Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 13, 2007, at 8:18 PM, John Winterflood wrote: Horace wrote: snip Suppose the DC power supply, a battery, carries a coulomb of excess positive charge, or a coulomb of excess negative charge? Charge can always be detected by the field that is around it - provided you can get around

Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 13, 2007, at 8:18 PM, John Winterflood wrote: [snip good stuff] I should have mentioned, in the likely case you haven't followed the lengthy discussion, that the issue is about wording in and designs in: http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/DeflationFusion.pdf Horace Heffner

Re: [Vo]:Born-Again Batteries

2007-08-14 Thread thomas malloy
Jones Beene wrote: Anybody remember the Apple Pippin ? ...a so-called portable computer from 1989. After the dead batteries are revived (desulfurization) then the real test would be to see if they can consistently delivery more energy to a load than is put into charging them. This would be

Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Harry Veeder
On 13/8/2007 11:18 PM, John Winterflood wrote: Horace wrote: snip Suppose the DC power supply, a battery, carries a coulomb of excess positive charge, or a coulomb of excess negative charge? Charge can always be detected by the field that is around it - provided you can get around it

[Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Michel Jullian
- Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter ... Michel has said on an abstract basis that only relative potential between plates matters with

Re: [Vo]:Potential

2007-08-14 Thread Terry Blanton
On 8/13/07, Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 13, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: Interesting exchanges. If a pair of wires are 3 x 10^10 cm long; and, a potential is applied to the ends of the wires with a load resistor on the other end, I have two simple

[VO]: Bendable battery

2007-08-14 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, Just the ticket, a battery made of paper and nanotubes. Hmm! Now! If the US treasury used this paper to print dollar denominations of currency.. what would we have ? Well, since almost all US paper money quickly becomes saturated with cocaine, we may get an unexpected charge..

Re: [Vo]:Strangeness with cold water

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
leaking pen wrote: On a related topic, does anyone have a good link to information on the compressability of water? data on compressibility and other physical properties: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/data.html

[Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://journalof911studies.com/volume/200704/JonesWTC911SciMethod.pdf

[Vo]:Pantone w/ Vortex

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
This is a follow-on comment to a previous thread: in which the various versions of a technology for fuel reforming and exhaust cleanup which have been further developed mostly in Europe (France), were discussed. These derive from what was originally a device invented by Paul Pantone, in Utah.

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
There is a fitting cartoon on page 11 which pretty much encapsulates what the 9/11 commission did (or didn't do) but it is too bad that SJ is conflating the two issues in one document. I suppose that he expects that if he can convince an audience of one of them, they will automatically go for

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread OrionWorks
From Jed Rothwell See: http://journalof911studies.com/volume/200704/JonesWTC911SciMethod.pdf On page 81 near the very end of the report, in the Conclusion section there was one sentence that caught my eye. Many of us sense a higher Source guiding our research and peace efforts. The word

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Harry Veeder
On 14/8/2007 10:19 AM, OrionWorks wrote: From Jed Rothwell See: http://journalof911studies.com/volume/200704/JonesWTC911SciMethod.pdf On page 81 near the very end of the report, in the Conclusion section there was one sentence that caught my eye. Many of us sense a higher Source

Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Harry Veeder
I understood what you meant. Harry On 13/8/2007 10:21 PM, Horace Heffner wrote: I seldom write anything right the first time through, despite proof reading. Sigh. I wrote: But, as you point out, this is not true if you get well away from that center line (and you are well out in space

[Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
As the experts predicted, the cost of non-ethanol biofuels is going down rapidly - and already this summer, 2007, is as low as ethanol from corn and less than gasoline in many locations. And that is without subsidies. In a perfect world, this would spell the early demise for ethanol, and the

Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Harry Veeder
On 14/8/2007 6:55 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: this controversy will be solved, at last :-) Horace just wants to call a faraday cage an 'absolute potential'. However, you find it very difficult to tolerate the idiosyncratic or amateurish use of terminology. Conflict resolved. Harry

[Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-14 Thread thomas malloy
Steve, The Junkman, Milloy, www.junkscience.com was interviewed on Northern Alliance Radio this weekend. Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real, and that it's deleterious consequences outweigh the benefits. Since it's impossible to prove

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 14, 2007, at 5:52 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: See: http://journalof911studies.com/volume/200704/JonesWTC911SciMethod.pdf The tables of values of Ue in the above appear to be screening potentials observed in different metals. He footnotes S.E. Jones, E.P. Palmer, J.B. Czirr, D.L.

