Anti-Hybrid Car Rant from David, Fuel from Wood & Water?

[bansee100]

Hydrogen is NOT an energy option!!! Its a energy storage method, using hydrogen will still require an energy source.

[eswyatt]

Dang, an entire batch of David Pakman videos I gave thumbs-up to! That hasn't happened in a while.

[elviolette]

We can talk smack about coal fired power plants David, there are better ways to produce electricity, but in reality the economy of scale dictates that even the funkiest 1950's era coal power plant still emits far less pollution for every joule of energy created than even the most efficient passenger car.

[flake452]

Why lease a car? Instead of just buying a cheap one?

[nofooku]

as a farmer if u shouldn't feed corn to animals, what do u feed them?

[TheXstrat]

@nofooku grass. let them, you know, graze in your pastures.

[46619TAB]

I live about 1 1/2 miles from an ethonal manufacturing plant and when the wind is 'right', the air ABSOLUTELY REEKS like a cros between baking bread and spoiled meat.

HYDROGEN or total electric is, IMO, a viable answer. So is a VIABLE public transportation system.

[TheeImmortalPhoenix]

Why do you lease cars?

Every economic professor worth their weight would tell you mathematically a lease makes no sense.

Lease = a money pit...

Why is he leasing?

[FloppyFormatFrenzy]

@TheeImmortalPhoenix I know this doesn't connect with cars and most leasing policies today, but I've heard some people say that it would probably be better if companies owned certain products we use in our daily lives. The thought is that a company which leases a product will have an incentive to make a product that lasts long with low maintenance. I could certainly see how that can apply to a lot of appliances that don't change much over time; for example, refrigerators, microwaves, rugs, etc.

[46619TAB]

@TheeImmortalPhoenix I've leased for YEARS for several reasons....

1. I commute to work and there's NO public transite here so I need a RELIABLE vehicle.

2. I don't want a car without a warrenty.

3. I have NEVER had to put money down when I trade up which I did a year ago and the monthly payment on the new lease was $3.00 more than the previous one.

4. A lot depends on the vehicle you choose to lease and since 2004, I've found the Scion TC holds it's value.

5. I can't pay cash for a vehicle

[SuperBenzid]

@TheeImmortalPhoenix I know I just give my driver a blank check and let him pick out whatever limousine he likes the most.

[dafttool]

Hydrogen is the future of green technology. 

[kazooga1234]

well i think trees are better then corn because you can also use old chirstmas trees and just recycle stuff like that i dont think new trees will really need to be cut down for this if its done right corn is needed to feed people

[kazooga1234]

i think for every tree we use one has to be planeted and also we should use ones that have been struck down by lighting for the most part (there are trees like that in my backyard that nobody ever got because its pointless to get it it will take more engery to get the broken down trees then to just leave them)

[kazooga1234]

yayers lets get rid of oil and other icky stuff like gas

[enlightenedone676]

Can we move out of the caveman mentallity of burning hydrocarbons to get us around? Fully electric cars are possible if you're willing to give up going a billion miles an hour in trade for not dying from more natural disasters and adverse health affects. At least Ontario is subsidizing clean energy initiatives like solar and wind. Add in an electric refueling infrastructure in parking garages and you've got most of your commuting vehicles almost entirely clean. Hydrogen is still a long way off.

[biggydx]

I think we need to start advancing on hydrogen. Its the most abundant source at the moment and better funding and R&D can make production of such an energy source more viable.

[TalladegaTom]

In general, a non-hybrid gasoline powered Otto cycle engine is less than 25% efficient as we use them in cars today.

A hybrid is about 35% efficient in operation.

Woefully pathetic either way you slice it.

(supporting data is rampant around the automotive world)