Comment by jimnotgym
8 hours ago
I wonder what adding a second hinge in a truck does to it's performance in an accident? When the trailer jack knifes, for instance?
I guess someone who wants to put them on our roads should answer some questions on that. Especially as they are clearly given to absurd claims like, 'it goes from 7 to 120 mpg', as if that happened without any other input.
Indeed. The idea is interesting, but the claim is obviously exaggerated: sure, you're burning less gas, but you're tanking electrons. Whatever the final mpg equivalent is, it isn't 120mpg.
His other company is yet another green washing idea. Taking what could and should be valuable natural fertilizer and sequestering it. Also, for most of these ideas, the energy costs of transport and processing outweigh any supposed benefits.
Did you even bother reading the article? The problem is that the government is making them prove the same thing 270 times. And the only thing absurd here is your statement. It's an electric motor. Of course there is "other input."