dursun's Profile

Don't worry, when water gets too expensive, the Free Market™ will have a solution.

Commented 1 hour ago on USGS finds US aquifers being drawn down at accelerating rate at Green Car Congress

Everything is bigger in Texas

Commented 7 days ago on EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions at Green Car Congress

pissing away money

Commented May 12, 2013 on DOE to issue funding opportunity for fuel cell hybrid medium-duty trucks at Green Car Congress

It's a shame that Bob Putz is no longer at GM to savour this moment.

Commented Apr 19, 2013 on Chevy Cruze diesel delivers EPA-estimated 46 mpg highway at Green Car Congress

Here we go again, Obama is picking winners instead of the Market

Commented Mar 13, 2013 on DOE to award up to $266M to small modular nuclear reactor project; targeting commercial operation around 2025 at Green Car Congress

old news A More Efficient Ethanol Engine, 2009

Commented Mar 3, 2013 on UTS study details efficiency benefits of combining ethanol direct injection with gasoline port injection at Green Car Congress

BS, they could have used a Capstone turbine without the need of purification.

Commented Mar 3, 2013 on Ballard ClearGen Fuel Cell System to operate using biomass-generated hydrogen in California at Green Car Congress

@Anne the Volt was a pre-bankruptcy Greenwashing PR gimmick. Just like the hydrogen fool-cells cars they pedaled for a decade

Commented Mar 3, 2013 on Prius the top new vehicle badge in California in 2012; state accounted for 26.2% of Prius sales in US at Green Car Congress

@Lucas A person who buys one, isn't going to be commuting 60 miles a day to work.

Commented Jan 2, 2013 on Bentley’s new 616hp 12-cylinder GT Speed convertible with 8-speed and energy recuperation improves fuel economy by 15% at Green Car Congress

@Davemart you obviously don't the difference between PEM and SOFC. and you sh!t about GM's fool-cell campaign

Commented Dec 30, 2012 on Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals at Green Car Congress

@Engineer-Poet the process you described is exactly what GM was doing with Fool-Cell cars.

Commented Dec 29, 2012 on Muons and ADNA proposing using accelerator-driven subcritical reactor for heat for production of synthetic fuels and chemicals at Green Car Congress

"propane autogas is the third most commonly used transportation fuel, behind gasoline and diesel" but not in the US

Commented Dec 20, 2012 on 400 propane school buses ordered for Omaha, Nebraska at Green Car Congress

"Your Mileage May Vary" I've have a 2000 Focus, in the summer I get better than EPA rating.

Commented Dec 17, 2012 on Ford’s math on hybrid fuel economy; standing by the C-MAX EPA ratings, acknowledging large real-world variance at Green Car Congress

Greenwashing

Commented Dec 14, 2012 on Topping-out ceremony for the Audi e-gas plant; synthetic methane production to begin in early 2013 at Green Car Congress

good move by Ford, but the styling is ugly as sin compared to the Transit sold in Europe

Commented Dec 11, 2012 on Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year at Green Car Congress

Isn't LPG more readily available than CNG in Europe?

Commented Dec 5, 2012 on Volkswagen’s 1.0L eco up! natural gas vehicle offers 79g CO2/km at Green Car Congress

the difference between "technically recoverable" and "economically recoverable" is a $Trillion

Commented Nov 28, 2012 on USGS estimates nearly 39 billion barrels of oil undiscovered and technically recoverable in two Arctic petroleum provinces; 275 trillion feet of gas at Green Car Congress

we're still going to Hell, but getting there with better mileage.

Commented Nov 3, 2012 on Ford launches new Transit Custom ECOnetic 1-tonne van in Europe at Green Car Congress

I can tell you this had a dramatic affect: the lines went from being 2 miles long to only one mile long

Commented Nov 3, 2012 on Gasoline rationing takes effect in 12 New Jersey counties at Green Car Congress

who the hell is going to buy this?

Commented Nov 3, 2012 on New Mobile Life Guard app monitors driving behavior and issues verbal alerts at Green Car Congress

after people get their situation stabilized, I can see a lot of interest for this, here in New Jersey

Commented Nov 3, 2012 on Ford C-MAX Hybrid posts 3,182 units in first full month of sales, outpacing Prius v at Green Car Congress

isn't this like "putting the cart before the horse"

Commented Oct 15, 2012 on Nikkei: Sumitomo Electric hopes to show prototype superconducting motor to automakers next spring at Green Car Congress

Shrooms have always been interesting

Commented Oct 10, 2012 on International team sequences button mushroom genomes at Green Car Congress

makes more sense than the BS about powering cars with hydrogen.

Commented Oct 8, 2012 on Researchers use PEM fuel cell reactor to convert biomass-derived acetone into isopropanol; new biomass to fuels pathway at Green Car Congress

@kelly not really. $50B is a drop in the bucket. the US bought $1.16Tillion more than it sold to China

Commented Oct 8, 2012 on GM in China sets new September sales record at Green Car Congress