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The "SSV" © ® ™ is in Everyone's future
Our totally original and completely new vehicle technology -- the "Self-Sustaining
Vehicle", otherwise known simply as the "SSV" (Self- Sustaining
Vehicle and SSV are both copyrighted trademarks of PC Research Org.) --
is the future of all vehicles in the world, starting with the U.S. The
"Self-Sustaining Vehicle", or SSV, is a vehicle that significantly
cuts burning of fossil or alternative fuels at highway or freeway speeds
for long distances, by using 100% green energy, which does not pollute
the planet with greenhouse gases or carbon particles.
Our new SSV uses proven-working green technologies in totally innovative
new ways unthought of before. The complex engineering that has gone
into SSV has taken us years of painstaking research to develop, but the
results are astounding, and incredibly exciting. SSV is almost the
opposite of hybrid-electric vehicles, which go only 40 miles or so on supposedly
"green" power. SSV technology uses 100% green SBU power
from non-polluting sources to sustain a vehicle at highway / freeway speed
for long periods of time and long distances.
Take it seriously. Our Self-Sustaining Vehicle, or SSV, is THE technology that needs to be used on every vehicle from now on. It
will be the pivotal technology to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the world and help save our planet faster than any other technology
available. It has a special bonus for the West -- when our SSV technology
is pervasive throughout western countries, they will no longer need to
rely on Middle East oil and the "very heavy toll" attached to
it. What a day to look forward to! Well it's here now, grab
it !
If that sounds far too optimistic -- let's get down to the details, to
show you how this really is an "attainable reality" -- just as
soon as all the Automobile Manufacturers get busy and integrate our technology
into all their existing product lines. You will be amazed how scalable
it is.
A brief review of alternative energy sources will clarify understanding
of (a) what uses truly "green" power, (b) what is
practical, workable, and realistic for the majority of vehicles on the
road today, and (c) how to pinpoint the types of driving that uses
the most petroleum.
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Existing Renewable Vehicle Concepts
1. Vehicles powered entirely by solar PVC cells are not practical. They are unrealistic on the majority of highways.
A typical
all-solar car, at right, only reaches 40 mph with room for only one person's
head showing above the solar array. They're so fragile, you're certain
to be killed in an accident. Imagine mom, the kids, the dog and groceries
fitting in one of these tiny solar vehicles.
Unless PVC solar cells can be made radically smaller and more efficient,
all-solar vehicles are out of consideration for decades -- too long to
wait -- something must be done in a few years to cut our dependence on
petroleum. Nevertheless, solar power is still a perfectly feasible natural
energy source to supplement a normal vehicle's power, in any kind of vehicle. |
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2. The Battery problem is a major obstacle for renewable energy vehicles.
An S-10 pickup is popular to convert to all-electric, with or without
solar. At right, solar panels make a $5000 "tonneau cover"
to the pickup bed. Other people do an electric conversion (must be plugged
in to recharge) that costs $5000-$8000. Such converted vehicles need to
carry 10 to 20 lead-acid batteries just to last 40 to 60 miles of driving
(right lower picture, the pickup bed hinges up to expose the subframe packed
with heavy batteries - an extra 1500 pounds of weight for the vehicle to
carry).
What inefficiency. Adding half a vehicle's weight in old car batteries
(unchanged in 100 years), then paying $8,000 to $15,000 to convert an old
pickup truck to run ~ 40 miles per day to and from the grocery store is
not a good use of money. Or is it? 40 miles x 350 days divided by 22 mpg @ $3.25 per gallon = $2000 / year
saving = a 4-7 year payback. Not bad, but too long for an old pickup.
John McCain proposed a $300M prize to invent a new battery for electric vehicles. Lithium Ion are expensive
for their power. A super powerful, light weight battery that can
survive fast power drains in vehicles is many years away. That's
too long to wait John, we need a working solution right now.
For at least 5-10 years, an alternative to heavy batteries with limited
life spans must be found. What is needed is light, higher-voltage storage with a fast recharge, and fully rechargeable while driving. |
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Latest BMW hydrogen engine |
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What is not truly "green" renewable energy
Major Vehicle Manufacturers are aware of the above limitations, so are
pursuing "hybrid" electric - hydrogen vehicles. Newer, costly
Lithium Ion batteries power the electric motor, and need a plug-in recharge,
or hydrogen can charge the batteries to keep the vehicle going when the
charge is lost, which is very frequently at highway cruising speeds. Almost
all hybrid vehicles are tiny (see left).
