mirrors the environmental effects of flying in a very pictorial way and we think it's very appaling. In our presentation we'll show you more interesting facts about this topic.
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