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On 2/28/10 9:05 PM, frijoli wrote:
Tom K wrote: On 2/27/10 10:25 PM, RayC wrote: Borked Psuedo Mailed wrote: I blame it all on Global cooling. Yup ... it is those Prius drivers' fault! Time to shift back to Hummers! ;-) They said to make the prius batteries, it uses an exorbitant amount of rare earth metals which are MUCH, MUCH more rare than oil. And about the only place in the world with those rare earth metals is China. --Tom Might want to check the facts on that location for the metals. Reuters article... (unless you don't believe Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN26285433 As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:03am EDT * Hybrid motors, batteries big users of rare earth metals * As output of hybrid cars climbs, supply crunch looms By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells. snip Among the rare earths that would be most affected in a shortage is neodymium, the key component of an alloy used to make the high-power, lightweight magnets for electric motors of hybrid cars, such as the Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Focus, as well as in generators for wind turbines. snip Yet another rare earth metal, lanthanum, is a major ingredient for hybrid car batteries. |
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Brian K plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 2/24/2010 8:13 PM:
Surfer E2468 plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 2/24/2010 5:54 PM: We have had a HUGE snowstorm over st.patricks day,with drifting up to 8 ft. Sure and begorrah, that's blarney! It's just too bad we couldn't find some way to send all the snow to Vancouver when they needed it. -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "The poor dog is the firmest of friends, the first to welcome the foremost to defend" - Lord Byron View My Web Pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 My Shutterfly Page http://photosbybrianmk.shutterfly.com/ |
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