By: Vtology

Vtology — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:37:00 +0000

I was surprised to see that the curb weight of the new Nissan Leaf all electric car is something like 3300 pounds. The batteries have to be reduced in weight, in the interest of energy efficiency. But reducing the curb weight of cars leads to questions about safety–people would rather guzzle gas if they think their kids are safer in a crash situation. To me the obvious answer is to continue reducing curb weight of vehicles, especially by removing the wheels, transmission, heavy steel underbody support beams, heavy springs and suspension parts, just remove all that stuff completely. Now, if you build the fuselage out of thin but very strong materials such as flexible Aerogel and carbon fiber composites, and use airbag technology for crash protection, you can replace the propulsion system with counterrotating carbon fiber composite or Kevlar propellor units for high efficiency VTOL aircraft. The propellor units can be powered by 10,000 psi air pressure tanks constructed out of carbon fiber composites such as those made by Quantum Technologies, and rotary Wankel air motors such as Angelo Di Pietro’s EngineAir motors made in Australia. Alternatively, with lighter high power density onboard generators such as those made by BlackLight Power, you can power DeSeversky Ionocraft ion propulsion lifter technology for VTOL transportation with no moving parts. We have to stop destroying our ecosystem and wildlife with ever-widening, ever-complexifying networks of roads, bridges, tunnels, etc. The way to save the ecosystem is to use nonpolluting VTOL aircraft, and we could do it with today’s technology, and travel in a very fun, exciting, and silent way.

By: Wv Treehugger

Wv Treehugger — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:50:10 +0000

Great News for Elkhart! My brother lives in Elkhart he lost his job in 08,they need all the jobs they can get. Best of all they are Green jobs.
Great post.

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