Stereotypes? Like these?

"Robots don't have any emotions, and sometimes that makes me very sad". -- Bender

That mostly depends on your definition of 'life' If it can replicate itself indefinitely, and act of it's own accord, who's to say it's not? (There's still a ton of work to do to make that possible albeit)

Personally Don't care as long as they make a realistic robotic prostitute during my lifetime.

So our passports will need tinfoil hats now too?

genes = jeans

it was not a serious post, but a badly worded attempt at a joke

maybe global warming is the cause?

does that mean that heat is shrinking out genes?

I bet you could see it with infared, it probably looks like a pillar of light coming out of space to the exact location of the reciever.

I agree with the author, I'm also looking for more porn

Did you mean: Dr. Horbal?

That's the point, It works well to complete school. Getting a degree has little to do with learning (although it very much should IMO) and much more to do with being able to regurgitate information.

Tell that to some of the guys I work with.

It sure is amazing how far those 'parrot' kids get though... If the system rewards regurgitating information, then why shouldn't we do exactly that? Because it's not learning?

I was always told to go to school, and get good grades. If I wanted to learn I had to do that on my own time.

Work done by the engine on the alternator is exactly that, work. It costs extra power (and hence fuel) to run. Have you ever wondered why using high load electrical components and air conditioners hurts fuel economy? The main point of the heat based system, is that it uses energy from a source that is not otherwise used.

When we were looking at these systems, the cooling system simply does not create a high enough temperature. The extractor would need to be far too large. Only the high heats in exhaust can make this work efficiently.

I worked at Toyota for a while we have been talking about this for at least a year. The technology has been around for a long time, but we usually call them thermocouples. It's exactly the same concept, except they need to be much larger, and have a much higher temperature differential to be useful. The main problem is the size and weight. The weight is significant when you're looking to reduce mass to improve fuel economy, and obviously it adds cost to the vehicle.

As for extracted heat reducing the efficiency of the engine, after heat leaves the cylinder head, unless it is used to do work (as in a turbocharger) it is waste.

So it seems that the US isn't the only country where policy can be influenced by angry people with lots of money