[LINK] Electric vehicles and generation

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:32 PM 23/07/2006, Karl Auer wrote:
>Lightness does not mean danger; rather the reverse. a light vehicle does
>less damage when it hits something - to the surroundings AND to the
>occupants. Light materials are LESS likely to fly apart, as they contain
>less energy to be dissipated.

That is counter intuitive, so it's probably true. But I don't understand 
how an aluminum can that can be crushed flat against your forehead but a 
tin can can't would be safer than the tin can version?  Maybe the synthetic 
acrylic materials, oil based are they?, are more crush resistant. ???  They 
would certainly be lighter.

IANAE,
Jan


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