Letters to the Editor
blunderdog
Published Letters: 772 Editor's Choice: 12
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Another Vote for Farhad to Test This
[Read the article: The Hydro 4000: Save 60 percent on gas?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"But it's hard to see very much H and O2 being generated per second from the extra current that the car would be able to spare."
This is the part I'm curious about.
In older cars, it used to be that the alternator ran constantly, even if the "only" electricity being used by the car is for the ignition system. That surplus from the alternator is what charged the battery.
However, modern cars are heavily computerized. Is the amount of electricity generated being monitored by the car's CPU these days?
Does it adjust the power to the alternator if more or less electricity is needed for something (like jump-starting another car) or does it just adjust the THROTTLE?
If it's the latter case, I would definitely expect this Hydro 4000 to provide some increase in mileage, but I have no idea what magnitude of increase would be achieved.
I _think_ it is the latter case, but it's been almost a decade since I could really play around with cars.
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Oh, forgot...
[Read the article: The Hydro 4000: Save 60 percent on gas?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I totally forgot to mention that even if the amounts of H2 and O2 being generated are very small, there is a simple mechanical benefit from injecting additional cool gases into the cylinders, and a simple efficiency benefit from adding pure O2.
What I'd want to hear about the thing is how much water it used during testing. 1 gallon? 20? How much water was used along with how much gas?
That would really tell us something about how effectively the thing is electrolyzing in the first place.
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Hey...
[Read the article: The Hydro 4000: Save 60 percent on gas?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lotsa well-deserved skepticism.
But even if the thing doesn't really work, that doesn't in itself make the inventor/salesman a scammer or con-man.
He's only a scammer if the thing isn't doing what he says it's doing.
There are zillions of products sold for big bucks that don't actually "work." No one's going to try to prosecute Microsoft for claiming Vista improves productivity.
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banal trope worth repeating
[Read the article: I hit my sister in the head with my purse when I drink]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're an alcoholic. Get help.
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Argument for Gaming
[Read the article: "Grand Theft Auto IV" is a dark urban masterpiece]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wouldn't it be a much much better place if folks would spew all the hostility and vitriol into GTA4 at virtual characters than on these letters boards at real people?
(I don't really do much gaming myself. I recently checked out the game Warriorcats, which is an ad for a children's book series. I enjoyed it.)
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I appreciate the article.
[Read the article: Bradleys used to be considered impregnable]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Writing the introduction to a personal experience probably isn't the easiest thing. It's kinda silly to be bogging down on the definitions of tanks and fighting vehicles when the focus of the piece seems to be on the experience of the ride.
This is reporting from the ground, folks. Someone who was actually there is communicating their impressions and experiences.
Clearly this person is not emphasizing the technical details. For those who truly want to be helpful, the first post which expostulates the details can be friendly in tone, and available to the other readers who check the comments.
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So If McCain Somehow Wins...
[Read the article: John McCain's Vietnam-based view of war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We're going to re-fight the Vietnam War and get it right this time around?
Yay.
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I watch SpikeTV, and ...
[Read the article: Should this dress be illegal?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...this all looks pretty pedestrian to me.
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Bad Idea for a Law
[Read the article: Has our reverence for DNA gone too far?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's an intrusive and permanent search/seizure of someone before they've been convicted.
Bad law. Oppose, oppose.
If you don't take the DNA, you don't have to worry about erasures.
Agreed that taking DNA samples after conviction is acceptable.
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Good Times, Bad...
[Read the article: Tough times for pawnshop operators]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How can anyone really benefit when inflation is the problem?
I'm familiar with most of the "bad weather" business ideas. Sure, exploiting others' misfortune is usually a juicy business model.
But in the case of "inflation," when everyone is being subjected to basically the same level of suffering, why assume that there would be a way to get around that?
Pawnshops may even be seeing plenty of business, but if they have to pay 3x more for gas and heat, they're still going to hurt.
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@ Electro Robot
[Read the article: Finding Obama guilty of insufficient devotion to Israel]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think you should consider getting some therapy.
I've come to realize that you're not here for a discussion, but just to keep tabs on the anti-Semitic "left." Salon is not actually the bastion of anti-Semitism that you pretend, and you're not going to convince anyone it is.
I give you credit, at least, for not taking the constant threat of extermination of your people too seriously.
It's good to have a sense of humor.
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@Electro Robot
[Read the article: Finding Obama guilty of insufficient devotion to Israel]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]OK, so you've never met a bigot who said, "I'm a bigot."
But just because someone never told you, "I'm a bigot," that doesn't mean he is one.
"D'you have the time?"
"Enough with the comments about my cultural heritage, you bigot!"
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By far more important...
[Read the article: Buying security in Baghdad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...is the fact that this article illustrates a military "solution" in Iraq.
Pull all the weapons, tanks, etc, out of Iraq and leave 85,000 American soldiers. Airdrop pallets of money to them, and let 'em just go pay off any locals who start getting frustrated with the fact that we destroyed their country.
We'll save a ton of dough. We should have done it that way from the start.
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Why???
[Read the article: Some thoughts about West Virginia ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WHY does Obama have to reach out to "Hillary's base"?
When he wins the nomination, won't Clinton (a loyal Democrat) ENDORSE Obama and tell her supporters to vote for him?
If they're so passionate about Hillary, won't they respect her wishes and vote for Obama?
I haven't yet heard Hillary Clinton say if Obama wins the nom, she's voting for McCain. Tho I guess it wouldn't shock me if she did.
Has she said this? Was that jab at Obama about his inexperience really intended to win the election for McCain?
I'd find that pretty hard to believe.
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Hey, Greenjob...
[Read the article: Some thoughts about West Virginia ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks so much.
Hillary supporter, huh? I can just tell. Something that comes across in your tone of post.
So...if I'm understanding your logic correctly, Obama has to reach out to Hillary supporters because there's no reason to believe they'll listen to her suggestion to vote for Obama?
Because they're not cult-members?