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    One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?

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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Let me guess. The bike runs on pure electricity, but the Prius has been converted to run on the feeling of self importance and smugness so now it goes faster than a Ferrari.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    The one powered by gasoline is the one Ray drove to his high-school reunion.

    That is to say, "who knows". I'd like to think there's a two-stroke motor in that bike with the mufflerless exhaust coming out the passenger side, and the Prius has been converted to pure electric.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Is 'clean electricity' the kind which keeps the smoke in the wires?

    The English are screwed.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    "I think electricity is a mystery, it is. I don't actually believe in it."

    - Captain Slow, TG 2009.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    I can't do this properly because of the 'net Nazis here but I found an electric motorbike crash. Anyone else feel inclined to put up the surely-entertaining video?
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Imagine how emasculated Harley owners are going to feel when electric bikes become the rule, rather than the exception. I can't wait!
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    Image of stoke stoke
    09/25/09

    @Number_Six: Remember, loud voltmeters save lives.
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    Image of ozyran ozyran
    09/25/09

    @Number_Six: You know, a Harley Davidson is the only motorcycle to this day that has the remarkable ability to convert gasoline directly to noise, without the byproduct known as horsepower.

    For those of you about to mention the XR1200 or the V-Rod, neither of those are actually Harleys. Just ask any "real" Harley owner.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Is it the table? Or perhaps those things that look like homemade heaters on either side of the table?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    I bet this is a trick question. They are BOTH powered by clean electricity!
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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    09/25/09

    @skaycog: Isn't the "Clean" part of that electricty completely dependant on where you live and the means used to power the grid in that particular area?
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    Image of PowerTryp is holding a Fiesta party. PowerTryp is holding a Fiesta party.
    09/25/09

    @skaycog: Sorry skaycog you're right about it being a trick question but the real trick is that there is no such thing as clean energy.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/25/09

    @PetroSapien:
    Yessir. Where I live, we have clean electricty.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/25/09

    @skaycog: It's hydro power where I come from. Still not totally environmentally friendly, but remarkably few CO2 emissions.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/25/09

    @PowerTryp forever Minardi: Oh, I get it. Are we going to get a trick answer to the question?
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    09/25/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return:
    That's cool.....no wonder I like you.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/25/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Where I live, we get our electricity by rubbing balloons on our head. Beat that!
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    The wonderful thing about electric motors is lots of torque. Which would make that Brammo a ton of fun to ride.

    In town.
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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    09/25/09

    @joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: Which is why I would like an electric bike, but not at 12 grand, and a diesel car.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Dirty Dino juice FTMFW!

    Wait... wait! Shit! NOOOOOOO!!
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    Image of neilgehrke neilgehrke
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Can you figure out which one is powered by dirty coal sourced electricity and which one dirty dino juice?
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    There I fixed it for you!
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    09/25/09

    @neilgehrke: Yeah, it always bothers me when someone says that it's "powered" by electricity. Electricity is just an energy transfer mechanism within the context of transportation infrastructure, kind of like hydrogen. The bike is powered by whatever the local power plants are using, which may not be coal.

    Here in TX, we de-regulated our electricity providers, which both tripled the price of electricity, but also allowed use to "choose" our electricity generation plan. I pay a few % extra for 100% renewable power, which I believe is a boldface lie since the grid doesn't really work like that (what, are my electrons coming from wind power, but my neighbor's electrons are coming from coal?), but hopefully that extra bit is going toward producing more renewable power generation.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    09/25/09

    @nataku8_e30: We tried de-regulating our electricity providers. We then promptly got screwed over by paying several times more than we did before for no added benefit whatsoever, unless you count sending the state into a state of near-bankruptcy that it has yet to fully recover from as a benefit, along with a couple of execs who robbed their employees of their hard-earned retirement.

    How is the de-regulation working for you guys in Texas so far?
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    09/25/09

    @pauljones: Like I said, prices tripled (or so I've been told, the deregulation actually occurred before I moved here). Right now, after shopping around, I'm paying 13.2 cents for a claimed 100% renewable plan with fixed pricing, but I've seen prices in the 17 / 18 cent range in the past. I think my dad is paying about 9 cents in NY.
    Overall, I guess the price isn't that bad, but when you compare it to our extremely low gasoline and natural gas prices, it's a bit fishy. We also haven't had any rolling blackouts / brownouts (I'm guessing you're in California?), although I did have a blackout a few weeks ago that seemed kind of fishy. The power company was able to estimate when power would be restored to within a minute, which made it seemed scheduled.
    Also, TX's state government has pretty limited spending (just look at our crime and education statistics!), so despite no state income tax, we're nicely in the black.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer!

    The garage!! I can see the power switch!

    What do I win?
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    09/25/09

    In reply to One Of These Vehicles Is Powered By Electricity, Can You Guess Which One?
    Are the Tesla coils there as stand-in for a Tesla roadster?
    To answer your question: it's the bike, provided the electricity used to charge its battery came from a clean source.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    09/25/09

    @dwegmull: The problem is that in much of the world, that's a big if.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/25/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.:
    All along the eastern shore
    Put your circuits in the sea
    This is what the world is for
    Making electricity
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/02/09

    In reply to From Super Car To CUV: How The Nissan Rogue Got Its Name
    Too bad the Ariel Atom guy was so greedy.


    Anyone care to take a guess as to how much he got paid for the name-

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    Image of Jon Jon
    07/02/09

    In reply to From Super Car To CUV: How The Nissan Rogue Got Its Name
    It's log, it's log, it's big it's heavy it's wood.

    It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good!


    Log, from Brammo!

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    07/02/09

    @Jon:


    Heart click for Sat morning memories

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