Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet ~ There will be thermals.....

2011-05-07 Thread Alan Wilson
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet Some hard facts. Once a forest, savanah or any form of original vegetation reaches a mature state due to the limit of the amount of vegetation sustainable by available water and nutrients resulting from

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-06 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 10:15 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: ...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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread erich wittstock
..for those interested in non dinosaur fuel technology. http://www.solarimpulse.com On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 08:40, rolf a. buelter rbuel...@hotmail.com wrote: For those intersted in Jet self launch:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 08:39 PM 5/05/2011, you wrote: ..for those interested in non dinosaur fuel technology. http://www.solarimpulse.comhttp://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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread erich wittstock
...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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread Paul Bart
On 5 May 2011 22:15, erich wittstock deepb...@gmail.com wrote: ...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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet

2011-05-05 Thread harry medlicott
is that gliding may not be quite as interesting, Harry Medlicott. - Original Message - From: erich wittstock To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Bonus Jet ...some say oxygen is produced and carbon