RE: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Curtis Burisch
I am not optimistic that this will be done. If this or some other really huge supply of primary energy is not found, we are going to be in for some nasty times. The other way the energy crisis will be solved is for the world population to fall to about a billion. so we face either a

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:19 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Some of us get it. But not enough, not by far, not yet .. Is there any other way to help them to get it than to keep reminding them? . . . ronn! :) Now on that, I will

RE: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:39 AM Thursday 7/24/2008, Curtis Burisch wrote: It's an unstable situation, implying change. One way or another it will sort itself out. For what it's worth, I'm pretty confident we'll sort the energy crisis out completely within the next five years or so. In what way, specifically?

RE: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Curtis Burisch
In what way, specifically? It's an unstable situation, implying change. One way or another it will sort itself out. If we run out of energy, it will be a global catastrophe where billions die. We will adapt to the new conditions. Stabilization achieved. If we find a new source of energy, the

Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Dan M
My wife's computer, running Vista, has been showing a very funny symptom. It can no longer access the internet through our home wireless. It can see and access the other computers on the network, it can access the internet through other wireless routers, it can access the internet through a cable

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread hkhenson
I don't know why this failed to post the first time, try again. At 12:00 PM 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7 billion sustainably no matter what we do. With a

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, hkhenson wrote: At 12:00 PM 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7 billion sustainably no matter what we do. With a lot of low

Solar Power article

2008-07-24 Thread John Garcia
An OpEd in yesterday's NY Times addresses Solar Power Satellites. http://tiny.cc/dgbkI john ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife's computer, running Vista, Although I'm tempted to say, Well, there's your problem... If it is making a connection to your wireless router, but behaving this way, it sounds like a gateway or DNS server address problem...

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread Max Battcher
Nick Arnett wrote: If it is making a connection to your wireless router, but behaving this way, it sounds like a gateway or DNS server address problem... make sure that your wireless connection is set to get the gateway address and DNS servers via DHCP. If either of those is wrong, you'd get

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Kevin B. O'Brien
Curtis Burisch wrote: 2. Fusion (read up on IEC fusion; there are also another two very promising new fusion technologies. One or all of these will definitely work. Maybe more likely 15 years, not 5.) I'm a little skeptical on this. There have been so many rosy forecasts over the years for

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Dave Land
On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, hkhenson wrote: And there are certain parts of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not a very well controlled

Re: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-24 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/07/2008, at 5:27 AM, hkhenson wrote: And there are certain parts of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not a very well controlled one at that. This would worry me more except I think the

Re: Irregulars Question

2008-07-24 Thread William T Goodall
On 24 Jul 2008, at 23:04, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife's computer, running Vista, Although I'm tempted to say, Well, there's your problem... Even Windows fans avoid Vista :-) Progress Maru -- William T Goodall Mail :

No worries, then . . .

2008-07-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Utilities: Grid can handle influx of electric cars Which draws more juice from the electric grid, a big-screen plasma television or recharging a plug-in hybrid car? The nation's electric grid can handle a mass conversion to plug-in hybrid cars like this one, utility executives say. The

Re: No worries, then . . .

2008-07-24 Thread Bruce Bostwick
The biggest factor helping that is overnight charging, which draws power during off-peak hours when only the most efficient generators are online .. On Jul 24, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Utilities: Grid can handle influx of electric cars Which draws more juice from the