Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-20 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
yet. Brent -Original Message- From: meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Jul 19, 2014 9:43 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/15/2014 2:40 PM, spudboy100 via

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-19 Thread meekerdb
On 7/15/2014 2:40 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: sounds interesting-how is performance/maintenance? Cars can be transitioned to electric power pretty easily. I just bought a Chevy Volt and over the first thousand miles we've burned less than 7gal of gas. It will

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-17 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 7:43 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? But continue your technocratic discussion. How many kilowats are necessary for whatever stupid nothingness. You look like the youngs of the nazi germany dreaming in a future

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-17 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: I can think of few things more disgusting or economically ridiculous that 18 square miles of stagnant salt water algae ponds in the desert. Actually there are pilot installations already

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-16 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 4:01 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: 18 square miles of empty Arizona desert could yield around two hundred thousand tons of high grade jet quality biofuel That sounds about right to me. And I can think of few things

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-16 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:29 PM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 4:01 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-15 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 5:35 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/14/2014 1:24 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: An all electric plane may never arrive, but through materials science, using materials like graphenes

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Quentin Anciaux
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: I saw that webpage, but it didn't quote anything, nor give any form of justification. [...] I'm thinking that the velocity factor needed to compute maximum power ought to perhaps be exhaust gas velocity anyway. It

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
A few small jets for the world elite and their big families would be enough. The few millions TV watchers remaining from the depopulation, indoctrinated and impoverished, will applaud to the passing jets in the ground. 2014-07-14 17:51 GMT+02:00, John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com: On Sat, Jul

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Among the grateful TV watchers, the comrades chris solar Morsella and Quentin Burner anciaux will enjoy a good life as eco-policemen and will be allowed to earn an motorcycle build on Cuba that will produce healty proletarian smog. 2014-07-14 18:31 GMT+02:00, Alberto G. Corona

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com You both are so dumby stupids that are horrorizing your own comrades. Not for what you say, but because this hasn´t to be made explicit. You denounce us evil planetarians, with such burning eloquence,

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread meekerdb
On 7/14/2014 6:42 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: You both are so dumby stupids that are horrorizing your own comrades. Not for what you say, but because this hasn´t to be made explicit. Looks like Alberto is off his meds again - and off topic. Brent -- You received this message because you are

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: Alberto G. Corona agocor...@gmail.com Among the grateful TV watchers,  the comrades chris solar Morsella and Quentin Burner anciaux will enjoy a good life as  eco-policemen and will be allowed to earn an motorcycle build on Cuba that will produce

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net On 7/14/2014 6:42 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: You both are so dumby stupids that are horrorizing your own comrades. Not for what you say, but because this hasn´t to be made explicit. Looks like Alberto is off his meds

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 8:51 AM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: So it looks like my estimate that if you want to go with solar then a factory that covered 6 square miles of the Earth’s surface would be needed to keep just one 747 in the air may have been

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
will air travel work in a green solar economy? A few small jets for the world elite and their big families would be enough. The few millions TV watchers remaining from the depopulation, indoctrinated and impoverished, will applaud to the passing jets in the ground. 2014-07-14 17:51 GMT+02:00

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread meekerdb
On 7/14/2014 8:51 AM, John Clark wrote: On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au mailto:li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: I saw that webpage, but it didn't quote anything, nor give any form of justification. [...] I'm thinking that the velocity factor needed

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:32 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: You don't need to consider any of that to see if the figure I used, 140 megawatts of average power, is in the right ballpark needed to keep a 747 in the air. At takeoff a 747 can hold 60,000 gallons of gasoline and stay in

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:27 AM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014  'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:52 AM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:32 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: You

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread John Clark
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:15 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Though algae biofuels are quite ready for prime time yet [...] Biofuel is the fuel of the future, and always will be. And Chris, 18 square miles of stinking unpleasant algae ponds

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 12:29 PM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:15 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 12:43 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? Among the grateful TV watchers, the comrades chris solar Morsella and Quentin Burner anciaux will enjoy a good life as eco-policemen

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
- From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 2:27 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: So

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread meekerdb
On 7/14/2014 1:24 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: An all electric plane may never arrive, but through materials science, using materials like graphenes, like superconducting materials, that day may arrive soon. On the other hand, it might be easier to make magnetic confinement fusion

