Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Texler, Michael
> The vast array of PV solar panels on the hangar roof? These require burning non renewables for manufacture (mining the metals, processing, transport, installation etc.). Making PV stuff is CO2 intensive, see http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/03/the-ugly-side-o.html _

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Greg O'Sullivan
Ross McLean wrote: "Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables" Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be coming from?? ROSS The vast array of PV solar panels on the hangar roof? Greg O. ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread DMcD
>>Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be >>coming from?? Wood ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinf

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Justin Sinclair
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Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Bob Ward
Their motors may still be current technology but sadly, factory support for maintaining them is not. A DG 400 with a broken crankshaft was recently rescued from being a conventional launch glider only, by fortuitous sourcing of a second hand crankshaft by a well connected professional workshop.

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Mike Borgelt
What exactly is renewable about batteries compared to: H2O + CO2 + energy = hydrocarbons + O2 Mike At 05:53 PM 26/06/2014, you wrote: >>>"Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables" Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be co

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Michael Scutter
A coal fired power station with a power cable to your house? Michael On 26 Jun 2014, at 5:23 pm, "Ross McLean" wrote: "Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables" > > Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be > coming from?? >

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Ron Sanders
right on!! On 26 June 2014 17:53, Ross McLean wrote: "Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables" > > Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be > coming from?? > > ROSS > > ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] battery power

2014-06-26 Thread Ross McLean
>>>"Hopefully, electric will triumph and we won't be burning non-renewables" Where exactly do you figure the energy to recharge the batteries will be coming from?? ROSS _ -Original Message- From: