Standing Bear wrote:
It was too put forth to mollify the public. People wanted a weapon that
magically slew the 'enemy'.
Every account that I have read says it was secret. If you can point to some
other account saying it was public, please list it.
One Brit idea was the 'solid searchlight'. Yo
Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:52 AM
> To: vortex-L@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: BLP implementation path
>
> Standing Bear wrote:
> >Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
> >battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fea
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Subject: Re: BLP implementation path
Standing Bear wrote:
>Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
>battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fearful public during the depths
>of World War II.
I believe that was an aircraft carrier made of ice mixed with sawdust and
Standing Bear wrote:
Conversely, the British once fully funded studies on a
battleship made of ice, purely to mollify a fearful public during the depths
of World War II.
I believe that was an aircraft carrier made of ice mixed with sawdust and
or ground-up newspaper. It was to be deployed in the f
On Monday 02 May 2005 20:17, Mike Carrell wrote:
> Standing Bear wrote:
>
>
>
> > Good use for it. Another use may be to utilize it for rocket propulsion.
> > There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
> > the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
>
A guy whose name I still don't know writes:
>The web site is a resume. Dr. Marchese is highly qualified as a
>researcher and has worked on several government projects. All
>of these will have had a classification of confidential or better.
>Without a need to know and the required clearances, a r
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To:
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: BLP implementation path
On Thursday 14 April 2005 15:15, Mike Carrell wrote:
In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual
alternatives
have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. An important
factor is
Standing Bear wrote:
>
> Good use for it. Another use may be to utilize it for rocket propulsion.
> There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
> the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
> highly classified. This just may have been the real ticke
Someone whose name I don't know writes:
>There was a government funded study that stopped short of testing
>the power of this rocket. Then nothing. Probably working now and
>highly classified.
Hey, how about just writing Anthony and asking him about the project?
http://users.rowan.edu/~marchese
On Thursday 14 April 2005 15:15, Mike Carrell wrote:
> In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
> have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. An important
> factor is perceptions of the future. While expansion and a better future
> are seen as possi
Horace wrote:
> At 2:49 PM 4/15/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >
> >My point in the essay is that wind and solar have well known problems,
and
> >hydrogen storage and distribution on the scale necessary to sustain our
> >present lifestyle is not attractive.
>
> In responding to this sentence
Horace Heffner writes:
> If everything but jet fuel is replaced with renewables then oil products
> should be extremely economical. Jet fuel should be cheap. However, there
> is no reason a suitable jet fuel can not be economically made from
> biological sources, like steam reforming of waste fa
Horace Heffner writes:
> It seems to me
> clear that we do not have to fully convert to a hydrogen economy to make
> dramatic reductions in the cost of energy . . .
Certainly not. In fact, if things like HTSC power transmission and better
batteries for cars and power smoothing become available,
At 2:49 PM 4/15/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
[snip]
>
>My point in the essay is that wind and solar have well known problems, and
>hydrogen storage and distribution on the scale necessary to sustain our
>present lifestyle is not attractive.
In responding to this sentence earlier I got sidetracked by co
At 2:49 PM 4/15/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
>Man could adapt, we have done so before and can do so again. Air cargo is a
>significant factor in international commerce, which gets fresh fruit from
>South America into our supermarkets in January. Dwindling oil reserves could
>be directed to such use [at
At 3:17 PM 4/16/5, Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
>In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:27:09
>-0800:
>Hi,
>[snip]
>>At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
>>>In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
>>>have been worked over thoroughly, and foun
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:27:09
-0800:
Hi,
[snip]
>At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
>>In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
>>have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory.
>
>Found unsatisfactory by whom? Y
(Jed, any idea why the reply field on your message come through pointing
to you, not Vortex?)
Jed Rothwell wrote:
The only conventional energy source that offers the same kind of unlimited
power and incredible capablities that BLP or CF offer is spaced-based solar. I
guess that would be solar-t
Mike Carrell writes:
> My point in the essay is that wind and solar have well known problems, and
> hydrogen storage and distribution on the scale necessary to sustain our
> present lifestyle is not attractive. However, BLP technologies offer a way
> forward which can work along with hydrogen prod
Horace wrote:
> At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
> >In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual
alternatives
> >have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory.
>
> Found unsatisfactory by whom? You must have been on another list.
I've been right here, watching
At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote:
>In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives
>have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory.
Found unsatisfactory by whom? You must have been on another list. There
are plenty of promising renewable and conservati
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