On 4/4/07, thomas malloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On the contrary, all it would take is a small shaped charge on the
track. It would turn all that speeding mass into a very sympathetic target.
Actually, it's easier than that. On the railroad here we have an
intentional derailer device which
Powered by Jones' favorite fuel:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2270686.html
BlankHowdy Vorts,
News mentions the anti-virus software industry has lost the worldwide battle
with the bad guys. MSN admits that Vista has already been compromized.
Richard
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Jed keeps harping on the low (2%?) solar conversion efficiency of growing
biomass, I'll
put my ~3.5 acres of irrigated farmland into Jatropha Curcas bushes, where land
all around it is selling for $.50 to $1.50
per square foot, up against his 41% efficient Solar Collector anytime.
That is, If
Zachary Jones wrote:
Know who at U of M?
Zak
Da! If I knew who he was, I'd look him up.
Richard wrote;
Not hard to run into lotsa people like this at meetings but where's
the beef?
It depends on whether or not someone can produce any gold doesn't it.
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Frederick Sparber wrote:
Jed keeps harping on the low (2%?) solar conversion efficiency of
growing biomass
It is probably lower than that for general agriculture, but once again,
that figure is meaningless as -- and so is the 40% efficiency number for
new solar cells.
These cells might
thomas malloy wrote:
Not a problem. It would take a huge bomb to destroy a fast train,
or make it derail. Much bigger than it takes to destroy
On the contrary, all it would take is a small shaped charge on the
track. It would turn all that speeding mass into a very sympathetic target.
The
From Jones:
These [solar] cells might achieve 40% at noon in July
after being cleaned, yet only 10% at 9 am in December
with the normal coating of grime which silicon picks
up rapidly -plus- the main point is that they are
extraordinarily expensive compared to ponds and
plumbing (for CO2).
Steven
Jones makes an interesting point about the vulnerability of solar cell
technology under certain seasonal conditions. However, what's not clear
to me is what would algoil be doing under equivalent conditions at 9 am
in December, when temperatures are hovering around 15 - 25 degrees F,
Jones claims they could possibly end up producing 50
times more energy returned per dollar of investment
compared to solar cell technology. I'd like to believe
that, but I remain a tad skeptical.
Then compute how much 200 acres of solar cells will cost...
Jones
Repeating the
Speaking of ponds, Jones.
For spending a lazy afternoon on a dairy lagoon where the algae bloom, fed
by
wash-down nutrients and CO2 from Anerobic digestion of biomass sediment.
http://maps.google.com/maps?li=rwpq=2295+CR+H,+CLOVIS,+NM+88101ie=UTF8t=h
Actually, it was Alstom's attempt to market the TGV to the Chinese.
BTW, did you see the article in today's paper (AJC) about American Maglev?
http://www.american-maglev.com/
They're building a test track in Powder Springs. I think I'm signing
up to go see it. They claim they can build it
In reply to thomas malloy's message of Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:09:11 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
Zachary Jones wrote:
Know who at U of M?
Zak
Da! If I knew who he was, I'd look him up.
Richard wrote;
Not hard to run into lotsa people like this at meetings but where's
the beef?
It depends on whether
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:35:15 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
Jones Beene wrote:
However, what's not clear to me is what would algoil be doing under
equivalent conditions at 9 am in December, when temperatures are
hovering around 15 - 25 degrees F, or less.
The prime
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
waste heat from generators far exceeds the total amount of heat
generated by burning coal. See the figure on last page of this document:
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/NRELenergyover.pdf
Why is the Unit cost in $/kW as opposed to $/kWh? Is this a mistake, or are
they
There was a green alternative-energy story last fall:
Global Green To Fund Demonstration Algae Bioreactor Plant
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/10/global_green_to.html
Global Green Solutions has agreed to fund a pilot plant demo-ing the
technology developed by Valcent Products for an
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:57:38 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
waste heat from generators far exceeds the total amount of heat
generated by burning coal. See the figure on last page of this document:
I'm forwarding the following link to Vortex.
Electrochemistry and Electrostatics and Magnetostatics are some of the
topics included.
Maybe there is something useful here.
It's free.
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
Robin van Spaandonk writes:
Where document are you talking about? I do not see Unit Cost in the
NREL document.
In each of the diagrams, under each fuel type, e.g. for CRUDE OIL/GASOLINE
they have a Unit Cost ($/kW) : 1000, Total Cost ($/kW delivered) 8505.
Ah, you are talking about the
Jones wrote..
There was a green alternative-energy story last fall:
Global Green To Fund Demonstration Algae Bioreactor Plant
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/10/global_green_to.html
Howdy Jones,
Good insight, I passed on your comments to a party inside LCRA .
The Lower Colorado River
In reply to R.C.Macaulay's message of Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:43:28 -0500:
Hi Richard,
[snip]
Jones wrote..
There was a green alternative-energy story last fall:
Global Green To Fund Demonstration Algae Bioreactor Plant
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/10/global_green_to.html
Howdy Jones,
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:31:06 -0400
(GMT-04:00):
Hi,
[snip]
Robin van Spaandonk writes:
Where document are you talking about? I do not see Unit Cost in the
NREL document.
In each of the diagrams, under each fuel type, e.g. for CRUDE OIL/GASOLINE
they have a
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