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
You are too naive. Don´t subestimate human stupidity. Stupidity is infinite, it goes beyond what can produce this list. Once a cheap and abundant source of clean power is discovered, chances are that will be not well received by the eco-elite. It is more, it will be considered as a disaster

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
It is more, once wind turbines and solar panes started to be installed in mass quantitites, that was heavily opposed by the hard ecologists with excuses so excentric as they endanger the aestetic, they distract the passing birds and so on. Once they saw that the production of electricity and the

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-14 Thread Alberto G. Corona
But continue your technocratic discussion. How many kilowats are necessary for whatever stupid nothingness. You look like the youngs of the nazi germany dreaming in a future of peace,, running happy trough the green country when the first jew stablishments started to be burned in the cities. You

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Quentin Anciaux
[mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 3:43 PM

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Quentin Anciaux
everything-list@googlegroups.com: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? I don't see people rushing into uranium and thorium power, nor, do I see fusion coming along in two decades. For spaceflight, yes, for commercial power, we just don't seem to be lucky with the physics

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Quentin Anciaux
[mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Alberto G. Corona
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, July 12

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread Quentin Anciaux
To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? I don't see people rushing into uranium and thorium power, nor, do I see fusion coming along in two decades. For spaceflight, yes, for commercial power, we

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: From: everything-list@googlegroups.com

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Quentin Anciaux Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 1:55 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? Le 13 juil. 2014 10:34, Alberto G

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
-Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alberto G. Corona Textile plants demand also a lot of energy. Do will be allowed to use the Mao suit at least? What textile plants?... Didn't they all get outsourced to

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-13 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 6:42 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: I don't see people rushing into uranium and thorium power Unfortunately I don't see people rushing into thorium power either, at least in the West, but it needn't have been that way; as I

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:12 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Desalinization works commercially, or does it? What you need to make a desalination plant successful is exactly the same thing you need to cure world poverty in general, lots and lots of

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 6:12 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: Desalinization works commercially, or does it? What you need to

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread John Clark
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:33 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List everything-list@googlegroups.com wrote: naturally, you are entitled to your opinions Thanks, and you are entitled to my opinions too. however they do not seem to be supported by statistics, Take a look at this:

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Clark Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:57 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:33 PM, 'Chris de

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread John Mikes
John K trhanks for your crusade for desalination, a topic FOR which I worked the 1st 40 years of my career (1947-87) both in matrerial development and technology studies. Unfortunately BIG Money prefers profit and not the deveopment of long-term introductory branches. One of the most promising

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
government subsidies. And electricity isn't the only part of the energy pie. John K Clark -Original Message- From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 1:57 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 3:43 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? I don't see people rushing into uranium and thorium power, nor, do

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread Russell Standish
I saw that webpage, but it didn't quote anything, nor give any form of justification. Brent gave one, that perhaps was peak power at the end of ascent, but it still doesn't sound quite right to me. Once an aeroplane is airborne and landing gear is retracted, maximum thrust is no longer needed.

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread meekerdb
On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: *From:*everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] *Sent:* Saturday, July 12, 2014 3:43 PM *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread meekerdb
On 7/12/2014 5:50 PM, Russell Standish wrote: I saw that webpage, but it didn't quote anything, nor give any form of justification. Brent gave one, that perhaps was peak power at the end of ascent, but it still doesn't sound quite right to me. Once an aeroplane is airborne and landing gear is

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-12 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 8:27 PM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/12/2014 4:37 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-11 Thread LizR
On 11 July 2014 17:26, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 10:16 PM, LizR wrote: On 11 July 2014 06:22, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 12:59 AM, LizR wrote: Without claiming to be a wiser head, I will still say that you don't use 747s in a green economy!

