Comments on: Nuvera + Quadrivium + Pininfarina = Sintesi http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nuvera-quadrivium-pininfarina-sintesi/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:25:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SD http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nuvera-quadrivium-pininfarina-sintesi/comment-page-1/#comment-200802 SD Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:10:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/nuvera-quadrivium-pininfarina-sintesi/#comment-200802 Sbarro already used the same concept in 2003 with a 160 hp yamaha engine in each wheel (see http://clcalvet.club.fr/sbarro/ram/ramgb.html) Sbarro already used the same concept in 2003 with a 160 hp yamaha engine in each wheel (see http://clcalvet.club.fr/sbarro/ram/ramgb.html)

]]> By: Donal Fagan http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/nuvera-quadrivium-pininfarina-sintesi/comment-page-1/#comment-199932 Donal Fagan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:24:50 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/nuvera-quadrivium-pininfarina-sintesi/#comment-199932 The Sintesi is futuristic, but is hydrogen the fuel of the future? Here's a great exchange from a recent budget hearing: <i>Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is one of the founders and, one might say, the lion of Congress's peak oil caucus, a group of lawmakers concerned about the world's oil supply running out. With leonine intensity, the Maryland Republican took on the Bush administration on its funding priorities for energy research and development. "Why are we interested in hydrogen?" Bartlett pounced, at a contentious budget hearing by the House Committee on Science and Technology's subcommittee on energy and environment. "Hydrogen, like fusion, represents the holy grail out there," responded Steve Isakowitz, chief financial officer of the Department of Energy. It could hold the keys to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, he said. "How is it going to do that, since hydrogen is not an energy source?" Bartlett shot back. "We will always use more energy to make hydrogen than we get out of it." Isakowitz said it mattered how you produced hydrogen, which is why the administration believed in the development of nuclear power to produce hydrogen. This solution didn't satisfy Bartlett. "Hydrogen is not an energy source," he said. "It is not a silver bullet. It will not solve our problem. There's a lot of irrational exuberance in this area."</i> http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/3/5/the-bumpy-pathway-to-an-energy-breakthrough.html The Sintesi is futuristic, but is hydrogen the fuel of the future? Here’s a great exchange from a recent budget hearing:

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is one of the founders and, one might say, the lion of Congress’s peak oil caucus, a group of lawmakers concerned about the world’s oil supply running out. With leonine intensity, the Maryland Republican took on the Bush administration on its funding priorities for energy research and development.

“Why are we interested in hydrogen?” Bartlett pounced, at a contentious budget hearing by the House Committee on Science and Technology’s subcommittee on energy and environment.

“Hydrogen, like fusion, represents the holy grail out there,” responded Steve Isakowitz, chief financial officer of the Department of Energy. It could hold the keys to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, he said.

“How is it going to do that, since hydrogen is not an energy source?” Bartlett shot back. “We will always use more energy to make hydrogen than we get out of it.”

Isakowitz said it mattered how you produced hydrogen, which is why the administration believed in the development of nuclear power to produce hydrogen.

This solution didn’t satisfy Bartlett.

“Hydrogen is not an energy source,” he said. “It is not a silver bullet. It will not solve our problem. There’s a lot of irrational exuberance in this area.”

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/3/5/the-bumpy-pathway-to-an-energy-breakthrough.html

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