On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Telmo Menezes > > > > > > > > Maybe I'm a bit soft because my cat, that lived 12 years with me, died > recently. As long as we are all here in good health that shit really > doesn't matter. > > > > Best, > > Telmo. > > > > I am sorry to hear about your cat - I know how hard it can be to lose a > loving pet - they become such a part of our lives that when they are gone a > hole is left inside of us that takes time to heal. > > Chris > > > > Thanks Chris! Yes, that's exactly how it feels. > > Telmo. > > > > I once had a Main Coon cat - at over twenty pounds (and not fat) she was > the neighborhood boss lol - anyway, after about twelve years her health > failed quickly - within months -- and the vet could not do anything. At the > very end I held her when she died - she had become so weak at the end, she > could not stand by herself anymore. It was a very sad moment for me, heart > wrenching really as the loss hit me. > Something very similar happened with mine. It was a degenerative kidney disease that is very common in cats. One of the most heart wrenching things for me was watching him trying to jump to places where he liked to stay and not being able to do it anymore. It's like to say, time heals. His journey through this weird reality is over, that's all... It was a good one! Telmo. > > > But of course - they say time heals - more like we forget and new memories > move in to occupy our temporal time slice minds. I still vividly remember > her though - even though it has been about ten years now -- she was quite a > character. > > Chris > > > > > > Telmo. > > > > Now let's work on findings percentages. A percentage is a pure number with > no units and ENERGY and POWER have different units, so you can't divide > ENERGY by POWER as you did and expect to get anything meaningful, but you > can divide POWER by POWER and if you divide 1.5*10^11 watts of POWER by 1.5 > *10^17 watts of POWER you get the pure number .000001. Or you could divide > the amount of ENERGY solar cells produce in one hour, 1.5*10^11 watt-hours > by the amount of ENERGY required to operate technology for one hour > 1.5*10^17 watt-hours of ENERGY, and we still get the pure number .000001. > Or you could divide the amount of ENERGY solar cells produce in one year, > 1.3*10^15 watt-hours of ENERGY, by the amount of ENERGY required to operate > technology for one year, 1.3*10^21 watt-hours of ENERGY, and we STILL get > the pure number .000001 And that is why I originally said photovoltaics > provide .0001% of demand. However you said that in the real world solar > cells are much worse than that and the capacity factor is not 1 but is .2, > and that seems about right to me, so they only produce 20% of the POWER and > 20% of the ENERGY that I used in the above calculation, therefore > photovoltaics really only provide .00002% of what is required to run the > world. > > > > > You: John you are so full of yourself that you cannot admit you > mistook capacity for output > > > Chris, 4 or 5 posts ago it became obvious to me that you are a ignoramus, > your total confusion between power and energy and your bizarre belief that > solar cells are better if they have a 20% conversion factor than if they > had a 100% conversion factor could lead to no other conclusion. However > being a ignoramus is not necessarily a devastating state to be in because > sometimes ignorance is curable; but more recently it became clear that you > are also incapable of learning, or at least learn at such a slow rate it is > unmeasurable by me. And unfortunately at the present day medical science > has no cure for stupid. > > John K Clark > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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