Solar-Powered Cars Race fron Austin to Calgary

dblizzard writes "The North American Solar Challenge race is about to start. Travelling at speeds of up to 130km/hr (80mph), these teams will race from Austin Texas to Calgary Alberta all with no non-reusable energy. Here's the race link, and here's some really cool photos of the Queens' University car."

WTF?

[Quasar1999]

Non-reusable energy? Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it simply is transferred around. What does non-reusable mean exactly? Do they mean non-renewable?

Reusable solar energy!

[Anonymous Coward]

Great, so now I can use the same bit of sunlight over and over until I have enough power stored up to finally take over the world!

Ain't got no double negatives!

[pestie]

with no non-reusable energy.

And apparently without no double negatives, too!

Speeds up 80 clicks?

[lheal]

Why don't they just use the sunlight as direct propulsion? Then they'd go really fast.

There's probably some reason they don't. Those people are really smart.

Are there rules against travelling at close to light speed in these races? Oh, I see, they go throught towns. That must be it.

neat

[Anonymous Coward]

here's some really cool photos of the Queens' University car. [www.qsvt.ca]

Down here in the States, it's hard enough to get equal marriage rights... but in Canada, there is a whole University just for Queens!

Ummm...

[T_R_J]

What is Fron? Fron Fron...?? ....From?

Good luck!

[Mr2cents]

.. and I hope it will become a better success than the arctic winter solar car race.

Cafeine-powered Editor Spell from like pron

[Anonymous Coward]

no non-reusable energy

no non-nonsense editing

Looks like their web server is solar powered

[Omega1045]

See subject line. The sun is just going down here in Austin, and I see their server is fried. Using the reasoning I have learned here at Slashdot, that means that their server must be solar powered!

Hot Damn Tamale!

[Sponge Bath]

The way the weather has been in Austin this last month, they should have enough power to fly to Calgary... if they don't burst into flames first.

I have a mental image of a non-air conditioned vehicle dodging 18 wheelers on I-35.

Hell on Earth. (Welcome to Texas)

Re:WTF?

[Shkuey]

In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

Re:Irony

[dubiousdave]

Perhaps it's a clever new form of flamebait?

Re:WTF?

[Anonymous Coward]

Solar energy is NOT a "renewable" resource. According to peer-reviewed articles, we may reach 'Peak Solar' in as little as two billion years.

We have got along so far only by squandering the material and energy resources accumulated during the formation of the solar system. But we are using them at an ever-increasing rate. And when they're gone, they're gone.

Isn't it time that we cleaned up our act and resolved to leave the solar system as we found it?

Do it for the children.

Re:Uhm

[Peldor]

It's going to run out eventually just like oil. We need to start weening ourselves off of this solar dependency right now!