Re: Cold Fusion Supernova 1987A]

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Maybe the gamma burst was the culprit? OTOH "Cygnons" could be Positronium (coupled electron-positron pairs). Fred http://www.energystorm.us/Transmutation_Of_Radioactive_Nuclear_Waste-r80699.html Studies have shown that all proposed transmutation processes to treat RNW using neutron

Re: Cold Fusion Supernova 1987A]

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Interesting to associate this photon transmutation study with the D + D He-4 + 24 Mev (photons) and transmutations in CF. - Original Message - From: Frederick Sparber To: vortex-l Sent: 3/17/2006 7:09:18 AM Subject: Re: Cold Fusion Supernova 1987A] Maybe the gamma burst was

RE: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Zell, Chris
I have feared that, perhaps, we have encountered fundamental problems with trying to squeeze more energy density and low cost efficiency out of an electrochemical process such as batteries depend on. Where can we go beyond lithium? That's why the ultracap approach is so exciting - it's a whole

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
I agree, progress in this field can't be incremental. The main issue with electrochemical batteries (lithium or whatever they might come up with in the future) is cost in the long run due to limited life (in number of recharges). A dry parallel plate type capacitor such as the EEstor device

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: I couldn't agree more about CF, I am all for it, that's why I get so frustrated that CF issues aren't addressed a bit faster and with more efficiency, do we want to see this thing working in our lifetime I wonder? That all depends on politics. If we could persuade the

Re: Efimov state - key to multi-nuclear LENR?

2006-03-17 Thread Jones Beene
Frank, This structure has the property that no two rings are interlocking, therefore if any one of the rings is removed, then all three separate. That would indicate temporary stability... I was trying to visualize it with three proper rings and I couldn't. I now see why. It's cos they

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
That's why I think videos of working experiments which would make nice stories for TV should be taken. Michel - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Simple comparison electric car versus

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
From what I've seen on this topic, no one has suggested putting a high efficiency battery (comparable to the one in your vehicle) or other storage device in your garage and charging it with a rooftop solar panel, windmill (this was done down on the farm in the 1930s), waste heat device, then

Re: Efimov state - key to multi-nuclear LENR?

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Jones. You picked up on the 137 contact points of (Crotalus cerastes Particlaes) didn't you? :-) Particle Wavelength Lambda = hc/E = circumference of frictionless jar. containing said snake Frequency f = c/lambda = 1.23e20 Hz for electron or positron. Displacement current I = q*f =19.68

Papp Variant Noble Gas Engine

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
The Sabori Inert Gas Vacuum Engine According to the video, a forerunner to this engine was brought to U.S. by Hungarian, Joseph Papp. Sabori joined him in 1985, investing a large sum of money in a joint venture. Mr. Papp refused to share, per contract agreement. The case ended in court in

Flywheels to be used in N.Y. and Calif. to store electricity

2006-03-17 Thread OrionWorks
Vorts, A recent comment I read several weeks ago from my subscription to Kiplinger Forecasts caught my attention. The newsletter claimed that there would be a [new] form of energy storage technology that would debut sometime in 2007 in both New York and California. The technology would allow

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Any way you slice it, Michel battery storage of electricity off the Grid is the most practical way to store Pipeline Hydrogen for Vehicle use. Fred Michel Jullian wrote: Well no the Eiffel Tower couldn't support a windmill on top as it already supports TV emitters, and your scheme would make

Flywheel in homes. Could it be economical?

2006-03-17 Thread OrionWorks
Vorts, The recent flywheel Beacon Power technology that was brought to my attention made me wonder if there might be an economic advantage in manufacturing smaller scale versions of this technology that perhaps could be installed in a typical homeowner's basement to store "surplus" electricity,

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
(reply pb not gone Fred) Ok if by battery you mean ultracaps :) Wait, what do you mean by Pipeline Hydrogen? Michel - Original Message - From: Frederick Sparber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: Re: Simple comparison electric

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Michel Jullian wrote. Ok if by battery you mean ultracaps :) Wait, what do you mean by Pipeline Hydrogen? Hydrogen produced on a large scale by electrolysis or coal and biomass gasifican etc, delivered to the user by pipeline. Production based on demand eliminates the economically elusive

EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: Michel Jullian BTW Fred (and other distinguished vorts) I would be interested in your  opinion on the EEStor patent I discovered a few days ago  http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html (copy-paste app number  0040071944, I haven't found how to link

RE: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread Keith Nagel
Hi Ham, Yes, I did like the app, and had a few thoughts about it. K. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 2:28 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
Hi K, do you think it can work? (you seem to have a reply-to problem just like Fred BTW) Michel - Original Message - From: Keith Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:55 PM Subject: RE: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus

Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: Keith Nagel Hi Ham, Yes, I did like the app, and had a few thoughts about it. At 0.5 kWh per mile that's 104 miles for the 52 kWh, 336 lb battery assuming linear discharge and total depletion. Is the battery heavier when charged? g Terry

O.T. Speaking of St. Patrick's Day

2006-03-17 Thread Frederick Sparber
Mike and his wife drove into town to celebrate the occasion. On the drive home, Mike was pulled over by a policeman who informed him that his wife "had fallen out of the car when he turned the corner a few miles back, but she was unhurt". "Thank the Lord!." Mike exclaimed, "I though I was going

Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
104 miles range isn't much! Are you sure about the 0.5 kWh per mile for an electric car? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:27 PM Subject: Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: Michel Jullian 104 miles range isn't much! Are you sure about the 0.5 kWh per mile for an electric car?  Uh, the first message in this thread: http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg12220.html

RE: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread Keith Nagel
Wow, hey Fred, we have something in common. BTW, how's the house coming? You get any bites yet? K. -Original Message- From: Michel Jullian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:02 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric

Gorlov turbine looks like a winner

2006-03-17 Thread Horace Heffner
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/002383.html The Gorlov turbine looks like a winner. It has been around a while. Too bad it is so slow to progress. Maybe the new energy prices will change that.