So on a 3500 mile cross country trip, this new "hybrid" vehicle
gets recharged where, exactly? At power outlets along the nation's freeways?
Not likely. They don't exist, and if they did, hybrid H-E vehicles are still
limited to short distances, 40 miles usually, 150 mile maximum, so you
have to recharge them constantly on long-distance trips. The hydrogen must
be recharged too, presently only in cities, which is of no use for long-distance travel where 70% of our U.S. fuel
is consumed.
Most importantly, both plug-in electric and H-E hybrids are not totally "green", non-polluting vehicles. They both need frequent
recharging from electric outlets, and in reality, utility companies burn
dirty coal and fossil fuels (the most polluting of all) to make electricity
needed to recharge the vehicles. Some say the electricity could come from
renewable solar and wind farms, but utility companies cannot selectively
give "green" power to vehicles and "dirty" power to
every other use. Only a small fraction of their total power comes from
solar and wind farms -- it will be decades before it reaches 30-40%. Hence,
any vehicle needing frequent plug-in recharges is not a "totally green vehicle". |
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What is using the most oil in the U.S. today?
Up to 2003, vehicles (cars, trucks, transportation) used more than 2 times
all other petroleum uses in the U.S. combined (blue in table at right -
click table for enlargement). Now in 2008, the oil consumption by
all vehicle types is almost 3 times more than all other U.S. uses combined!
First, road transportation uses 3 times as much petroleum as all other
uses combined (i.e. air, water, rail, etc - see chart). Cars and passenger
trucks use 60% of that total
(see chart), and the detailed breakdown is cars=35%, trucks=25%,
transport trucks=20% (adjusted, see chart).
But is it local commuting, or long distance transportation, that consumes
the majority of U.S. oil? Breakdowns of these usage types are not charted,
but we calculate that almost all transport truck use is long distance,
and 50% of car- truck travel is long-distance freeway driving either between
or within states. Hence 60% of all transportation fuel is burned
in long-distance travel. Realizing that much local inter-city traffic is
also at speeds over 50 mph, we conclude that 70% to 75% of all petroleum
used by vehicles in the U.S. is consumed at highway and freeway cruising
speeds.
Therefore, the bulk of all petroleum in the U.S. is used by cars, trucks
and transport trucks that are traveling at or near freeway speeds. A highly significant conclusion -- since essentially ALL renewable vehicles to date have sought to economize on short, slow, local commuting trips, NOT long distance travel. This may be due to deficiencies in today's
renewable technology designs, but it does prove a glaring truth -- today's "green" vehicles are largely missing the target.
We should be aiming to cut down fuel consumption for long-distance traveling
to less than half -- not local commuting -- if we are to free ourselves from dependencies
on imported foreign oil. |
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We are not criticizing Auto Manufacturers or their vehicles claimed to
be "green" -- they may be the best that current technology offers. But
they haven't solved the global warming crisis, caused by mostly vehicle
CO2 pollution, nor have they substantially cut oil consumption, and they
never will. If you have any doubts,
read this latest article that carbon is building up faster than anyone
predicted. Up to Sept. 2008, all supposedly "green efforts" to cut
CO2 causing global warming have utterly failed. The "alternative
technologies" presented to the world are NOT real solutions, just
"conscience quieters". None have cut global warming, even
though
the sun is at it's lowest heat output in 50 years.
Our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle technology is the quickest way to solve
the oil problem, reduce carbon emissions, and cut global warming.
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Comparison of Sustainable-Renewable and Conventional Technologies to Cut
Oil Consumption
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| Energy Used |
LC |
RC |
HY |
TG |
LD |
SS |
SP |
| Solar-only car |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
| Electric vehicle |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Solar + Electric |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| Hydrogen only |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
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N |
N |
| Hybrid (Hy+El) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
? |
N |
N |
| Bio-diesel |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
| Fossil fuels |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
| Our new SSV technology |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| Totally Green technology —— |
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| Can it go Long Distances ———— |
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| A Self Sustaining vehicle —————— |
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| Will it Solve the Oil Problem ——————— |
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Table © 2008 by PC Research, do not copy
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The table at left summarizes all sustainable and renewable technologies
available today (plus gas-diesel (fossil fuel) vehicles) in brown, with
our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle, at bottom in green. The "Y"
(yes) and "N" (no) results in red are not good for the planet, to cut our dependence on oil, or work toward a totally
green, sustainable, non-polluting future. The results in green (green background)
are good for a totally clean future of sustainable-renewable energy sources to
replace fossil fuel burning. Notice these points, they are all crucial
to where we need to be heading right now --
1. The only True Green technologies are solar-only and our Self-Sustaining
Vehicle. All others, including hybrid / electric, use dirty power
from electric grids to recharge, and burn fossil fuels for travel beyond
their 40 to 80 mile electric charge range.
