[VO]: Free Will Power

2008-02-25 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, This link was passed on to me for comment. I am unfamilar with the people that produce this website. They claim to invest in new energy research. There is no address given and no board of directors listed although they claim 501C3 listing. Perhaps Steve Krivit , editor of New

Re: [VO]: Free Will Power

2008-02-25 Thread Horace Heffner
On Feb 25, 2008, at 5:54 AM, R C Macaulay wrote: Howdy Vorts, This link was passed on to me for comment. I am unfamilar with the people that produce this website. They claim to invest in new energy research. There is no address given and no board of directors listed although they claim

Re: [VO]: Free Will Power

2008-02-25 Thread Jones Beene
Richard One of the people involved in this seems to be inventor and professional beggar- Sir Charles Shults of [EMAIL PROTECTED] fame. I do not mean the 'beggar' part in complete disrespect, however. He does have good ideas. Although not without controversy, due to his constant tin-cup routines

Re: [VO]: Free Will Power

2008-02-25 Thread OrionWorks
In an obtuse way the web site reminds me of Dr. Greer's SEAS organization, which incidentally seems to have reincarnated into a new entity called, AERO - Advance Energy Research Organization. See: http://www.aero2012.com/en/index.html ...which I could not help but notice that the web address

[Vo]:Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
See Tom Valone's latest newsletter: http://users.erols.com/iri/EnewsFeb25,2008.htm Headlines: 1) Pentagon Space-Based Solar Power - Leading future energy solution for only $10 billion 2) Space Based Solar as an Opportunity for Strategic Security - Steps to energy independence 3) Tiny

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Amazingly stable public opinion poll

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
I don't mean to introduce politics, but here is an amazing public opinion poll anomaly, from the Clinton-Obama race: http://www.gallup.com/poll/104530/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Election-2008.aspx The results have remained in a statistical dead heat within 2%, consistent and unchanged, for 5 days

Re: [Vo]:Beads to Gold

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell wrote: My understanding is that as clever as the Patterson cell was, there was something in the beads that was important to the success. When the supply of beads was used up, the effect vanished. After he ran out of beads, Patterson told me I can make new beads anytime I want.

Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mr. Lutz's comments about his quote, in which he digs the hole he is in even deeper: http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2008/02/talk_about_a_cr.html Some people do not understand when to apologize and shut up. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings

2008-02-25 Thread OrionWorks
Jed sez: Mr. Lutz's comments about his quote, in which he digs the hole he is in even deeper: http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2008/02/talk_about_a_cr.html Some people do not understand when to apologize and shut up. - Jed Mr. Lutz appears to say in his blog that GM is going full

Re: [Vo]:Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Horace Heffner
On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:07:31 -0500: Hi, [snip] See Tom Valone's latest newsletter: http://users.erols.com/iri/EnewsFeb25,2008.htm Headlines: 1) Pentagon Space-Based Solar Power - Leading future

Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks wrote: Mr. Lutz appears to say in his blog that GM is going full steam ahead in their work on environmental issues like E85, hybrids, hydrogen and fuel cells, the electrification of the car (the Chevrolet Volt), which hopefully will be out on showrooms in a couple of years. ...all

Re: [Vo]:Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: Space-based solar power may become an important energy source as fossil-fuel supplies dwindle in midcentury: A single 1-kilometer-wide solar array could collect enough power in a year to rival the entire world's oil reserves. This is wrong. It would in fact only

Re: [Vo]:Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:07:31 -0500: Hi, [snip] See Tom Valone's latest newsletter: http://users.erols.com/iri/EnewsFeb25,2008.htm Headlines: 1) Pentagon Space-Based Solar Power - Leading future energy solution for only $10 billion Quote: Space-based solar

[Vo]:Re: Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Michel Jullian
You guys all missed one tiny detail: in that article they (misleadingly) specify the width (1-kilometer-wide but not the _length_ of the array :) The hypothetical array would be quite long in fact as it would form a continuous band at geostationary orbit (cf the actual study group report

[Vo]:George Will is at the Washington Post

2008-02-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: (George Will really says that in the New York Times, and I suppose he means it . . . I meant the Washington Post. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Re: Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Nick Palmer
The hypothetical array would be quite long in fact as it would form a continuous band at geostationary orbit They're planning to build Ringworld?

Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings

2008-02-25 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:00:47 -0500: Hi, [snip] OrionWorks wrote: Mr. Lutz appears to say in his blog that GM is going full steam ahead in their work on environmental issues like E85, hybrids, hydrogen and fuel cells, the electrification of the car (the

Re: [Vo]:Re: Interesting stuff in Future Energy eNews

2008-02-25 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:13:43 +0100: Hi, You guys all missed one tiny detail: in that article they (misleadingly) specify the width (1-kilometer-wide but not the _length_ of the array :) The hypothetical array would be quite long in fact as it would form a