...some say oxygen is produced and carbon is "sinked" by trees. Little do they know that most of that cycle is done by our oceans and the little critters within. Thus most of our fossil fuels originate from our oceans. Let's blame continental drift for it ending up under our land masses. Feasible theory. Same for Titan.
But how about the inefficiency of using a turbo-jet engine compared to turbo-fan and turbo-prop engines at low speeds? Let alone extracting and refining vast amounts of higher chain hydrocarbons. Why not use solar light? The nit-ti grit-ties of accumulating electron differentials are being improved as we type. Political monkey dance aside: the Prius is now in the third generation (Cameron Diaz even likes it...) and the panels on the roofs of those that installed them seem to work as well. The steam engine, micro processor and electric vario were once labelled "useless projects" as well. But they did help us along the way. Admit it, Mike, you are spending more time flying electric pushers and impeller types than flying jet powered models. I just witnessed one of these "oh so dangerous" LiPo's being crunched to mush induced by an aerobatic "standing 9" figure. It didn't explode nor ignite (very disappointing...) Voyager was another one of those "useless projects". But it did fly around the world in a single flight. What if Solar-impulse can do the same? Why didn't you listen to those that were of the opinion that electric varios are never going to be useful? Where is your spirit gone? Fossilised, waiting to be refined and burned? Erich On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 21:01, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]>wrote: > At 08:39 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: > >> ..for those interested in non dinosaur fuel technology. >> >> <http://www.solarimpulse.com>http://www.solarimpulse.com >> >> >> > Depends whether you are a fan of the "dead dinosaur" theory of oil > formation. > Problem is the vast amounts of hydrocarbons on the surface and and the > atmosphere of Titan, largest moon of Saturn. I've heard no serious > suggestions that it was once populated by dinosaurs. So we have an existence > proof that vast amounts of higher chain hydrocarbons can be formed > independent of life. Bit of a problem, that. > > Solarimpulse is the sort of useless project done in stultified, degenerate > cultures like that of Europe to entertain the masses and relive a minute > part of the faded glory of Europe's age of exploration and discovery. > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since > 1978 > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > > email: [email protected] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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