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Post subject: Re: Another Diesel Plane Posted: 20 Apr 2018, 22:57 |
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Joined: 11/06/10 Posts: 11885 Post Likes: +2848 Company: Looking Location: Outside Boston, or some hotel somewhere
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Username Protected wrote: I have no doubt that battery technology will continue to improve and it may in the long run be a fine partial substitute for carbon-based fuels but someone is going to have to explain what they are going to do with all the battery waste. In my business (environmental) battery manufacturers are a great source of revenue from releases of metals and corrosives. Can you explain some more. My knowledge on battery recycling is rather poor. I know there is a lot of theory around it, but wondering about the practical aspects. Tim
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Post subject: Re: Another Diesel Plane Posted: 22 Apr 2018, 07:38 |
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Joined: 12/22/07 Posts: 12813 Post Likes: +13206 Company: Cogswell Cogs, LLC Location: KPTK (SE Michigan)
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Username Protected wrote: i don’t understand how the electric car pays fuel tax. Every gallon of fuel that I buy has state, federal and local taxes to help subsidize the transit system. How does the electric vechicle contribute? Varies by state. Michigan increases the annual registration/tag fees depending upon whether HEV, PHEV or BEV.
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Post subject: Re: Another Diesel Plane Posted: 22 Apr 2018, 09:12 |
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Joined: 11/08/12 Posts: 12798 Post Likes: +5224 Location: Jackson, MS (KHKS)
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Username Protected wrote: And i don’t understand how the electric car pays fuel tax. Every gallon of fuel that I buy has state, federal and local taxes to help subsidize the transit system. How does the electric vechicle contribute? They don't really. And it doesn't really matter at the moment. Eventually the tax system will change. In New Zealand (at least 20 years ago) diesel cars were taxed by odometer. I think the idea was to avoid the on-road/offroad taxed/untaxed fuel.
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Post subject: Re: Another Diesel Plane Posted: 02 May 2018, 18:10 |
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Joined: 10/29/15 Posts: 44 Post Likes: +20
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I want to see an electric airplane design with a "range extender". Give it 1 hour of battery and some sort of Gas/Diesel engine to re charge the batteries. This would give the reliability and efficiency benefits of electricity. And it would reduce cost by allowing the gas/Diesel engine to be very basic, and even less reliable, since it the engine craps out, you still have an hour of battery to find place to land.
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