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Anne, the traction motor in the current Prius (Gen III, 2010-2013) puts out a maximum of 207 Nm, and it's the only motor-generator that propels the vehicle. You can so a lot with 200 Nm.
MTSU group seeking to commercialize new wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit
A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. After switching on the traction motors, the vehicle fuel economy increased from 50–100%. Click to enlarge. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russ...
Harvey, here are some selections from Toyota's current offerings in Japan:
http://toyota.jp/harrier/index.html?ptopid=men
http://toyota.jp/harrierhybrid/index.html?ptopid=men
http://toyota.jp/fjcruiser/index.html?ptopid=men
http://toyota.jp/landcruiser/index.html?ptopid=men
http://toyota.jp/landcruiserprado/index.html?ptopid=men
Toyota to increase Highlander output, including hybrid and exports, in Indiana
Toyota will increase production of the Highlander mid-size SUV in late 2013 at the company’s Princeton, Ind. plant. Hybrid and export versions will be included. The project is expected to create approximately 400 new jobs at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Inc. (TMMI). The company will in...
Goracle, Sulleny:
Are you compensated in any way for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated
Top left. Bubble plumes (probably dominated by CH4) rising from the seafloor registered by geophysical instrumentation. Top right. seismic image showing gas charged sediments and gas release from the bottom. Bottom left. Positions of oceanographic stations with bathymetry lines. Bottom right....
Goracle, Sulleny:
Are you compensated in any way for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
Massive Iceberg Breaks Off From Mertz Glacier in Antarctic After Being Rammed By Another Iceberg
A joint Australian–French study has discovered the calving of a massive iceberg from the Mertz Glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory. The iceberg, 78 kilometers long and 33 to 39 km wide with a surface area of 2,500 square kilometers, broke off the Mertz Glacier after being rammed by ano...
Sulleny:
One would not need to have an opinion on anthropogenic climate change to see that you really cherry-picked this one. All one would have to do is click on your link, then click through several times to get to the original BBC interview:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8511670.stm
Jones makes it quite clear that he feels that much of the warming since the 1950s can be attributed to manmade sources, and he lays out his logic for all to see.
When you crow about inaccuracy and claim that science is riddled with conspiracy, yet fail to include even the most basic assertions found in the original interview, you make it clear that you are part of the problem and not the solution.
Did you even read the source material?
Are you compensated in any way for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
de Boer Resigns from UNFCCC
Yvo de Boer will resign his position as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as of 1 July 2010. de Boer will be joining the consultancy group KPMG as Global Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, as well as working with a number of universitie...
HarveyD: CTS and Denso accelerator pedals are indeed both part of the recall.
However, you mentioned brake pedal issues. I had assumed that it was a typo, and that you were referring to accelerator pedals.
To clarify, none of the present issues are related to brake pedals assemblies.
Recent Hybrid Braking Complaints Highlight Regenerative Braking Design Issues
Comparison of regenerative/hydraulic (friction) braking ratios under normal braking. Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Source: Toyota Motor Company. Click to enlarge. by Jack Rosebro Recent brake feel and application issues in Ford and Toyota hybrids ...
HarveyD: Denso pedals are being recalled, as well. It's not just CTS.
Recent Hybrid Braking Complaints Highlight Regenerative Braking Design Issues
Comparison of regenerative/hydraulic (friction) braking ratios under normal braking. Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Source: Toyota Motor Company. Click to enlarge. by Jack Rosebro Recent brake feel and application issues in Ford and Toyota hybrids ...
Goracle, Sulleny:
Are you compensated in any way for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
Study Finds Stratospheric Water Vapor Is An Important Driver of Decadal Global Surface Climate Change
Decadal warming rates arising from (i) greenhouse gases and aerosols alone (black); (ii) that obtained including the stratospheric water decline after 2000 (red); and (iii) including both the stratospheric water vapor decline after 2000 and the increase in the 1980s and 1990s (cyan). Credit: ...
Sulleny:
Are you compensated in any way for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
Study Finds Warmer Climate Could Stifle Carbon Uptake by Trees
A new CU-Boulder study indicates subalpine forests in the West will soak up less carbon dioxide as the climate warms and the growing seasons lengthen. As a result, more of the greenhouse gas will be left to concentrate in the atmosphere. “Our findings contradict studies of other ecosystems that ...
Scott: Actually, comparing temperatures from a month-long cold spell to temperatures from a 100-year period, in the manner that you are doing it, is the very definition of cherry-picking.
Paul: Goracle has been asked repeatedly if he or she is compensated for posting, and has also been asked repeatedly if he or she posts under multiple names. To date, Goracle has not responded to either question.
Australia’s Bureau Of Meteorology Declares 2009 Second Hottest Year For Nation; South Australia 1.3 ºC Above Average Temperatures
Data collected by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology indicates that the annual mean temperature for 2009 was 0.9 ºC above the 1961-1990 average, making last year the nation’s second warmest year, after 2007, since precise instrumental record-keeping began throughout the country in 1910. The decad...
Ziv,
"Will, I can't speak for Raymond, but I think you are missing the point."
Actually, Will is spot on. Raymond had missed the point of the conclusions in the paper that is the subject of the article. Will was gently pointing that out.
"The CRU..."
Let me stop you right there. Neither the article nor the paper discuss the CRU, and the IPCC is mentioned only peripherally. Curiously, you haven't even mentioned the paper cited in the article upon which you are supposedly commenting.
And keep in mind that if the IPCC is at fault for using the convention that the airborne fraction is relatively steady, then that would indicate that anthropogenic warming will come harder and faster than current models project.
Somehow, I don't think you intended to arrive at that result. It really does pay to read the source material before posting an opinion on the source material.
Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks
by Jack Rosebro Total anthropogenic emissions (thick solid line) and amount of total emissions (46%) remaining in the atmosphere as the airborne fraction (thick dashed line). Thinner lines represent observed atmospheric CO2 increase derived from direct measurements, taking the average of Maun...
Sulleny, since you won't say whether or not you have read the research paper that you have criticized, I guess it's time for the questions that Goracle and Reel$$ have so far declined to answer:
Are you compensated in any way for the posts that you write?
Do you post under multiple names?
Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect
Analysis of seven years of data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite indicates that increased levels of atmospheric water vapor, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas, creates a powerful positive feedback loop which could more than double the climate wa...
Sulleny:
So you haven't actually read the paper that you are calling into question?
Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect
Analysis of seven years of data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite indicates that increased levels of atmospheric water vapor, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas, creates a powerful positive feedback loop which could more than double the climate wa...
Sulleny:
Can you specify the findings in Dessler's paper that you believe to be inaccurate or incorrect?
Also, can you specify what the correct findings would have been, and explain how you came to your conclusions?
Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect
Analysis of seven years of data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite indicates that increased levels of atmospheric water vapor, a naturally occurring greenhouse gas, creates a powerful positive feedback loop which could more than double the climate wa...
Sulleny, the article wasn't about your so-called "Climategate".
But if you want to read about that, be my guest:
http://factcheck.org/2009/12/climategate/
And if you want to make an FOI request, start here:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/foi.html
Climate Talks End In “Copenhagen Accord”; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit
by Jack Rosebro Following an all-night session that sent two weeks of climate talks into overtime, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 15th Conference Of Parties (COP 15) yesterday tentatively approved a non-binding, three-page political statement that had been has...
Goracle,
If the Hadley data is cooked, then why does it agree with data from other sources?
Are you compensated for your posts?
Do you post under multiple names?
Why do so many of your posts simply state your views, yet fail to address the articles to which you are supposedly responding?
Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagen’s 2 ºC “Guardrail” Obsolete?
by Jack Rosebro Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and present temperatures, as well as temperatures projected for various IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. Inset box represents instrumental records. Source: WGBU. Click to enlarge. From the opening day of the Un...
Goracle,
Are you paid or otherwise compensated for your online comments?
Do you post under multiple names?
Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems
Given increasing emissions of CO2 and the subsequent increased absorption by the oceans, ocean acidity could increase by 150% by 2050, according to a major new review and synthesis study released by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is an increase 100 times fa...
From Treehugger:
"Then check your numbers. A car like the Prius needs 10Kg of Neodymium."
No, it doesn't. Disassemble the motors, remove the magnets, and weigh them.
Not everything that is posted on the Internet is true.
KLM Testing MDI AirPod Compressed Air Cars at Schiphol; UC Berkeley Study Finds Compressed Air Cars Significantly Less Efficient than Battery Electric Vehicles
The AirPod. Click to enlarge. France-based MDI (Moteur Development International), the developer of a compressed air powertrain and several derivative vehicles, officially handed over the keys to two AirPods to KLM earlier in December. The AirPods are under testing for a minimum period of thr...
Mannstein:
"Greenland was once green..."
Science is split on that.
"...and if it returns to that state the Greenlanders welcome it."
You mean, like this?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1829365,00.html
Or this?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/06/AR2007060602783_3.html
Met Office: Current Decade Already Hottest On Record
by Jack Rosebro Decadal temperature variations, based on instrumental readings, from long-term average, 1850-2009 Source: Met Office UK. Click to enlarge. The United Kingdom’s Met (Meteorological) Office announced that the 2000-2009 decade “has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrume...
Goracle, I have two questions for you:
1. Are you paid for posting on websites?
2. Do you post under multiple names?
Analysis: Current Climate Commitments Will Double Emissions By 2040, Almost Double GHG Concentrations By 2100
by Jack Rosebro Four greenhouse gas emissions trajectories: (1) business as usual, in gray; (2) current GHG reduction strategy, in red; (3) 450 ppm CO2/2 ºC warming, in black; and (4) 350 ppm CO2/1.5 ºC warming, (dotted line). Click to enlarge. The combined effect of the latest national pledg...
Goracle:
I asked the correct person, thanks.
Scientists at Climate Talks Call for New Assessment of Nitrogen and Climate
A side event organized by the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) at the COP-15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will highlight nitrogen’s role in climate change. The event organizers are calling for an immediate new assessment of nitrogen and climate which will identif...
Reel$$:
Thanks for the link. I clicked through to it, and it's a story about a former climate scientist pleading guilty to business fraud, but not scientific fraud. You didn't mention that.
Any reason for the omission?
I also noticed that, as per usual, your comment did not address the article that you are ostensibly commenting on. That's a red flag.
While I have no issue with you stating your opinions, you state them dozens of times per day. This raises the question: are you paid for your comments?
I'd appreciate direct answers to my questions.
Scientists at Climate Talks Call for New Assessment of Nitrogen and Climate
A side event organized by the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) at the COP-15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will highlight nitrogen’s role in climate change. The event organizers are calling for an immediate new assessment of nitrogen and climate which will identif...
Sorry ejj, you lost me on the Iraq war/climate change connection. But thanks for playing!
Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years
by Jack Rosebro A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present d...
' "Phil and I are likely to have to respond to more crap criticisms from the idiots in the near future." '
Indeed.
Just for kicks, do you disagree with any of the assertions in the report that is the subject of the article? Do you have any data to back up your disagreements?
Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years
by Jack Rosebro A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present d...
Um, those folks aren't listed as authors of this report.
Perhaps you are thinking of another document?
Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years
by Jack Rosebro A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present d...
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