RE: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowedprinciple of physics

-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:27 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowedprinciple

Over the counter nuclear power systems?

http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/3455-miniature-nuclear-reactors-to-be-on-sale-within-5-years http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/ ‘Hyperion, Toshiba, others, race to produce “personal” nuclear power.’ - Using technology licensed from the U.S. government, an Arizona-based

RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Bostwick Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:42 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? On Jan 5, 2009, at

Weekly Chat Reminder

The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

Dan M wrote: Look at http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/Battery-Energy.html And if you RTFA, you'll see a not implausible argument made by Sherry Boschertthat Cabasys is squelching the market for large-format NiMH batteries: In her book, Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge

Re: Over the counter nuclear power systems?

Bruce Bostwick wrote: (Gripe: 10 cents a watt? I hate it when people are ambiguous about whether they mean power or energy ..) I hate it when people ignore existing units, like Joule, and invent abominations like kwh or MMBTU :-/ Alberto Monteiro

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

Dan M wrote: and you'll see what I mean. We know that the energy density of gasoline is about 46 MJ/Kg. Compare this to the best, most expensive battery (Li ion), and we get a factor of 100. Electric cars are more efficient (90% vs 20%), so this gets down to a factor of 22 or so in

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

- Original Message - From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 6:36 AM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? Does it really matters? As long as the

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

- Original Message - From: Dan M dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? -Original Message- From:

RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of xponentrob Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:09 AM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? If there's biofuel

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

- Original Message - From: Dan M dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? -Original Message- From:

Re: hybrids and batteries

Rob: I think you are right on target with your comments. I have not followed all of the previous discussion but on cars I would like to add my two cents. I replaced my Chevy Trailblazer and VW Passat last year with a Ford Escape Hybrid(current Mpg avg is 31.2mpg after 7000miles) and a

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 8 Jan 2009, at 01:21, xponentrob wrote: If one wants to make direct comparisons of a type of batteries capabilities, one has to go no farther than a hardware store or Lowes or Home Depot. I've been using cordless drills for a couple of decades. They were once using Ni-Cad batteries,

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

- Original Message - From: Dan M dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? -Original Message- From:

Re: hybrids and batteries

- Original Message - From: Chris Frandsen lear...@mac.com To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:50 PM Subject: Re: hybrids and batteries Battery technology is moving very fast as is ultracapacitor technology which has the

Re: Cleaning flat screens, wuz Re: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowed principle of physics

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: At 03:14 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Euan Ritchie wrote: Lint-free cloth, NOT paper towels; spray one cloth with water or isopropyl alcohol, 70% (rubbing alcohol) or 91% (sold for sterilizing needles,