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-11 Thread meekerdb
On 7/11/2014 12:12 AM, LizR wrote: On 11 July 2014 17:26, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 10:16 PM, LizR wrote: On 11 July 2014 06:22, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 12:59 AM,

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-11 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: I wonder where the 140MW factoid comes from? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28power%29 John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-11 Thread LizR
Unfortunately air travel is the only way to get around NZ that doesn't involve a LOT of driving or a very, very slow train journey. -- 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

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 04:34:07PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 7/9/2014 10:51 AM, John Clark wrote: Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, so let’s see how many solar cells would be needed to make the fuel to keep one in the air. A 747 jet uses on average 140 megawatts of

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread LizR
Without claiming to be a wiser head, I will still say that you don't use 747s in a green economy! You use airships... And you reduce air traffic by getting almost everyone to telecommute. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List group. To

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: IIRC, the average insolation is something like 1kW/m^2, so that would make John's solar cells around 3% efficient At noon under ideal conditions a square meter of solar cells can produce about 150 watts, but

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread meekerdb
On 7/10/2014 12:28 AM, Russell Standish wrote: On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 04:34:07PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 7/9/2014 10:51 AM, John Clark wrote: Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, so let’s see how many solar cells would be needed to make the fuel to keep one in the air.

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread meekerdb
On 7/10/2014 12:59 AM, LizR wrote: Without claiming to be a wiser head, I will still say that you don't use 747s in a green economy! You use airships... And you reduce air traffic by getting almost everyone to telecommute. The trouble with airships is that they slow and they can't handle bad

RE: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
-Original Message- From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 12:29 AM To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Wed, Jul 09

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread Alberto G. Corona
The problem is not what a green economy would sustain, but where the mass hysteria of the self appointed planet savers would be redirected when they find that the planet does no longer need to be saved, except from themselves. I guess that they will be inmediately concerned by micro-agressions

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 01:23:35PM -0400, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: IIRC, the average insolation is something like 1kW/m^2, so that would make John's solar cells around 3% efficient At noon under ideal conditions a

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread meekerdb
On 7/10/2014 4:42 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 01:23:35PM -0400, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: IIRC, the average insolation is something like 1kW/m^2, so that would make John's solar cells around 3%

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 06:00:14PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 7/10/2014 4:42 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 01:23:35PM -0400, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote: IIRC, the average insolation is something like

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread meekerdb
On 7/10/2014 6:24 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 06:00:14PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: On 7/10/2014 4:42 PM, Russell Standish wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 01:23:35PM -0400, John Clark wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Russell Standish li...@hpcoders.com.au wrote:

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread LizR
On 11 July 2014 06:22, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 12:59 AM, LizR wrote: Without claiming to be a wiser head, I will still say that you don't use 747s in a green economy! You use airships... And you reduce air traffic by getting almost everyone to telecommute. The

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread LizR
By the way, it looks like the US economy is starting to green... http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2014/jul/06/sheldon-whitehouse/there-are-already-more-american-jobs-solar-industr -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Everything List

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-10 Thread meekerdb
On 7/10/2014 10:16 PM, LizR wrote: On 11 July 2014 06:22, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net mailto:meeke...@verizon.net wrote: On 7/10/2014 12:59 AM, LizR wrote: Without claiming to be a wiser head, I will still say that you don't use 747s in a green economy! You use

How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread John Clark
Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, so let’s see how many solar cells would be needed to make the fuel to keep one in the air. A 747 jet uses on average 140 megawatts of power, incidentally even the old fashioned nuclear reactor on a Nimitz class aircraft carrier can

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:51 AM Subject: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, Liquid hydrogen

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread LizR
...@gmail.com *To:* everything-list@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, July 9, 2014 10:51 AM *Subject:* How will air travel work in a green solar economy? Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, Liquid hydrogen is hard to make and store (it needs to be liquefied to near

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread meekerdb
On 7/9/2014 10:51 AM, John Clark wrote: Liquid Hydrogen would be a pretty good fuel for airplanes, so let’s see how many solar cells would be needed to make the fuel to keep one in the air. A 747 jet uses on average 140 megawatts of power, incidentally even the old fashioned nuclear reactor on

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread meekerdb
On 7/9/2014 11:19 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: Liquid hydrogen is hard to make and store (it needs to be liquefied to near absolute zero -- an energy intensive process all by itself); the volumetric density of liquid hydrogen is not all that impressive either. Liquid

Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy?

2014-07-09 Thread 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
From: meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net To: everything-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 4:42 PM Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On 7/9/2014 11:19 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote: Liquid