Chris wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Chris Zell
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Two Wrongs, continued
I'm well aware of blacklight power and I unreservedly salute Mills and
others for their brave fight against prejudiced academic opponents. It's
the sort of technology that could save our civilization and change political
dynamics for the better.
MC: Good, I was not aware of that
That said, there are still hurdles. Can a blacklight unit be made small
enough to power a car or are we still talking about needing a really good
battery?! Cheap electricity is good but not enough by itself.
MC: Yes, there are many hurdles. Someday, a BLP car may run on water. The
engineering task is monumental, and I doubt it will be done for a decade or
two. BLP has proposed a BLP hydrogen generator module for service stations
to serve present IC engines converted for hydrogen use. This coserves the
invesement in the present fleet while another technology is phased in. BLP's
present business objective is electric utilities. Retrofitting with BLP
boilers will eliminate carbon emission [including secondary emission from
plug-in hybrids and first generation electric cars]. With many BLP power
plants, there will be hydrino byproduct for new chemistry, including a
hyper-battery. Depending on the population of hydrinos harvested from
utilities, the *cell* potential my be in the tens of volts and the energy
capacity in kilowatt-hours, enough for distance driving. All this is a
gigatic enerprise and BLP has to have everything right for it to work.
There is also the fact that entrenched interests may stall or try to stop
any technology that ends the profitable dependence of consumers. It may be
a longer battle than any of us would like, even if a breakthrough emerges.
Cold Fusion? Maybe you're really a terrorist trying to make fissionable
materials. Do you have chemicals in your house/lab? Maybe you're really
setting up a drug lab. Maybe you'll have a heart attack just before a
critical moment. Maybe you'll die in an 'unrelated' murder that authorities
will never pin down. Maybe the SEC needs to investigate your finances.
MC: I anticipate a firestorm of criticism to erupt at some point. Chris has
just touched on the possibilities.
I would point out that when Ralph Nader exposed the Corvair, GM's reaction
was not to fix the car but rather to hire investigators to get something on
him. This is the same mindset that transported EV-1 cars out to the desert
to have them crushed far away from protestors. It is not paranoia to
anticipate subtle opposition from moneyed interests.
Long live Randall Mills! [it's Randell Mills]
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Notes on algae farming. OK coastlines are fine and a few hundred square
miles are a 'drop in the ocean' [sorry, I couldn't help myself]. You still
have to tend your crop and shield it from predation and disease and storms.
One application for BLP power plants will be desaliation of the oceans for
potable and irrigation water.
Mike Carrell
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