Election time is sneaking up on us.
The president wants to bail out banks that made bad lending decisions. If banks can't handle ordinary financial transactions why bail them out?
McCain and Obama both proposed increasing federal deposit insurance to $250,000. If the banks watch who they lend to, they wouldn't be in trouble.
It is my opinion that the high cost of petroleum is causing all of this. The price of everything goes up with the cost of hauling it. Everything is linked to petroleum cost; all mail, every package and all travel. When prices go up people require higher pay to keep up with it. This increases inflation. Everything snowballs - notice how nobody's mentioning the national debit?
The stock market dropped big time. Notice the price of oil dropping? Why? The president is talking about the state of the economy and bail out; the oil industry does not want to take the blame it deserves. Look - the price of oil went down - the good old oil companies are just helping out. Yeah, you're helping - (after you cause everything in the first place). Watch the price of oil and gas if there continues to be a big fight and headhunting over the economy. It will stay down or drop because it doesn't want to take the blame. When the economy recovers because the price is down, watch it climb back up...
No politician can afford to vote against big oil. The oil lobbies have too much money and too much support. They can put pressure on a politician in many covert ways. It's hard to stay in office if you do not comply. What can you do? You can do nothing if you are not elected. Funky justification for their actions, but realistic.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Built In Problems
One thing that really makes me angry is that things are built to wear out. If nothing wears out, you can’t sell replacement parts, or a new item from time to time.
For years and years a light bulb burning out was a weekly occurrence. Now look how long they last. Florescent lights burn with a lot less energy. This stuff is not new.
I saw a news article about an electric light in a firehouse that has been burning constantly for 75 years. The company that made it went out of business. (I looked it up.) Lesson: If your lights burn out you can sell more.
By the way, florescent lights usually last quite a while. Did you know they still have gas in them when they burn out? Why yes indeed. The only thing that burns out is a little filament. If the fixture put out a lot of voltage like a flyback transformer or your car’s coil they will still light. (I suspect they would stay running for quite a while as there is little else to burn out.)
How about batteries? Everyone uses hundreds of them in their lifetime. I’m pretty suspicious that they’ve never gotten really good. You never see really good rechargeables either. Ni-cads run on 1.2 volts instead of the standard 1.5. What’s with that? You mean to tell me you can’t build a 1.5 volt cell in a ni-cad? As the result of the lower voltage ni-cads cannot be used in a lot of things. (It’s like having a battery that’s already half dead.) Notice how rechargeable alkaline batteries came out and disappeared all of a sudden. Why?
Did you know that if a standard battery is recharged with pulse dc it lasts (holds the charge) about four times as long? (Note that standard batteries can’t be charged much and sometimes won’t charge up to the original voltage.)
Some vehicle and machinery parts are made to break down after a certain period of time. I don’t mean that they built problems into them, what I’m saying is they are built of inferior materials so they can sell you more. Manufacturing companies have prototypes that last a lot longer than the stuff they sell you. Unless they are forced to change, why should they? They are making big bucks…
I do not begrudge anybody a profit. Companies need to stay in business. We just need to understand what’s going on.
For years and years a light bulb burning out was a weekly occurrence. Now look how long they last. Florescent lights burn with a lot less energy. This stuff is not new.
I saw a news article about an electric light in a firehouse that has been burning constantly for 75 years. The company that made it went out of business. (I looked it up.) Lesson: If your lights burn out you can sell more.
By the way, florescent lights usually last quite a while. Did you know they still have gas in them when they burn out? Why yes indeed. The only thing that burns out is a little filament. If the fixture put out a lot of voltage like a flyback transformer or your car’s coil they will still light. (I suspect they would stay running for quite a while as there is little else to burn out.)
How about batteries? Everyone uses hundreds of them in their lifetime. I’m pretty suspicious that they’ve never gotten really good. You never see really good rechargeables either. Ni-cads run on 1.2 volts instead of the standard 1.5. What’s with that? You mean to tell me you can’t build a 1.5 volt cell in a ni-cad? As the result of the lower voltage ni-cads cannot be used in a lot of things. (It’s like having a battery that’s already half dead.) Notice how rechargeable alkaline batteries came out and disappeared all of a sudden. Why?
