Re: Ambient Gravimagnetic Field and the Earth Field

2006-02-02 Thread Horace Heffner
On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Could Gravimagnetism be involved in the precession of the perihelion of planet mercury? http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node98.html Harry Gravimagnetism has much to do with the precession of non-circular obits.

RE: Are Big Oil Conspiracies Really Off Base?

2006-02-02 Thread John Steck
It's the time traveling Nazis with the beam weapons... haven't you been following along? ;^) -j -Original Message-From: RC Macaulay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:38 PMTo: vortex-l@eskimo.comSubject: Re: Are Big Oil Conspiracies Really Off Base?

Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.slate.com/id/2135236/nav/tap2/ And especially this, from last year, describing Pimentel and Patzek's conclusions: http://www.slate.com/id/2122961/ - Jed

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
Much of the criticism about ethanol is simple pessimism, and ignores the likelihood that the technology will improve as it develops. www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1556439.htm -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006

RE: Are Big Oil Conspiracies Really Off-Base?

2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
Title: Message From: John Coviello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:19 PMTo: vortex-l@eskimo.comSubject: Re: Are Big Oil Conspiracies Really Off-Base? The way I see it, our dependence on oil is the product of one of the most far flung social engineering

Re: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Harry Veeder
Another hydrocarbon economy. Harry Jed Rothwell wrote: See: http://www.slate.com/id/2135236/nav/tap2/ And especially this, from last year, describing Pimentel and Patzek's conclusions: http://www.slate.com/id/2122961/ - Jed

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Zell, Chris wrote: Much of the criticism about ethanol is simple pessimism, and ignores the likelihood that the technology will improve as it develops. A terrific amount of money has been invested in the technology and it has not improved much. Industry spokesmen claim a 30% net gain which

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:51 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com Zell, Chris wrote: Much of the criticism about ethanol is simple pessimism, and ignores the likelihood that

Biofuels could replace 30% of fuel needs

2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
www.physorg.com/news10434.html The idea that this could be accomplished in only 5 to 10 years is wonderful. There may be a lot more hope out there than we think.

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Zell, Chris wrote: A terrific amount of money has been invested in the technology and it has not improved much. Industry spokesmen claim a 30% net gain which is abysmal. If that is the best they can do, the industry should be shut down immediately. And , of course, the same statement applies

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
We can burn ethanol in cars right now. There are no cold fusion cars. We are still waiting for a commercially available unit, so, you're quite right, ethanol and cold fusion aren't comparable. Since we are in the realm of mythology, you can believe whatever you wish about

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2006-02-02 Thread Zell, Chris
Groups advocating NIMBYism explicitly to fight against refining and production www.eco-action.org/dod/no7/66-75.html#2 Note the quote advocating universal nimbyism and doing everything to increase industry costs.

RE: Bush and ethanol in Slate.com

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Zell, Chris wrote: Since we are in the realm of mythology, you can believe whatever you wish about oil companies - but their LEADERS explicitly state that NIMBYism is behind the fact that the US hasn't built a refinery since 1976. Oil company leaders are remarkable people, but they

Let's kill all the remaining whales, too

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Zell, Chris wrote: Note the quote advocating universal nimbyism and doing everything to increase industry costs. Explain how it would reduce industry costs to build unnecessary refineries when the total volume of oil can only decrease rapidly in the coming decades. Chris, you need a

Re: Ambient Gravimagnetic Field and the Earth Field

2006-02-02 Thread Harry Veeder
Horace Heffner wrote: On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Could Gravimagnetism be involved in the precession of the perihelion of planet mercury? http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node98.html Harry Gravimagnetism has much to do with the precession

Re: Electron Flywheels and Turbines

2006-02-02 Thread ThomasClark123
Tesla used two high energy electron counter acting flywheels or alternatorsto power his flying saucers. The counter force to the excessive high electrical energy literally propels the ship through space. "Tesla worked out the problem of how to counteract the tendency of the ship to rotate due

Message from D. Pimentel

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote to Prof. P.: It must be terribly frustrating for you to hear Bush talk about ethanol in the State of the Union speech. You have my sympathy! He responded: Thanks for your note. It is frustrating and all this is undermining our nation. Darn right. - Jed

Re: Wind power stats for 2005

2006-02-02 Thread John Coviello
Jed, Interesting, but doesn't an average nuke plant put out about 1,000 MW? The ones in my part of the country put out 1,000 MW. John C. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Wind power

Re: Biofuels could replace 30% of fuel needs

2006-02-02 Thread John Coviello
It comes down to this. We've got the tools to solve our energy problems, now we just need the resolve to do the same, which will mainly be driven by the price of oil. - Original Message - From: Zell, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006

Using Waste Heat

2006-02-02 Thread John Coviello
There are a number of companies working on ways to use waste heat from both power generation and industrial processes to generate power. Some of these schemes propose to increase gas and coal generating efficiencies above 50%, from current efficiencies around 35%. These technologies run

Re: Ambient Gravimagnetic Field and the Earth Field

2006-02-02 Thread Horace Heffner
On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Horace Heffner wrote: On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: Could Gravimagnetism be involved in the precession of the perihelion of planet mercury? http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node98.html [snip]

Re: Message for Thomas Clark Regarding Hitler

2006-02-02 Thread ThomasClark123
In a message dated 1/28/2006 5:49:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For example:The "beam weapons targeting [you]",Being "contacted by many powerful persons in emails and by phone like the Generals of all Time (such as Chronos Hitler)",...and many other expressed

Re: Using Waste Heat

2006-02-02 Thread John Coviello
Here is an Internet resource pagethat I created that creafocuses on Advanced Power Generation schemes, mainly using waste heat to run a secondary power generation loop, thus increasing electricaloutput and efficiency. http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Advanced_Power_Generation

An Energy Business Idea

2006-02-02 Thread Horace Heffner
One of the problems with developing and selling wind and solar energy is the variability of these sources. Typically, alternative energy companies are small and horizontally organized. Many solar and wind companies have failed, in part due to the inability to market power that is not

Re: An Energy Business Idea

2006-02-02 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Horace, Makes sense, won't work Why? Because our nation has a fuel use addiction. It has taken 60 full years for society to become addicted. Fuel use excesses over this length of time become so ingrained that culture is actually modified. This habit began forming at the end of WW2. Prior

Energy

2006-02-02 Thread RC Macaulay
Hi Vorts, Another site if you missed it before. Some statistics shown are vald http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ Richard