Most Huggable
by Jacob Gordon, Nashville, TN on 05.18.06
Readers have been posting news on Hugg faster than you can say “styrofoam-free convent” or “fuel-cell NASCAR.” In fact, those are two of our top Huggs. The 47-acre Congregation of St. Joseph in Cleveland (alright, not quite a convent) is making some righteous green strides like eliminating styrofoam (the antichrist?), going organic in the garden, eliminating toxic cleaning agents, and installing a natural gas fueling pump for its fleet of CNG Civics. Wired News preaches the gospel according to the Neo-Greens (that’s us, folks) in a green-is-the-new-black exploratory. Green is apparently also the new red (neck?) as proven by news that later this month, NASCAR plans to run a fuel-cell powered racecar at Lowe’s Motor Speedway despite protests from other racers. And speaking of red, for those wondering if their Red Bull is made from organic bulls, Syzmo weighs in as the first 100% certified organic energy drink. Texas is also planning the country’s largest offshore windfarm, a 40,000-acre affair off the Padre Island seashore that has local groups worried about migratory bird traffic.
You've got to be kidding.. read the comment on the nascar thing. Even if it was hydrogen fuel cell which it isn't! I can think of a HUGE reason not to run them. SAFETY!!! Give me a freakin break. That post is dumber then half of digg!
oh I don't mean to imply that I don't like Hugg just that post because it was annoying and ignorant and it really bothered me that it was highlighted as a shining example. I like the idea of hugg a lot. I would like to see some improvements to the ui ofcourse.. one of my favorite things about digg is comment tracking. and then maybe smaller tabs at the top would be nice other then that the design is awesome
Nascar, like most professional racing series, uses flexible fuel tanks called fuel cells that are less likely to puncture in a crash that a rigid tank. This is essentially a bag that holds gasoline and has no relation to electric fuel cells.
The issue at hand is the size of the fuel cell, because a different size cell will require more/fewer pit stops per race, affecting strategy.
The "car of tomorrow" moniker is misleading, but remember that they mean tomorrow by nascar standards -- they're not even switching to unleaded fuel until 2008.
Thanks for correcting me on the fuel cell race car story--that was an oversight. Apparently it's just liquid hydrogen in a different-sized "tank." Not as exciting.
"Apparently it's just liquid hydrogen in a different-sized "tank." Not as exciting."
liquid hydrogen???
ever heard the term rose colored glasses? you've been informed that its a gasoline, petrol, LEADED fuel cell. Still you refer to it as a liquid hydrogen tank.. it has nothing to do with environmental issues at all whatsoever in anyway conceivable. I even marked it "not huggable" but no one gets it. ITS GAS! LEADED GAS!