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02-24-2012, 03:21 PM | #68 | |
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The i3 is basically a occupant cell sitting on a aluminum subframe. I imagine BMW will use this or some very similar technique when it all trickles down the BMW brand line. A ski construction i'm not sure about but a ski pole usually has a different type of construction. It's usually not a woven fabric but a continuous fiber strand or group of fiber strands wrapped around like you see on a spool of thread. If you look at some of them closely you will see this, as well as the pattern made by the varying strand orientations. Same for a lot of race car suspension arms and links. Brake disc are and entirely different construction as well, I don't think they are repairable or should be. |
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Shit, I just thought of this:
Where in the heck does the carbon in "carbon" fiber come from? Don't we need car's CO2 to get the carbon to make the carbon fiber? |
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Please shoot yourself... They have nothing in common...
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02-24-2012, 05:18 PM | #72 |
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But don't worry; nothing you can or are going to try to do is going to "save" the planet. Live your life, pollute as least as you can, conserve resources as much as you can (I do), but thinking a $150,000 carbon fiber car is going to preserve the planet's status quo (as you now know of it) is wasting your mind. I'm just curious how BMW is going to deal with European Union requirements for car recycling. Although carbon fiber is recyclable it is sure to be tens of times more expensive than recycling metals. Last edited by ENINTY; 02-25-2012 at 10:13 AM.. |
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I am not taking sides on the CO2 debates yet. But you kinds of thoughts of force feeding your belief is what the people of the good ole USA do not appreciate. If you have a good point make it a convincing one and people will make their own decision. Maybe Europe is a better place for your type?... just sayin'
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Ok show me that 99% agree. That's what the media trys to tell you, but it is not a fact. You will learn that in the next years. Oh and I can't watch FOX news...
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The climate has always been changing... sometimes more rapid, sometimes less. Death Valley used to be an Ocean. Greenland used to actually be green. And CA used to be fucking cold at once. There is nothing we can do about that. It doesn't make a difference if you drive a V10 or a 4 cylinder engine. There are more important things to look out for. Asteroids for example, or reduction of plastic bags that they give out for free almost everywhere in the US in ridiculous amounts, or reduction of electricity or stuff like that. It won't change our climate but it will be good for the environment.
In the 70s (or 80s I forgot) they printed in the news and in magazines that the next Ice Age was only years away... did anything happen? I don't think so... |
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Sure, but the CO2 debate as I understand it is centered largely around the argument that we have had plenty of it for eons without the need to have machines producing it. I.e. - in very rough and simplified form - animals process oxygen and emit CO2, while plants process CO2 and emit oxygen. All the excess CO2 that is the product of the modern industrialized world, then, is what is claimed to be the major issue ("too much of a good thing is a bad thing").
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Besides, how do you expect people not to sit on their asses when they have to make daily commutes to/from work that are MILES long? Bike the whole way? Be my guest, do what makes you happy.
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I wonder if parts like the crash bar etc. would be produced for the 3 series ... wouldn't it be awesome if you can get some carbon fiber parts to upgrade your car manufactured by bmw?
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Reminds me of the joke I make when I have to go to the dealership and have something fixed and they say "it's a sealed unit you will have to replace the whole thing...", so I joke "That is a sealed unit sir, you are going to have to replace the whole car"
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The warming we all agree started over 10,000 years ago and is over 11 degrees C, What some are asking about is what portion of the 0.1 degree C increase since 1938 is to be blamed on man who produces almost 0.3% of the greenhouse gas. Got more links too but guess you can't read them.... http://www.welt.de/dieweltbewegen/ar...de-vorbei.html http://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentar...onsersatz.html |
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03-02-2012, 07:24 AM | #87 | |
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What your issue is the climate is changing and you THINK it is bad. The Earth's climate has always changed, and will always change, regardless of what animals - and the processes they bring, live here. You're worried about keeping the climate the same for the next hundred or million years, why? The climate is going to change regardless; it is not going to change any more differently if you drive a Prius or a Suburban. 5 million years from now the Earth is going to be entirely different than it is today as it was totally different from today 5 million years ago. |
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