----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Efficiency in Genocide
> > I live in Houston, and the problem here is that one needs to cool the > > buildings below the outside temperature most days. So, one needs to > add > > energy to get rid of the heat, not run engines off the heat. > > Think of the way they used to cool cpu's (or nuclear power plants). Put > a layer of water next to the heat source. That water heats. Then you > use this hot water to turn turbines. It cools and it creates > electricity. Before we continue with this, let me ask you how familiar you are with reversible engines and the second law of theromodynamics. It would help me frame my explanations. The examples you gave have a heat source at a significantly higher temperature than the heat sink. The example I gave has a heat source at a lower temperature than the heat sink. Dan M.
