World Solar Challenge

monster · 10-17-2011, 09:10 AM

Currently taking place in Aus.

The University of Michigan currently in 3rd place for the USA, behind Japan and the Netherlands.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/u-m-sol...lar-challenge/

Lamplighter · 10-17-2011, 09:47 AM

Why won't they hold such events here in PDX ?

infinite monkey · 10-17-2011, 09:48 AM

Because they can't find you: no one has a clue what a PDX is?!?!

Lamplighter · 10-17-2011, 09:53 AM

???

It's right there under the "A"

monster · 10-17-2011, 09:54 AM

PDX: Isn't that some kind of exercise regime?

monster · 10-17-2011, 09:59 AM

Portland where? Oregon? If so, then there's your answer: Not enough sun. Everyone knows it rains all the time in Oregon -almost as much as in the UK.

infinite monkey · 10-17-2011, 10:03 AM

I dunno why Lamp lives at the airport. And of course they can't have freaking events on the tarmac: planes have to land and take off and stuff.

Lamplighter · 10-17-2011, 10:15 AM

That's international discrimination

infinite monkey · 10-17-2011, 10:17 AM

When I go home at night, to my airport, I get so tired of having to go through security just to get to my kitchen.

Lamplighter · 10-17-2011, 10:22 AM

Oh, the humanity... bathroom trips are the worst

infinite monkey · 10-17-2011, 10:25 AM

ESPECIALLY if you're carrying your nail clippers!

Spexxvet · 10-17-2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

That's international discrimination

Solar discrimination

Lamplighter · 10-17-2011, 12:07 PM

Yes, solar challenged !

This thread is now back where it started

ZenGum · 10-19-2011, 06:59 AM

Well, Darwin to Adelaide is 3,075 km. Dunno how big your airport is, but I think this is probably further.

So far ... delays due to road-side bushfires, the odd enormous truck, and one solar car was destroyed when it's battery caught fire / exploded.

Lead cars expected in Adelaide sometime tomorrow, but it looks like being cloudy.

These solar cars are getting pretty good, if you only want to drive during the day, never carry passengers or cargo, enjoy prolonged discomfort, and aren't afraid of being squashed like a cockroach by a road-train. [/sarcasm]

Really it is about pushing the development of solar panel technology. Which is good, IMHO. There will never be practical solar cars because there just isn't enough energy falling on a car, even if collected at 100% efficiency, to run a car that meets our normal requirements.

A solar powered house, or city, however, is much more plausible.

HungLikeJesus · 10-19-2011, 07:42 AM

I think it's also about pushing the technology of high efficiency vehicles. You could add a small, efficient engine and have a hybrid vehicle that could drive at night, on very little fuel.

10-17-2011, 09:10 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	World Solar Challenge Currently taking place in Aus. The University of Michigan currently in 3rd place for the USA, behind Japan and the Netherlands. http://www.annarbor.com/news/u-m-sol...lar-challenge/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2011, 09:53 AM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	??? It's right there under the "A" Attached Images

10-17-2011, 09:54 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	PDX: Isn't that some kind of exercise regime? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-17-2011, 09:59 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Portland where? Oregon? If so, then there's your answer: Not enough sun. Everyone knows it rains all the time in Oregon -almost as much as in the UK. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-19-2011, 06:59 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, Darwin to Adelaide is 3,075 km. Dunno how big your airport is, but I think this is probably further. So far ... delays due to road-side bushfires, the odd enormous truck, and one solar car was destroyed when it's battery caught fire / exploded. Lead cars expected in Adelaide sometime tomorrow, but it looks like being cloudy. These solar cars are getting pretty good, if you only want to drive during the day, never carry passengers or cargo, enjoy prolonged discomfort, and aren't afraid of being squashed like a cockroach by a road-train. [/sarcasm] Really it is about pushing the development of solar panel technology. Which is good, IMHO. There will never be practical solar cars because there just isn't enough energy falling on a car, even if collected at 100% efficiency, to run a car that meets our normal requirements. A solar powered house, or city, however, is much more plausible. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-17-2011, 09:47 AM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Why won't they hold such events here in PDX ?

10-17-2011, 09:48 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Because they can't find you: no one has a clue what a PDX is?!?!

10-17-2011, 10:03 AM	#7
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I dunno why Lamp lives at the airport. And of course they can't have freaking events on the tarmac: planes have to land and take off and stuff.

10-17-2011, 10:15 AM	#8
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	That's international discrimination

10-17-2011, 10:17 AM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	When I go home at night, to my airport, I get so tired of having to go through security just to get to my kitchen.

10-17-2011, 10:22 AM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Oh, the humanity... bathroom trips are the worst

10-17-2011, 10:25 AM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	ESPECIALLY if you're carrying your nail clippers!

10-17-2011, 12:07 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Yes, solar challenged ! This thread is now back where it started

10-19-2011, 07:42 AM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I think it's also about pushing the technology of high efficiency vehicles. You could add a small, efficient engine and have a hybrid vehicle that could drive at night, on very little fuel. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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