Recent content by bobbobwhite

Full tints could be a real safety hazard, yes, if it gets too dark. However, dark window tinting is common in strong sunlight areas of AZ, SoCal and all of the South. I see lots of cars with full tints there and even in the SF Bay Area, though I suspect that most around SF are done to drive...

Do any of you design engineers or informed laymen know why progressive tint window glass like that found in eyeglasses is not offered as an option? Aftermarket provides tinted glass but not progressive tinting. I must wear tinted glasses outdoors due to light sensitivity so I wear progressive...

I understand it all somewhat better now as chemical and not physical, as from your replies I now must assume that my former understanding was in error that upon an action a reaction must also occur that produces changed matter due to the alteration or consumption of some or all of the...

Per your haughty reply... how is 1 mol of H2O electrolized, split product H fuel burned off, and waste product still consist of 1 mol of H2O? The heat results from burning the H mols, so you cannot still have 1 mol H2O as waste if the H mols have been removed, per your example. Not physically...

Just don't understand how that could work, if it does. The only way I could understand it is if the amount of H cracked from input H2O is so infinitessimal that the output H2O mass is nearly unchanged and that waste product is effectively still 100% H2O. Please comment, or send me to the...

After the huge flap in Bakersfield CA about suspected innacuracies of the new Smart meters, it would seem to me that more responders here would be suspicious of possible inaccurate power readings resulting in excessive home utility charges. And especially after the shenanigans of Wall Street and...

So, mgb and Bob S., you state limitations but no solutions. The new Smart meters make it difficult if not impossible for typical users to check usage. I ask, is that their real purpose? I think that we need a quality metering product on the home market that can be programmed to do all I...

I often see website ads for home electricity meters that check on home power usage in order to help save costs by monitoring what is used so homeowners can adjust their usage to cut costs. However, is there a much more sophisticated meter available that oversees actual home usage and compares...

I can see I am not getting anywhere at all here as most of what I wrote is overlooked or misinterpreted. As I clearly wrote, regenerative energy is only one of the 3 potential ways I stated where energy can be produced/recovered to power a car. I did not say that it is the only way and would...

I am suspect that mere protection of damaged lithium batteries from water such as rain or fire hoses is not going to be adequate, and lives may be lost in wrecks that expose lithium to water. As we saw with the Ford Pinto gas tank explosions 35 years ago, I am sure Ford thought those gas tanks...

Lithium has been commonly stated as explosive and/or flammable upon exposure to water. What does this mean for its use in electric/hybrid car batteries when there will be traffic crashes in rain that could damage the batteries and thus expose this element to water? Thanks for all informed...

Magnifying, concentrating...yes, the latter word is probably more appropriate, as a glass magnifies items beneath making them appear larger but it concentrates sunlight to a central spot and does nothing to make the sunlight appear "larger". However, the glass does magnify the effect of the...

I read that these solar towers use reflected sunlight from multiple reflecting sources. I do not think they magnify. Anyone know more?

As kids, we all tried the magnifying glass trick outside, using the sun's rays through the glass to burn paper. My question is, is this simple magnification used to increase solar heating of water in (rooftop) solar heating systems? If not, why not? Potential downsides realized...perhaps it...

Thanks for the responses. In considering all forms of energy conservation, I sometimes ponder any possible way to save wasted energy no matter how small or inefficient the savings may be. One day I may think of one that is practical but not this time, I must assume.