Re: EEStor Patent

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: Michel Jullian 104 miles range isn't much! Are you sure about the 0.5 kWh per mile for an electric car?  While 0.5 kWh was quoted previously, paragraph [0073] of the patent app says: It is estimeated that is (sic) takes 14 hp, 746 watts per hp, to power

Re: EEStor Patent(was: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline)

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
Thanks, sorry I have caught the thread en route, I should have looked it up myself. Jed/Wikipedia said 0.3 to 0.5 kWh in fact, 52 kWh would be nearly acceptable for say 0.3 kWh/mile on the road (170miles=300km range), and 0.5 kWh in town, 104miles in town as you said. The thing is with this

Re: EEStor Patent

2006-03-17 Thread Michel Jullian
BTW, the stereo music alone from some cars here in Atlanta will limit the range to well below 100 miles. LOL :) Yes there is a problem with the figures, it may be that EEStor talks about european cars, and Jed/Wikipedia about US cars ;) Michel - Original Message - From: [EMAIL

Re: Oops! No Mars Water?

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
Hi, On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 I wrote:- -- In reply to Mitchell Jones's message of Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:18:54 -0500: [snip] ***{How can pressure rise from 8 to 5200 mbar after all of the CO2 in the atmosphere--i.e., 90% by

Re: Cold Fusion Supernova 1987A]

2006-03-17 Thread Bob Fickle
Yes, they will follow the field lines; but there's not much large-scale order to the galactic magnetic field, so it's more a diffusion process, once the particles leave the supernova's immediate area. There's no significant recombination- not enough electrons moving close to the same speed,

Re: Oops! No Mars Water?

2006-03-17 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: Robin van Spaandonk Now, 5 years later we see:- http://www.physorg.com/news11858.html At the same time we also see: http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8857-big-new-reservoir-of-wate r-ice-suspected-under-mars.html http://tinyurl.com/heqdz The

Re: Spoof articles about cold fusion

2006-03-17 Thread Steven Krivit
Truth be told.Ferrar (is his last name) sent it to me somewhat hacked up. I enjoyed his delightful creativity so much that I edited his draft it into standard AP-style news copy and sent it back to him. Gotta hand it to this guy..he really has a great sense of humor and also has his ear

Re: Simple comparison electric car versus gasoline

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:45:30 -0500: Hi, [snip] States with significant wind resources are thousands of miles away, and you cannot transmit electricity that far. Georgia has no significant renewable energy resources. It is a shame you cannot transmit

FW: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday March 17, 2006

2006-03-17 Thread
forward from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Akira Kawasaki) [Original Message] From: What's New [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/18/2006 12:58:12 AM Subject: [BOBPARKS-WHATSNEW] What's New Friday March 17, 2006 WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 17 Mar 06 Washington, DC 1. THE

Re: A meteorogolist speaks on climate change

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to RC Macaulay's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:54:43 -0600: Hi, [snip] People being creatures of habit, will choose the least painful method.. which is .. do nothing. Richard They will however choose something if it is perceived to result in an immediate benefit. I.e. if you give

Re: Polar CO2

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:03:49 -0900: Hi, [snip] Polar carbon dioxide increasing at surprising rate. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1729255,00.html In 1990 this key cause of global warming was rising at a rate of 1 part per million (ppm).

Re: Electronium (*e-) Enrichment in Biological Transmutations?

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Frederick Sparber's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:05:11 -0700: Hi, [snip] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2002ApPhL..81.1098Kamp;db_key=PHYamp;data_type=HTMLamp;format= Abstract~ We have investigated effects of electric fields on the yield of secondary

Re: Polar CO2

2006-03-17 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 17, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:03:49 -0900: Hi, [snip] Polar carbon dioxide increasing at surprising rate. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1729255,00.html In 1990 this key cause of global

Re: Efimov state - key to multi-nuclear LENR?

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:10:01 -0800: Hi, [snip] This ring means that three objects are entangled. If you pick up any one of them, the other two will follow. However, if you cut one of them off, the other two will fall apart, Chin said. There is something magic

Re: Polar CO2

2006-03-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:15:08 -0900: Hi, [snip] If it is indeed true then I could not agree more that it is catastrophic. I think independent confirmation is badly needed, not just at Mount Zeppelin but all over the polar regions. Too bad NASA has been

Re: Polar CO2

2006-03-17 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 17, 2006, at 9:33 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: (BTW krill are crustaceans, so they should be creating CO2, not consuming it). Check out: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060206230630.htm I mentioned krill because I think I read about an unexplained krill population