Fw: [Vo]:to John Berry regarding GW

2007-04-27 Thread Nick Palmer
- Original Message - From: Nick Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:to John Berry regarding GW John Steck wrote:- And cows pump out more methane globally than we do CO2 (my tribute to Fred)... methane is a way more

Re: [Vo]:to John Berry regarding GW

2007-04-27 Thread Michel Jullian
True but it does provide a positive feedback effect, i.e. the hotter it gets, the more there is on average, and therefore the hotter it gets. Its average concentration will only decrease if temperature decreases _first_ due to some stronger cooling effect. Such stronger cooling effects _do_

[Vo]:Energy from pond scum

2007-04-27 Thread OrionWorks
SUBJECT: Energy from pond scum From The Colorado Springs Business Journal: http://www.thepbj.com/story.cfm?ID=10545 Hey! Colorado! -- Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com

Re: [Vo]:Old but good paper

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: Thanks for the great digitizing work. A couple typos in Table 3: 170 should be 107 . . . The original paper says 170. Do you think it is a mistake? , and 10^3 in 1.1 × 10^3 moles Pd should be 10^-3 Ah, that's in the footnote below Table 3. The original says 10^3

Re: [Vo]:Atmospheric Gases

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: 3cm observed sea level rise per decade(*) is not that small, and that's vertical so it may translate to several tens of cms per decade horizontally. In 2004, the Japanese Meteorological Agency reported that the Inland Sea high tides have risen 7 cm in 20 years. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: You can see that in California, where coal is hardly used, PHEV would greatly reduce CO2. Not green enough... and a potential liability. Why not green enough? As shown in Fig. 3 of Minnesota study, with the power generating system in California today, PHEV would reduce

Re: [Vo]:Old but good paper

2007-04-27 Thread Michel Jullian
Yes, the text of the paper, last paragraph of page 6, says Qdischarge = 107C for that charging voltage -0.35V, roughly the same as that for -0.3V charging (given as 106.5C at the end of the previous paragraph), plus the moles of D would not be right if it was 170 C (Qdischarge/molesD =

Re: [Vo]:Atmospheric Gases

2007-04-27 Thread Michel Jullian
The 3mm/year (3.1 exactly) rise given by the IPCC between 1993 and 2003 (so this would be 6.2 cm in 20 years, in fair agreement with the JMA figure you quote) results from satellite measurements. Michel - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-L@eskimo.com

[Vo]:Detroit News: Ford tackles climate change

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
This may be the usual corporate B.S. but at least it sounds different from the B.S. we heard a year ago, or ten years ago. - Jed See: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070424/AUTO01/704240346/1148 April 24, 2007 Ford tackles climate change CEO Mulally says global warming

Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Cars and trucks often catch on fire; I have seen many, but I have never seen a battery burn. LOL! More people have been killed by Ford Pintos than Dell laptops. Well, naturally a burning automobile is more dangerous than a burning laptop, because there is so much fuel

[Vo]:Re: PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jones Beene
Terry Blanton wrote: On 4/27/07, Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cars and trucks often catch on fire; I have seen many, but I have never seen a battery burn. LOL! More people have been killed by Ford Pintos than Dell laptops. For that matter, more people have been killed by Ted

RE: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jeff Fink
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:00 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:PHEVs not a good solution Here's another good one Jed: It is better to be on the ground wishing you were flying, than to be flying and wishing

[Vo]:Re: PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jones Beene
The next big 'green thing' ?? Wow. Just found this: China is ready to import a 'green cherry' of a vehicle: the Chery A3 ISG diesel hybrid, unveiled at Shanghai motor show. Looks decent, and it seems to have everything that the 'green' crowd wants, including less sticker-shock.

Re: [Vo]:Re: PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Wow. Just found this: China is ready to import a 'green cherry' of a vehicle: the Chery A3 ISG diesel hybrid, unveiled at Shanghai motor show. Looks decent, and it seems to have everything that the 'green' crowd wants, including less sticker-shock.

Re: [Vo]:Re: PHEVs not a good solution

2007-04-27 Thread OrionWorks
On 4/27/07, Jones Beene wrote: The next big 'green thing' ?? Wow. Just found this: China is ready to import a 'green cherry' of a vehicle: the Chery A3 ISG diesel hybrid, unveiled at Shanghai motor show. Looks decent, and it seems to have everything that the 'green' crowd wants, including less

[Vo]:Fw: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday April 27, 2007

2007-04-27 Thread Akira Kawasaki
-Forwarded Message-from Akira Kawasaki From: What's New [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 27, 2007 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday April 27, 2007 WHAT’S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 27 Apr 07 Washington, DC 1. THE HABITABLE ZONE: THE GOOD

Re: [Vo]:Fw: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday April 27, 2007

2007-04-27 Thread Wesley Bruce
Akira Kawasaki wrote: -Forwarded Message-from Akira Kawasaki From: What's New [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Apr 27, 2007 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday April 27, 2007 WHAT’S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 27 Apr 07 Washington, DC