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From: Stephen Cowell on 7 Dec 2009 21:31 "Stupendous Man" <spam(a)trap.com> wrote in message news:7o5phcF3mk4hkU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Alll of this >>>> was erased by Renault's "contribitions" to the Jeep Cherokee. >>> >>> When did they get involved with the Cherokee? >> >> Well, they did own AMC at the time, so I assume they gave some technical >> assistance. That said, the Cherokee is an enormously long lived model. > > They originally had the same V-6 that Volvo and DeLorean used, along with > a manual transmission known for sounding like a rock crusher. They used a > Renix fuel injection system with no ability to store codes or > self-diagnose. They also put in the silliest cooling system imaginable. Ah.... the large white plastic Exploding Reservoir! A true classic.... to avoid. I have a '00 in the driveway... 4x4. It's a keeper. 4 point *OH*, baby! You have to love the straight 6. __ Steve ..
From: Stupendous Man on 7 Dec 2009 23:54 > Ah.... the large white plastic Exploding Reservoir! > A true classic.... to avoid. > > I have a '00 in the driveway... 4x4. It's a keeper. > 4 point *OH*, baby! You have to love the straight 6. My Wife's is an 89. Coolant tanks are about $30 online, i am ready for my 3rd one in 5 years. I will look for an aluminum neck in the warehouse if I'm not snowed in in the morning and make an aluminum tank. I heard someone sells them for around 4180.
From: Fraser Johnston on 8 Dec 2009 01:47 "Stupendous Man" <spam(a)trap.com> wrote in message news:7o64gmF3p03roU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Ah.... the large white plastic Exploding Reservoir! >> A true classic.... to avoid. >> >> I have a '00 in the driveway... 4x4. It's a keeper. >> 4 point *OH*, baby! You have to love the straight 6. > > My Wife's is an 89. Coolant tanks are about $30 online, i am ready for my 3rd > one in 5 years. I will look for an aluminum neck in the warehouse if I'm not > snowed in in the morning and make an aluminum tank. I heard someone sells > them for around 4180. I'll make you one for 3 grand and through in free shipping. ; ) Fraser
From: M J Carley on 8 Dec 2009 04:33 In the referenced article, "Leszek Karlik" <leslie(a)hell.pl> writes: >However, for now the scientific consensus is that the costs of >nuclear energy are in more or less the same ballpark as coal now. In >many countries they are quite lower. See for example >http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf02.html Hardly a neutral source. Do they mention that no civil nuclear power station, anywhere, ever, has been built without a public subsidy? Has anyone ever built a reactor on-time, on budget? -- Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash. Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
From: 'Hog on 8 Dec 2009 07:15
M J Carley wrote: > In the referenced article, "Leszek Karlik" <leslie(a)hell.pl> writes: > >> However, for now the scientific consensus is that the costs of >> nuclear energy are in more or less the same ballpark as coal now. In >> many countries they are quite lower. See for example > >> http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf02.html > > Hardly a neutral source. Do they mention that no civil nuclear power > station, anywhere, ever, has been built without a public subsidy? Has > anyone ever built a reactor on-time, on budget? Your points are valid however they have also operated for twice their original design lives. The financial and logistical problems faced by Nuclear are Political. The concepts and viability are rock solid. OK there is one other problem. The engineering and planning overheads are so enormous there are very few players and the industry is like a drifting supertanker. New thinking and new technology are hard to adopt. But you know there has been some breakthrough thinking in generating energy from the marine environment. It is real "OF COURSE" stuff. The Nodding Ducks and Snakes were never going to generate major power percentages and were always going to be unsightly and tough to maintain. Marine Wind farms are similarly high maintenence and of course sporadic, they bug me because they sit in a high density power source harvesting a low density power source. www.aw-energy.com www.aquamarinepower.com Two breakthrough technologies. I really like the former. Sits below the surface, no danger to small boats, no visual impact, the UK has all the undersea technology experience and we have hundreds of miles of suitable coastline where they could be anchored out past the low water margin. An energy supply that never stops. I would invest. -- 'Hog '06 ST4-S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 '81 R65 Outfit |