2. Electric, solar and hybrid H-E vehicles do not solve the bulk
of the oil problem -- they go only locally at present and need frequent
recharging. Maybe in a decade ...
3. Hydrogen only and fossil fuels (gas, diesel), don't get green marks
for being long distance, because they consume power we must cut down on,
including electric, to reduce oil usage. Bio-diesel makes as much
greenhouse CO2 as electricity does (to recharge electric, hybrid H-E and
hydrogen vehicles), so is not totally green either.
4. Hydrogen and Hybrid H-E cars have only one real plus -- they may be
able to help cut down oil consumption, one day, when "totally green"
power can recharge them.
5. The only technology that is truly green, self-sustainable, and can truly
cut out a huge percentage of crude oil use, is our Self-Sustaining technology.
It makes all vehicles hybrid, it needs no recharge, it goes long
distances, and it saves more fuel than all other vehicle types combined.
It is the future we all need to adopt, now. |
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Our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle Technology
Finally, you can see why we are so excited about our new Self-Sustaining
Vehicle technology -- it has a leading role in radically cutting down
U.S. (as well as global) oil consumption, and it can eliminate
our dependence on importing oil from the Middle East. Note these
crucial points about our new technology -- how it can be integrated into
any vehicle, and the amazing fuel savings it can accomplish.
1. It can be integrated into any size vehicle.
It is easier to integrate into a big vehicle than a tiny one --
just the opposite of solar and electric-hybrid vehicles. In fact, the
larger the vehicle, the better -- An intercontinental transport truck (18 wheeler) with our technology
can traverse the length of the continent (3500 miles) without stopping
to recharge anything, and very infrequently stopping for gas. A two-driver
team could do the trip non-stop. What a massive boon to transporting the
nation's produce across country cheaply!
2. It will save North America's lines of SUVs and diesel / gas trucks.
In the SUV and large retail truck sizes, our new sustainable technology
probably approaches optimum power / size conditions. These vehicles
could travel long distances interstate and within a state and cut their
fuel consumption by 40% or more. The country-wide savings of these
vehicles equals that of the transport truck savings, by sheer number of
such SUVs and big fuel-guzzling trucks on the road today (see economy figures
below).
3. Our technology can be scaled down to smaller cars.
The average mid-size to small passenger car is a little more challenging to adapt to SSV, but with good design engineering by the big Auto Makers, they could have almost all cars running on SSV, after they perfect the technology on their larger vehicle lines. It can make major fuel savings to all types and sizes of vehicles.
4. Our technology works with any type of fuel or hybrid car. It can be integrated into gas and diesel powered vehicles, electric
cars, and "hybrid" cars. With our technology, a hydrogen
vehicle becomes almost superfluous. But if hydrogen is ever widely
available and cheaper than gas or diesel, why not use our technology with
both hydrogen-electric hybrids and other electric hybrid vehicles?
5. Our technology can work with both new and older vehicles.
Auto Manufacturers will integrate it into every new vehicle, because of its amazing economy. It adds about $4000
to a new vehicle's cost (recovered in 6 months by fuel savings). Once
the economy of our technology is seen, it will be added to older vehicles.
The cost would be about $8,000, but that would be recovered in 1-2
years with average driving. At $3.50 / gal. gas / diesel prices,
every vehicle in the country is a candidate for SSV (see cost analysis
below).
6. Our technology is completely "green" -- it can save our environment.
Our Self-Sustaining Vehicle technology is totally "green",
using SBU natural energy to supplement and take over from conventional
engines. It can cut a vehicle's fuel usage by 40-50% of its current
usage, easily, for all fuel types. Our technology will cut U.S. oil
consumption dramatically, when used on all vehicles. It not only
adds no pollutants to the atmosphere, but it also
removes 50% of pollutants that would have gone into the atmosphere with current fuel usage rates.
