[geo] Re: Ceiling the Deal

2009-08-03 Thread Andrew Lockley
An alternative is the turf roof http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turf_roof, which uses evapotranspiration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evapotranspiration for cooling. There is also a benefit from thermal mass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_mass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_massThese are

[geo] Is this what an energy revolution looks like?

2009-08-03 Thread Andrew Revkin
Here's an ARPA-E rejection letter. 98% of those pursuing energy breakthroughs rejected by DOE: http://bit.ly/EnergyRejection in first round... -- Andrew C. Revkin The New York Times / Environment 620 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10018 Tel: 212-556-7326 Mob: 914-441-5556 Fax: 509-357-0965

[geo] Re: Is this what an energy revolution looks like?

2009-08-03 Thread Alvia Gaskill
I've had a great deal of experience with reviewing EPA STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Grant and SBIR proposals, so I offer here my explanation for the 98% reject rate. The funding rate for these is usually about 15%, but within individual categories that means that of 8 proposals

[geo] Stop Using Vladimir Cousteau

2009-08-03 Thread Veli Albert Kallio
Hi, I understand that we all have enemies Finns have Swedish, British have French, Arabs have Israel, Americans have Russians... But Vladimir Putin and Jacques Yves Cousteau are respected at least by their own people. Also, more so as I am doing film project with Philippe Cousteau and

[geo] Method of hurricane weakening

2009-08-03 Thread Koldun
Method of hurricane weakening To fight against hurricanes it is suggested to initiate their premature beginning before they will collect the supply of shattering energy, and if succeeded, to initiate a few smaller cyclones which ,in principle ,will not attain a critical level. As a result,

[geo] Re: Method of hurricane weakening

2009-08-03 Thread dsw_s
This mostly sounds compatible with my opinions on the subject. However, I have in mind that tropical storms close together tend to merge into one larger cyclone. I don't know whether any aspects of the proposal are new or not. On Aug 3, 2:56 pm, Koldun victorkol...@gmail.com wrote: Method of

[geo] Re: The Storm

2009-08-03 Thread dsw_s
The warehouses are also for superheroes to fight supervillains in. Abandoned warehouse? You might as well ask for the Moon. http://evil-comic.com/archive/20060419.html On Aug 2, 8:17 pm, Alvia Gaskill agask...@nc.rr.com wrote: This movie turned out to be a two parter, the second one tonight