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Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source

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From: David Lesher
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:28
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Others said:
# It doesn't sound like you have been listening either.  In the event of
# a catastrophic failure, gasoline burns, it does not explode.  The energy
# contained in the tank is released over a period of 15 to 20 minutes.
# 
# The flywheel will try to dissipate it is energy over a span of milliseconds.

Errr,
Try telling the three people who burned to death in the tanker/
multi-car crash at the I 270/Beltway intersection that it is ok that
gasoline burns over 15-20 minutes. That may be true, but they are still
dead, regardless of how long their remains cooked.
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From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.energy,rec.autos
Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
Date: 24 Dec 1992 01:28:20 GMT
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