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Bo was joking about feeding small doses of lithium to people to see if it is toxic. Well lithium is already used pharmacalogically as a mood stabiliazer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_pharmacology
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Once again fellas, good show! The Hydraulic system being tested and used by UPS was reported 2 years ago in Popular Science- it is good to see that the testing is still going on. The PopSci link (it is a 3 page story- the hydraulics start on page 2) is: http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2006-09/race-100-mpg
It briefly describes the system as a highly efficient regenerative braking system- after all, compressed fluid is just another form of stored energy, like gasoline, batteries or capacitors- it kind of makes you think twice about the viability of compressed air as a stored source of energy as well. The EPA, who has developed this along with several partners, originally predicted that the added cost, at least in 2004, would be about $600 per vehicle.
The link to the UPS part of the story this month is at: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/10/ups-to-purchase.html
And here: http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/10/ups-hydraulic-h.html
To see the cool-looking Tesla Model S: http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/teslas-4-door-all-electric-model-s-sports-sedan-gets-pictured/
And Bo and Ryan- if you can wrangle it, another follow-up interview with Ian Clifford would be very neat! Doesn’t Skype keep track of your phone calls, like cell phones and VOIP phone companies?
