Re: [Discuss] Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: > If you want to use PowerPoles for something other than DC power > connections in the 12V neighborhood, you should make them distinct > from the ham power connection standard in some way. Use different > colors, a

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/21/2017 4:57 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote: > I question your claim that there isn't enough surface area with > sufficient solar exposure to power the world. Your calculations, > please? http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/energy/2015/05/21/fact-checking-elon-musks-blue-square-how-much-solar-to-power-the-us/

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:50:27 -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/21/2017 9:25 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: >> From an economic perspective, it is beginning to look like >> residential solar + batteries might be preferable in the near future >> to current fossil fuel based grid power. Or at least that

[Discuss] Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIII reminder, tomorrow, Saturday, July 22, 2017 1:00 PM

2017-07-21 Thread Jerry Feldman
Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXIII When: Saturday, July 22, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home 33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA. BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-third annual summer BBQ on Saturday,

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/20/2017 4:03 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: >> I wouldn't worry about solar power lost to the coming eclipses. Over the >> next 10 or 100 years, you'll lose far more to thunderstorms blotting out >> the sky; they cast

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:14:15 -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/20/2017 7:36 PM, A. Richard Miller wrote: >> How else might we store solar energy? As an environmentalist, I rather >> like the Northfield Mountain pumped-storage project >> . It's been

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Mike Small
Bill Bogstad writes: > So lets say that I accept everything you say about both the > inefficiency and unclean > characteristics of solar PV + battery storage. Are the current > incumbent solutions (Oil, Coal, Natural > Gas) any better on either characteristic? When doing

Re: [Discuss] Eclipses Re: Great talks last night, however...

2017-07-21 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/21/2017 9:25 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > So lets say that I accept everything you say about both the > inefficiency and unclean characteristics of solar PV + battery > storage. Are the current incumbent solutions (Oil, Coal, Natural > Gas) any better on either characteristic? When doing