Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-22 Thread mixent
In reply to Chris Zell's message of Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:02:36 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] Lemme get this straight, you wanna build fusion reactors to make gasoline?   OK,  so economic development isn't always linear.  Maybe if you reduce energy inputs to nearly zero cost,  the other costs of labor

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread Chris Zell
we will shortly conquer fusion   Next question is, what do you do with it, once conquered?  How do you make energy portable or put fusion in a car?

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Chris Zellchrisrz...@yahoo.com wrote: we will shortly conquer fusion Next question is, what do you do with it, once conquered?  How do you make energy portable or put fusion in a car? Mr. Fusion?

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread Harry Veeder
- Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:17 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear The difference between us is that I believe we will shortly conquer fusion,making it available as an energy source. Is fusion

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread mixent
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:40:46 -0400: Hi, [snip] - Original Message - From: mix...@bigpond.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:17 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear The difference between us is that I believe we

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread mixent
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:27:52 -0500: Hi, [snip] On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Chris Zellchrisrz...@yahoo.com wrote: we will shortly conquer fusion Next question is, what do you do with it, once conquered?  How do you make energy portable or put fusion in

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread Chris Zell
Lemme get this straight, you wanna build fusion reactors to make gasoline?   OK,  so economic development isn't always linear.  Maybe if you reduce energy inputs to nearly zero cost,  the other costs of labor and equipment still give you cheap gasoline.   But first the minor hurdle of achieving

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote I was going to use that! :( The early bird gets the worm; but, the second mouse gets the cheese. :-) Terry

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-15 Thread mixent
Subject: Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear In reply to Lawrence de Bivort's message of Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:16:47 -0400: Hi, [snip] Someday, I imagine, humankind will rue having burned oil for fuel, realizing that it was far more valuable as material feedstock for plastics than

RE: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-14 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
reason is the reason why we should be conserving oil for feedstock purposes, rather than fuel. No? Lawrence -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com [mailto:mix...@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:03 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-14 Thread Horace Heffner
On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Lawrence de Bivort wrote: Hi, Robin, Agreed that carbons can be used to make carbon compounds. But, as you point out, there is non-trivial the matter of energy consumed in the process and, I would add, the non-trivial matter of economics. There is a reason

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-14 Thread OrionWorks
From: Lawrence de Bivort Hi, Robin, Agreed that carbons can be used to make carbon compounds. But, as you point out, there is non-trivial the matter of energy consumed in the process and, I would add, the non-trivial matter of economics. There is a reason we aren't making carbon-based

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-14 Thread Horace Heffner
I wrote: It is notable that we *can* make feed stocks from CO2 using algae and sunlight: http://www.oilgae.com/ Unfortunately, most of the CO2 producing plants are in the north. One solution might be to pipeline CO2 south. Probably more sensible to build new hybrid plants in the south

RE: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-14 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
engineering and cost analyses. Language is an odd and limited tool, isn't it, when trying to describe reality. Lawrence -Original Message- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:10 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs

Re: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-13 Thread mixent
In reply to Lawrence de Bivort's message of Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:16:47 -0400: Hi, [snip] Someday, I imagine, humankind will rue having burned oil for fuel, realizing that it was far more valuable as material feedstock for plastics than it is as fuel. It may be our children who come to realize

RE: [Vo]:When two wrongs make a right -- oil and nuclear

2009-06-12 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Someday, I imagine, humankind will rue having burned oil for fuel, realizing that it was far more valuable as material feedstock for plastics than it is as fuel. It may be our children who come to realize this, and they may wonder why their parents and grandparents didn't realize it and why they