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
I've been away from Vortex, completely, not even lurking, for the last few months. And I come back to find that, as the first message that catches my eye, Jed has posted, with _no_ comment, a paper by Steven Jones which starts out by asserting that the WTC collapse can't be explained by the

Re: [Vo]:The End is Near

2007-08-14 Thread Harry Veeder
On 13/8/2007 9:42 PM, thomas malloy wrote: Terry Blanton wrote: For the first time, I honestly think that the end *IS* near. Did we finally win? http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/13/autos/electric_car/index.htm?cnn=yes There are actually a plethora of BEVs about to enter the market. Time

Re: [Vo]:The Junkman;s prize

2007-08-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
thomas malloy wrote: Steve is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that anthropogenic global warming is real . . . People who set this kind of challenge can never persuaded. I learned a long time ago with cold fusion that if you show them 10 replications, they will demand 100, and if

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I've been away from Vortex, completely, not even lurking . . . Welcome back! And I come back to find that, as the first message that catches my eye, Jed has posted, with _no_ comment, a paper by Steven Jones . . . Everyone here knows what I think of Jones. I

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread OrionWorks
From Jones Beene ... Such biofuels have been touted as the successor to grain ethanol, but until now the technology has been considered too expensive. Iowa State University researchers determined production costs are now similar for grain ethanol and second generation biofuels. Second

Re: [Vo]:The End is Near

2007-08-14 Thread Terry Blanton
We'll probably be cookin' with gas for a while. Terry On 8/14/07, Harry Veeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/8/2007 9:42 PM, thomas malloy wrote: Terry Blanton wrote: For the first time, I honestly think that the end *IS* near. Did we finally win?

Re: [Vo]:Jones paper on 9/11 and cold fusion

2007-08-14 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Ole Machavelli studied the Italian style of politics way back when. He wrote a handbook on winning political strategies. This handbook has been the textbook on politics ever since. Not only do politicians study the tricks of the trade revealed in the book.. but.. magicians also use the tricks..

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
OrionWorks wrote: That's rather optimistic of you, Jones! Out of curiosity, just how massive is this new production of biofuel products predicted to be within the next few months? SRI Consulting (SRIC) does a periodic Biofuel Report for well-heeled clientèle. They are a year ahead of

Re: [Vo]:Re: Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 14, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: On 14/8/2007 6:55 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: this controversy will be solved, at last :-) Horace just wants to call a faraday cage an 'absolute potential'. That is the inside of a *grounded* Faraday cage. The absolute part of that

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 14, 2007, at 11:05 AM, OrionWorks wrote: However, what actually tends to get legislated up on capital hill would suggest different motivations are on the minds of our legislators. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com There is a chance some change may occur:

[Vo]:Dufour paper uploaded

2007-08-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Dufour, J., et al., Experimental observation of nuclear reactions in palladium and uranium -- possible explanation by hydrex mode. Fusion Technol., 2001. 40: p. 91. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/DufourJexperiment.pdf - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Jones Beene wrote: We will probably need to tax foreign crude oil at some point, if they drop the price [...] In your dreams. Dropping oil prices won't make a significant petroleum tax any more palatable in the future than it's been in the past. No compensatory tax was put on it last time

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: But would that not be **good** news? Yup if they can think of a way to /profit/ from the new technology, then they may become part of the solution (for once) rather than remaining a completely intractable part of the problem. The only injustice is that the

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread OrionWorks
A follow-up question to Jones, ... Algoil makes the most sense in the near-term for an operating natural gas power plant, which wants to use waste heat and CO2, and has available flat acreage; lots of cash, and will be burning the biofuel production on site as a replacement for some of the

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
OrionWorks wrote: What am I missing here. One must learn to walk before running?

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread leaking pen
i might also add that cane is a more effective source of sugar for ethanol, and that a lot of the land owned by oil companies, used in part for drilling, refinieries, ect, but large amounts of empty land as well, is in the equator area, the best place to cheaply grow said cane sugar. and ethanol

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Looking out the window of the Dime Box saloon at a cane field with sorghum cane stalks 20 feet high makes ya thing you're seeing things. No problem, the guys over at AM are always thinking up jokes to play ... they were looking at a corn stalk awhile back and thunk, now why can't we make a

Re: [Vo]:Biofuel cost decline

2007-08-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:54 PM, OrionWorks wrote: But as someone recently reminded me - all of these near-term solutions cited above can not be called carbon neutral, but rather carbon delayers. CO2 derived from the burning of these fossil fuels will eventually be released into the atmosphere

[Vo]:Re:Only potential differences matter

2007-08-14 Thread Michel Jullian
I can't follow your pace Horace, let's stick to the first and second versions of fig. 1 we were discussing shall we, at least until the controversy is solved. The issue is general anyway, either only potential differences matter, whatever the case at hand, or not. (*) I first mentioned

RE: [Vo]:The End is Near

2007-08-14 Thread Rick Monteverde
...at least until 2012 anyway (had to get the thread right with the subject line). - Rick -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:20 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The End is Near We'll probably be cookin' with gas

Re: [Vo]:Dufour paper uploaded

2007-08-14 Thread Jones Beene
The Hydrex Hypothesis of Dufour - It has been shown by a quantum electrodynamics calculation (Spence, below) that resonances of long lifetime (seconds), nuclear dimensions (femtometres), and low energy of formation (electron volts) could exist. This concept seems to look like the “shrunken