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Hi,

while not a fan of most " Green " energy ideas - this one really appeals.
Done with good success decades ago, it is practical, cheap to install and run with no waste products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyUDihL_FQ

Busses could travel 5kms or so between getting a fresh charge and off again in a couple of minutes.



..... Phil
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On 12/09/2021 12:04 pm, Phil Allison wrote:

Hi,

while not a fan of most " Green " energy ideas - this one really appeals. Done with good success decades ago, it is practical, cheap to install and run with no waste products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyUDihL_FQ

Busses could travel 5kms or so between getting a fresh charge and off again in a couple of minutes.

**Nice. Some maths too. I like the video. Have you seen the battery
buses in Newcastle? Very impressive. A pantograph pops up at each
station, providing recharge for the battery.

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On 12/09/2021 1:51 pm, Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 12/09/2021 12:04 pm, Phil Allison wrote:

Hi,

while not a fan of most " Green " energy ideas - this one really appeals.
Done with good success decades ago, it is practical, cheap to install
and run with no waste products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyUDihL_FQ

Busses could travel 5kms or so between getting a fresh charge and off
again in a couple of minutes.

**Nice. Some maths too. I like the video. Have you seen the battery
buses in Newcastle? Very impressive. A pantograph pops up at each
station, providing recharge for the battery.

**Whoops. Battery trams.
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Trevor Wilson wrote:

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**Nice. Some maths too. I like the video. Have you seen the battery
buses in Newcastle? Very impressive. A pantograph pops up at each
station, providing recharge for the battery.

** Yep - just checked it out.
They call it " Light Rail " as with the non battery, similar system in Sydney.

BTW:

I liked how the flywheel bus got recharged so quickly by a hefty 3-phase motor from a three terminal overhead supply.
No electronics, very little electricals and just mechanical drive.

Here is the Wiki on the same thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus


Q. How the heck was 3.4kWh per km considered expensive ?

Even today at domestic rates, that is only $1 per km for a 20+ seat bus !


...... Phil



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Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com> wrote

while not a fan of most " Green " energy ideas - this one really appeals.

Only to terminal fuckwits.

Done with good success decades ago, it is practical,
cheap to install and run with no waste products.

That is more mindless bullshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHyUDihL_FQ

Busses could travel 5kms or so between getting a fresh charge and off
again in a couple of minutes.

That couple of minutes is bullshit.

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Rod Ex-Speed Cop Arsehole wrote:
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Busses could travel 5kms or so between getting a fresh charge and off again in a couple of minutes.

That couple of minutes is bullshit.

" Charging a flywheel took between 30 seconds and 3 minutes;"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus


..... Phil


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