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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Kids got an E-scooter?
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:47:00 +1000
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On 26/06/2024 8:35 am, john larkin wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:03:41 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
> <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
> 
>> john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:13:49 +0200, Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/22/24 14:22, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> Get rid of it!
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxwwzd99r2do
>>>>
>>>> there's a crapton of other stuff with possibly dodgy batteries, what
>>>> makes you think e-scooters so special?
>>>
>>> Some are incredibly cheap, and I expect that most people park them
>>> indoors.
>>
>> Seems like the problem is that the fuel and oxidizer are stored way too
>> close together.
>>
>> If only we could separate them—hey, maybe we could save weight and be safer
>> by using air as oxidizer, and even more by not carrying the oxidized fuel
>> around!
>>
>> What an amazing advance that would be!
> 
> Don't be silly. That's obviously impossible.

Electric trains and electric trolley buses seem to manage it.

Putting recharging coils under stretches of road (as is done for some - 
very few - battery powered buses) does limit the amount of fuel stored 
in the vehicle.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney



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