[Vwdiesel] Biodiesel from algae

[Libbybapa at wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 1/12/06 9:03:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
pmdolan at sasktel.net writes:


> Agreed on the comments and regen braking.  However, rather than a bunch of 
> environmentally dissastrous batteries and all the electrical garbage that 
> goes with it, regen braking energy can easily be stored in a mechanically driven 
> flywheel and released into the drivetrain on accel.  High speed flywheels 
> are very compact and have massive energy density, not to mention they can be 
> very simple devices.
> 

I remember reading about that as an automotive development in Popular 
Mechanics in 1985 or right thereabouts.  I remember them talking about fitting them 
to city busses.  Squashed?  Where's the money in it?  You only sell the 
flywheel once, but you can keep selling batteries.

Andrew