Re: Heating and Power

[JHByrne]

In a message dated 11/1/2002 12:46:01 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I know some debates have surfaced over batteries. The pro's for
> batteries as I see them are:

[snip]

I would strongly urge people to *read* the materials available
on the web about previous cryobot efforts.

You are *NOT* going to get 400+ kW out of a battery over a
period of a day or more required to melt through hundreds
of feet of ice.

As I believe I have stated this is the power consumption
level of over *20* homes (at full power draw).

Get a grip on the numbers here and stop engaging in unproductive
fantasies.

Robert

Robert, I'll take your guideline as to the power requirements.  Accepting the idea that mere batteries can't provide enough juice to heat water to melt through 500' of ice, in your professional, objective opinion, do you think that thermite/thermate/magnesium reaction, or some other chemical could provide the extra bit of juice we need, if it is supplementing a series of batteries?

I'm willing to accept your recommendations as to HOW we can bore through 500' of ice with an alternative method.  Don't tell us about radioisotopes.  We don't have them.  Use your knowledge and ingenuity to tell us HOW it can be done, not how it can't.

-- John Harlow Byrne