Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings
OrionWorks wrote: Stating that Lutz Co. really haven't the slightest interest in the environmental cause is an expressed opinion as well, even if a lot of the facts given to back up that opinion are, to say the least, damning. . . . I wouldn't say they haven't the slightest interest. I think all modern people agree that pollution is a problem. But Lutz dismisses global warming, which -- assuming it is real -- is a far more serious problem than pollution. That is why I stated previously if Lutz Co. continue to do what he claims GM is planning on doing, I personally don't care what his personal opinions might be. Perhaps the real question we should be asking ourselves is: Will Lutz Co. keep their word in spite of what their true opinions might be. . . . Agreed. With that said, I suspect I'm in general agreement with many of the opinions that have been expressed in this thread. But that's just my opinion. ;-) This reminds me a little of a recent hysterical column by Kinsley: http://www.slate.com/id/2185134/ McCain and the Times: the Real Questions My apparent concern about the appearance of the possibility of the appearance of a possible affair. . . . I am not accusing the New York Times of screwing up again by publishing an insufficiently sourced article, then defending itself with a preposterous assertion that it wasn't trying to imply what it obviously was trying to imply. I am merely reporting that some people worry that other people might be concerned that the New York Times has created the appearance of screwing up once again. . . . - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Nuke causes massive power outage
Mike Carrell wrote: Jed, you got this wrong. The power outage was caused by a fault at a substation, which disturbed the network and pieces of it disconnected to prevent damage to eqluipment. . . . The nuclear plant *did not cause the shutdown*. Yup. Later reports confirm that. Here's one: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/florida.power/index.html Florida probes how small mishaps caused massive outages MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Florida authorities are investigating how a small fire and a switch failure at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered a power failure that affected millions of people. When a nuclear power plant sensed the disruption, it shut down. In turn, the state's power grid triggered rolling blackouts Tuesday across the state. . . . As I said in the book, with something like cold fusion it would be better not to have a grid. - Jed
[Vo]:Nelson Ying back in the news
This is weird: http://www.wesh.com/education/15418063/detail.html The event is named after Dr. Nelson Ying, whose sponsorship provides for a high percentage of the event's budget. Ying is a nuclear physicist and entrepreneur who was a leading researcher on the cold fusion project. A leading researcher? In his own mind, maybe . . . - Jed
[Vo]:A palladium, heavy water, radio frequency experiment was conducted
I believe that the coherence length is equal to the downshifted Compton wavelength. Do you have a formula for this, and how does it differ from the definition of the De Broglie wavelength? BTW, did you notice the Fermi velocity? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The Fermi velocities are quite high. Electrons in the condution band travel at thermal velocites which are quite a bit lower. I not sure of the velocity distribution in a superconductive band. As far as the coherience lenght goes, there are may ways of looking at this. We can look at the individual pairs of electrons, as you do. I tend to look at the entire condensed state. In this state the electrons are Indistinguishable. They are part of the whole collective state. It the ground frequency of this collective state is what I am interested in. I would also like to know the velocity distribution of the protons in a proton conductor. I believe that they travel at low thermal velocities. These could also act as a plasma with the velocity proportionate to The density of the state. The velocity of the state should not affect the strength of the phonons that bind the state. This binding force is not a function of the deBroglie wavelength. It is a function of spin pairing. I'm not sure of all of the parameters involved with spin pairing. Cooling lowers the momentum MV of the electrons. This momentum tends to break the bonds of the binding. I have used cooling and vibrations of a certain frequency to increase the strength of the phonos that bind the condensate. I need to know much more about these things. Frank Znidarsic **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598)
Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings
Jed sez: ... This reminds me a little of a recent hysterical column by Kinsley: http://www.slate.com/id/2185134/ Funny! Ms. Iseman certainly has the appearance of sweet eye candy. Under the circumstances I think Mongo (from Blazing Saddles) had the right attitude. KISS, even if there might be some overhead involved in accepting candygrams. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Amazingly stable public opinion poll
