Comments on: No, I Meant To Do That

By: Ex-Navy

Ex-Navy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:48:12 +0000

I served in the Navy with this clown. He knows everything and is always right. He is an idiot. It’s funny that after nearly 20 years, he is still an idiot.

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:27:40 +0000

psion,

Looks like I can still trust the Internet information! And, Graingood has his own disinformation campaign going on!

And #23,

Is a fuel cell the same technology that exploded on Apollo 13?!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:03:16 +0000

While I agree with the absurdities pointed out very nicely in the above comments, I would like to point out one more.

Towing with a Hybrid SUV is really oxymoronic thinking. That vehicle is a V8, so that it can have towing and full-size 4X4 capabilities. Well, when towing, you are using the V8. The fact that it is a Hybrid just means it is a much more expensive SUV! It may be argued that the Hybrid Drive engages on downhills, but I don’t even know if that is the case. (Honestly don’t know much on hybrid technology, just a lot on cars and trucks in general.)

Oh, and a minor point. To the person who says it was about publicity on alternative energy… it failed at that because it pointed out that it is impractical because he had to make the switch!

By: Zeb

Zeb — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:20:20 +0000

He should have hitchhiked.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:07:14 +0000

Anyone else reminded of the “gas crisis” when all the congresscritters drove to the nearest Exxon to make a point about saving gas… even though the nearest Exxon is well within walking distance of the Capitol?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:39:42 +0000

This is exactly the kind of thinking that resonates with the idiots running our country. The only point Massa made is that he is just stupid enough for congress.
http://www.rightklik.net/

By: Boyd Durkin

Boyd Durkin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:03:02 +0000

Suffice it to say there is a difference between a battery car and a hydrogen fuel cell car.

But the REAL point is that Massa is an amazingly quick study to do something this stupid ON THE WAY to his swearing-in.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:07:34 +0000

#21
I just wanted to clarify something about the hydrogen fuel cell cars. While it’s engine runs on electricity, the electricity is produced by the reaction of hydrogen and oxygen in the fuel cells, not stored, as in other electric car’s battery bank. It actaully has water as an ‘exhaust’.

By: John Jenkins

John Jenkins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:52:42 +0000

@#20: Nope, I was just looking for an opportunity to be funny.

By: ZappaCrappa

ZappaCrappa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:52:16 +0000

@ #18 John

Uhhhhh…actually my position was a tongue in cheek statement that considering that the congressman’s ploy to promote green vehicle use by using 4 times as much fuel…my abstinence program would consist of me getting laid as much as possible therefore demonstrating the ludicrous demonstration….ahhhhhh nevermind.

By: Psion

Psion — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:07 +0000

Graingood, I’m not certain where you’re getting your facts, but CFL bulbs DO contain mercury vapor. Not in individually dangerous quantities, but I believe Mike T’s point was about the result of large scale accumulation in waste.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp#Mercury_emissions

By: roy

roy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:46:07 +0000

#21, Yes, fuel cell cars are electric. The fuel cell replaces the battery and is used to generate electricity to turn the electric motor.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:19:29 +0000

Graingood!?

Why is it that every article on the Internet, I have seen goes on about the mercury in the CFL bulbs? Do you have an references? Not that I would not believe something like this could happen. It is just what we have been fed. Sad thing it is on the Internet where we should be able to get more reliable news information, according to many.

By: See Chao

See Chao — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:07:27 +0000

Uh… Is a hydrogen fuel cell car electric? Was this a typo in the article, or was he actually driving a hydrogen fueled car to promote electric cars?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:57:38 +0000

@ #18, I think you missed the point.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:53:38 +0000

I heard Massa on a local radio show talking about the planned trip. The trip was sybolic, to draw attention to other kinds of power alternatives, such as the hydrogen fuel cells that power the car he drove. It was not about efficiency and conservation, per se. The switch had to be made because there were no refueling stations along the way.

The catch, because you know there is one, is that GM’s hydrogen fuel cell research facility is located in Massa’s district. It is a good thing for a congressman to support the business in his district, the problem occurs when he tries to legislate advantages for those businesses.

He is a 1st term congress person, he might still have some idealism left in him at this point.

By: John Jenkins

John Jenkins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:52:03 +0000

@#17: I’m sorry, but abstinence actually makes logical sense (if a woman does not have sex, barring medical intervention of some kind, she will not become pregnant), so that’s too close to being effective for you to be elected as a congressman, unless your position is that the abstinence program will stop teenage boys from trying to have sex with teenage girls, in which case your election is virtually assured.

By: ZappaCrappa

ZappaCrappa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:31:01 +0000

I like it. I’m gonna run for congress and promote a national abstinence program…

By: adam s

adam s — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:17:50 +0000

I bet we could get him to wipe twice with the same swatch of tp.