It can cut global warming significantly, and can eliminate the need
for imported foreign oil. What more can you ask?
7. We think we have "solved" the battery problem! In our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle technology work, we also found
a solution to the "battery problem". In any hybrid vehicle,
batteries store generated energy for later use. But the weight of
the batteries, and short life spans, almost negates the fuel savings in
many hybrid vehicles, and certainly limits them to "local-only"
transport, which does not help cut 70% of our U.S. fuel consumption. We
have found the solution to this problem, and it can add "green"
power to almost any vehicle. |
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Savings Per Vehicle by using our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle Technology
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The savings per year, percent saving, and total Payback at right are conservative
estimates for the savings that our Self- Sustaining Vehicle Technology can save per type of vehicle. They are not the maximum
potential savings that our technology can provide. With our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle technology, the payback over a
typical 10 year lifetime is about 50% of the total cumulative costs of the vehicle. Keep a vehicle with our technology 20+ years,
and it costs you almost nothing, just in the savings on fuel costs.
However you calculate figures on our Self-Sustaining Vehicle technology,
the per-vehicle savings are dramatic. Even more dramatic is the cumulative
costs on a global scale, of what this means to our economies, and cutting
global greenhouse gases in a matter of a few years, versus what other plans
will take decades to accomplish. Our technology is the best way for our future.
$3.50 /gal. gas price is considered a realistic long-term average future price. |
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18 Wheelr |
Del. Truck |
SUV/pickup |
Most Cars |
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120,000 |
50,000 |
20,000 |
20,000 |
| $Fuel/yr |
$60,000 |
$17,500 |
$5,000 |
$3,500 |
| % saved |
37% |
42% |
50% |
43% |
| $ sav/yr |
$22,000 |
$7,300 |
$2,500 |
$1,500 |
| $Payback |
$220,000 |
$73,000 |
$25,000 |
$15,000 |
Table © 2008 by PC Research, do not copy
Assumes: gasoline or diesel = $3.50 / gal., payback = 10 yr. vehicle life;
18 wheeler = 7 mpg, truck = 10 mpg, SUV = 14 mpg, Avg. Car = 20 mpg. |
Vehicle Usages and Total U.S. Savings using our new Self-Sustaining Vehicle
Technology
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Trucks |
Cars/Suvs |
TOTAL |
| Million vehicles |
105.6 (44%) |
135.6 (56%) |
241.2 |
| Billion Miles / yr. |
1,690 (44%) |
1,300 (56%) |
2,990 |
| Bil. Gallons used |
105.23 (59%) |
73.87 (41%) |
179.1 |
| Bil. $ saved / yr |
$140 (38%) |
$116 (45%) |
$256b |
| foreign oil saved |
45% |
37% |
82% |
| $saved/person |
$1,325 |
$1,280 |
$2,600 |
| % GHGs saved |
4.5% |
4% |
8.5% |
Table © 2008 by PC Research, do not copy
Vehicles use 60% of all oil. Fuel = $3.50 / gal. Cars = 20
mpg, trucks = 10 mpg. Overseas oil = 50% of all U.S. oil (total oil
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The table at left is the most revealing of all. Remember,
vehicles consume 60% of the U.S. (and world) total petroleum use (
see pie charts), and pump out at least 33% of all Greenhouse gases. Our technology can cut that pollution by 30% at least, meaning an 8.5% reduction in greenhouse gases when added to most vehicles.
It will save the U.S. collectively $256 Billion / year -- i.e. at least
a $2,600 annual saving per driver. The fuel savings for transportation
will help slash the costs of our produce, food and all consumables. Most
dramatically, since 50% of oil is now imported from overseas foreign countries,
we could essentially wipe out our dependence on Middle East oil in a single blow. What an economic
boost for the U.S. and the world that would be! Gas prices would
really sink!
You may think this table is too optimistic, but it really isn't. If our
Self- Sustaining Vehicle technology can drastically cut fuel usage of all
vehicles just at freeway/highway speeds, where the majority of fuel is burned, then
all figures at left flow naturally from that savings.
But remember, this is only when most vehicles in the U.S. are using our
SSV technology -- about 3-4 years away before we get there. So today is
the time for SSV -- it can't be developed fast enough for all. |
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