When do you think we'll get smart and use hydro-electric on all vehicles, maybe giving tax breaks for...?

Question

conversion of older fossil-fuel models?

hydro-electric cars/hydro-electric dams; don't you think they can fill a tank with water and churn that water through a funnel which generates electricity which in turn generates energy to run the car's engine and move the thing? What I did mean however was hybrid; hydro and gas or hydro and electric run engines. But thanks to my brainfart and your smart-alleckyness, we have a newer idea for utilizing this technology, unless that is how it's done already.
I actually saw a car in Palm Springs pull over into a bus loading zone and fill it's tank with a 2-liter bottle of water!!!! Why aren't we demanding this technology be developed more fully (seize-ups) and used more widely? No more relying on international trade of oil. No more browning out our planet.

Answer 1

Water by itself doesn't hold enough energy to effectively power cars (large hydroelectric plants are another matter.) Electric cars, of course, do run on hydroelectric power, as long as they are charged in a state that uses hydro electric plants.
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I think electric cars are very close to viable today. Here are some electric cars in development, some of these will be ready as soon as next year:
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The Tesla electric sports car:
http://www.teslamotors.com
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The Tesla accelerates faster than a Ferrari, and gets 250 miles per charge. The batteries last at least 100,000 miles. But the Tesla is very expensive. Here's a cheaper one:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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Here's one from Mitsubishi that may be ready next year - this car can charge in only 20 minutes:
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http://aftermarket.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/mitsubishi-looks-ahead-with-an-electric-i/
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Electric cars are already catching on in China, and prices there are falling fast. Look at these Chinese electrics - these are priced in american dollars (he's looking for distributors.) Prices start at $6500:
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http://www.fevehicle.com/services.html
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What if you want to buy today? The most economical electric car is a conversion. Conversions look like average cars, and accelerate and handle normally. Cars like this can be had for as little as $5000. More details:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car/
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Answer 2

When rainfall increases significantly and the environmental lobby stops opposing the construction of new dams and forgets all about the environmental impact of recycling dead batteries.

Or we could use the hydro-electric power to generate hydrogen and then dump vast amounts of energy into compressing it into super high pressure storage where it has a much lower energy density than gasoline and also presents a huge explosion risk, and that's before we even consider adding oxygen to it.

I doubt it will ever be economic to convert fossil fuel models.

The real answer is to travel less. Live and work near your food source. It'll take fifty years or more to make that change in attitude.

Answer 3

Hydroelectricity is electricity obtained from hydropower. Most hydroelectric power comes from the potential energy of dammed water driving a water turbine and generator. Less common variations make use of water's kinetic energy or undammed sources such as tidal power. Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy source.

How would apply that to an automobile?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

People will gradually start buying these cars, but they won't be on all cars until people start feeling the effects of global warming themselves. People hear about the holes in the ozone layer and the ice caps melting, but don't really care because that doesn't seem to be effecting them right now (but it is). All people won't start reacting until global warming effects them personally. Hopefully it won't be too late.

Answer 6

will need a really long extension cord,as for convesions,they are still working out for new vehicles,upgrades could be 15 to 20 yrs away ,then evenyone will own one anyway