Did you know that if a standard battery is recharged with pulse dc it lasts (holds the charge) about four times as long? (Note that standard batteries can’t be charged much and sometimes won’t charge up to the original voltage.)
Some vehicle and machinery parts are made to break down after a certain period of time. I don’t mean that they built problems into them, what I’m saying is they are built of inferior materials so they can sell you more. Manufacturing companies have prototypes that last a lot longer than the stuff they sell you. Unless they are forced to change, why should they? They are making big bucks…
I do not begrudge anybody a profit. Companies need to stay in business. We just need to understand what’s going on.
Hybrid Cars
Hybrid Cars
Ok, so I got a bit blabby… The government is encouraging higher mileage cars and hybrid cars. What a laugh. We’ve had them for years… Not the general public, but they’ve been around.
There is a lot of great information on the internet now. Thank your lucky stars for that. In out time of need we will see and increase of maybe 5mpg while we pay way more for gas. The problem is not that we do not have enough gas. The problem is, there is no way for the average person to get their hands on the technology to use it efficiently.
You can increase your gas mileage dramatically. We have had the technology for years.
I converted both my car and truck to run on hydrogen. The car gets 45mpg, it used to get 30mpg. I think if I tinker around I can get it up to 60.
Brown’s gas – hydrogen and oxygen – is produced by running an electric current through water. It does not take a huge conversion for your car. In fact it is easier to do on an older car. (The car’s computer not only helps it run, it keeps you from working on it.)
Ignore the information that uses more than 10 amps of current. That’s bad for the car. (Plenty of hydrogen can be produced with from two to five amps.) It doesn’t take a massive electronics background either. You need no special timing circuit or any circuit at all, for that matter.
I’m not going to go into this because this is not my purpose. Take my word for it.
You can do this.
Big complicated hybrid cars are just something the car companies will milk for all it’s worth. I’ll bet the parts will wear out quick or will be outrageously priced. Wonder if the average Joe will be able to afford one?
It probably costs more than a canning jar and a couple of wires...
Ok, so I got a bit blabby… The government is encouraging higher mileage cars and hybrid cars. What a laugh. We’ve had them for years… Not the general public, but they’ve been around.
There is a lot of great information on the internet now. Thank your lucky stars for that. In out time of need we will see and increase of maybe 5mpg while we pay way more for gas. The problem is not that we do not have enough gas. The problem is, there is no way for the average person to get their hands on the technology to use it efficiently.
You can increase your gas mileage dramatically. We have had the technology for years.
I converted both my car and truck to run on hydrogen. The car gets 45mpg, it used to get 30mpg. I think if I tinker around I can get it up to 60.
Brown’s gas – hydrogen and oxygen – is produced by running an electric current through water. It does not take a huge conversion for your car. In fact it is easier to do on an older car. (The car’s computer not only helps it run, it keeps you from working on it.)
Ignore the information that uses more than 10 amps of current. That’s bad for the car. (Plenty of hydrogen can be produced with from two to five amps.) It doesn’t take a massive electronics background either. You need no special timing circuit or any circuit at all, for that matter.
I’m not going to go into this because this is not my purpose. Take my word for it.
You can do this.
Big complicated hybrid cars are just something the car companies will milk for all it’s worth. I’ll bet the parts will wear out quick or will be outrageously priced. Wonder if the average Joe will be able to afford one?
It probably costs more than a canning jar and a couple of wires...
Gas Prices
Isn’t it terrible how gas prices have gone up and up? It’s wonderful how the government is encouraging car manufacturers to make higher mileage hybrid cars. Or is it???
Think about this. Since cars first came out, there have been no significant mileage improvements. None. Computers improve in thousands of ways each year. In all these years no one can find a way to increase gas mileage in a car? Wow, we must have incredibly bad scientists and mechanics.
The truth is, there are many ways to increase gas mileage and they have already been done. The carburetors we have today are antiquated and car manufacturers know it. A lot of your gas is wasted and unburned. This is not only bad for the car but for the environment too. We are paying the price of their greed.
A few ways you can increase gas mileage is by a better fuel air mix or by heating this mixture. There have been quite a few carburetors that went far beyond what we have today. I remember reading secrets of the 200mpg carburetor years ago.
In 1985 I owned a Renault Le Car that got 50mpg. That was in 1985! Do you think there haven’t been any improvements since then??? (A friend of mine mentioned another car in the 1960s that got incredible gas mileage.)
A friend of mine’s sister had a car that got really good gas mileage. It’s carburetor messed up and the repair shops refused to fix it. Her gas mileage is less than half now that the carburetor has been replaced.
This might sound kind of strange to you but think about this. There are a lot of jobs related to gas production and billions of dollars. If someone produces a way to make a car get double the mileage they would lose half of the money they are making. Not just this year but every year after that. A lot of inventors have found this out the hard way…
Don’t take my word for it, look it up.
The government is no help. They say they are trying to help but are they? He who pays the government more owns the government. Do you and I pay the government more or does a company with billions of dollars? Oil is a big lobby. Politicians can’t afford to lose that money.
Anything that threatens oil will be suppressed. It will be deemed a threat to the government and swept under the rug. Oil controls it’s own prices. Talk about a monopoly. If anyone invents anything that threatens gas usage they will be bought out, threatened or killed.
This is big money and has been going on for years.
About ten years ago the Japanese were coming out with a ceramic engine. It was supposed to be about a tenth of the weight of regular car engines, used very little oil and burned cooler with a lot less wear. What happened to it? Can you imagine the devastating effect of an engine like that? Less gas burned. Less oil sold. Engines don’t wear out as much. Fewer parts sold.
Think about this. Since cars first came out, there have been no significant mileage improvements. None. Computers improve in thousands of ways each year. In all these years no one can find a way to increase gas mileage in a car? Wow, we must have incredibly bad scientists and mechanics.
The truth is, there are many ways to increase gas mileage and they have already been done. The carburetors we have today are antiquated and car manufacturers know it. A lot of your gas is wasted and unburned. This is not only bad for the car but for the environment too. We are paying the price of their greed.
A few ways you can increase gas mileage is by a better fuel air mix or by heating this mixture. There have been quite a few carburetors that went far beyond what we have today. I remember reading secrets of the 200mpg carburetor years ago.
In 1985 I owned a Renault Le Car that got 50mpg. That was in 1985! Do you think there haven’t been any improvements since then??? (A friend of mine mentioned another car in the 1960s that got incredible gas mileage.)
A friend of mine’s sister had a car that got really good gas mileage. It’s carburetor messed up and the repair shops refused to fix it. Her gas mileage is less than half now that the carburetor has been replaced.
This might sound kind of strange to you but think about this. There are a lot of jobs related to gas production and billions of dollars. If someone produces a way to make a car get double the mileage they would lose half of the money they are making. Not just this year but every year after that. A lot of inventors have found this out the hard way…
Don’t take my word for it, look it up.
The government is no help. They say they are trying to help but are they? He who pays the government more owns the government. Do you and I pay the government more or does a company with billions of dollars? Oil is a big lobby. Politicians can’t afford to lose that money.
Anything that threatens oil will be suppressed. It will be deemed a threat to the government and swept under the rug. Oil controls it’s own prices. Talk about a monopoly. If anyone invents anything that threatens gas usage they will be bought out, threatened or killed.
This is big money and has been going on for years.
About ten years ago the Japanese were coming out with a ceramic engine. It was supposed to be about a tenth of the weight of regular car engines, used very little oil and burned cooler with a lot less wear. What happened to it? Can you imagine the devastating effect of an engine like that? Less gas burned. Less oil sold. Engines don’t wear out as much. Fewer parts sold.
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