After 8 days of stasis, the Gallup poll numbers have finally changed, with a significant difference between the candidates: http://www.gallup.com/poll/104611/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Election-2008.aspx From the point of view of polling and demographics, I would say this is the most complex and surprising election since the presidential election of 1948, in which Truman upset Dewey. Some of the major polling organizations actually stopped polling weeks before that election, they were so sure Dewey would win. My mother described this as the dawn of modern demographics. She said we'll never make such a big mistake again. She would be amused to see the 2008 election baffle the smartest pollsters. It isn't their fault as I said; it is an extraordinarily difficult election to call. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Nuke causes massive power outage
Howdy Jed, One of the 20 worse polluting USA coal fired electric power plants, The FPP plant ,Fayette county Texas has a problem. Seems their effort in finally getting the scrubber installed ( a little oversight when constructing it some 40 years ago...) hmmm. the concrete foundation for the new dual new scrubber failed inspection. To give you some idea of the enormity of the problem, the concrete slab will have to be broken up and removed . It is 70 feet in diameter and 8 feet thcik with reinforcing steel oh ! I forgot to mention the deep pier pilings under the slab are too difficult to remove so they will re-inforce the piers. The trick will be to drill holes in the slab and fill with a type of expanding grout to fracture the concrete into pieces for removal. Comment with the report.. it is obvious there will be a delay in completing our environmental improvements. This plant is owned by the state of Texas and the city of Austin... pristine in their thinking and rightousness in going after any polluter but their own. Not to be outdone.. as no Texas power producer can .. the Houston ship channel industries old Reliant power plant, one of 4 fallen into bankruptcy because of rising fuel costs and too broke to install pollution equipment, was resurrected from the dead and sold for 450m and change. The new owners will be given time to work out their pollution problems. No place but Texas, where no man's life nor property is safe when the legislature is in session. Not to worry says the regulators.. we in Texas are way ahead of the curve because the US is in serious trouble and face catastrophic electric power shortages across the nation this year caused by an aging infrastructure and by environmentalists causing delays in new plant construction. Richard
Re: [Vo]:Nuke causes massive power outage
if this were true, if there would be a shortage due to time taken to make a safer cleaner plant, well, then we need a shortage! On 2/27/08, R C Macaulay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy Jed, One of the 20 worse polluting USA coal fired electric power plants, The FPP plant ,Fayette county Texas has a problem. Seems their effort in finally getting the scrubber installed ( a little oversight when constructing it some 40 years ago...) hmmm. the concrete foundation for the new dual new scrubber failed inspection. To give you some idea of the enormity of the problem, the concrete slab will have to be broken up and removed . It is 70 feet in diameter and 8 feet thcik with reinforcing steel oh ! I forgot to mention the deep pier pilings under the slab are too difficult to remove so they will re-inforce the piers. The trick will be to drill holes in the slab and fill with a type of expanding grout to fracture the concrete into pieces for removal. Comment with the report.. it is obvious there will be a delay in completing our environmental improvements. This plant is owned by the state of Texas and the city of Austin... pristine in their thinking and rightousness in going after any polluter but their own. Not to be outdone.. as no Texas power producer can .. the Houston ship channel industries old Reliant power plant, one of 4 fallen into bankruptcy because of rising fuel costs and too broke to install pollution equipment, was resurrected from the dead and sold for 450m and change. The new owners will be given time to work out their pollution problems. No place but Texas, where no man's life nor property is safe when the legislature is in session. Not to worry says the regulators.. we in Texas are way ahead of the curve because the US is in serious trouble and face catastrophic electric power shortages across the nation this year caused by an aging infrastructure and by environmentalists causing delays in new plant construction. Richard -- That which yields isn't always weak.
Re: [Vo]:Nuke causes massive power outage
R C Macaulay wrote: Not to be outdone.. as no Texas power producer can .. the Houston ship channel industries old Reliant power plant, one of 4 fallen into bankruptcy because of rising fuel costs and too broke to install pollution equipment, was resurrected from the dead and sold for 450m and change. The new owners will be given time to work out their pollution problems. No place but Texas, where no man's life nor property is safe when the legislature is in session. Not to worry says the regulators.. On the other hand, let's give Texas and it previous Gov. G. W. Bush credit for progress in wind power. They are doing a remarkable job. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/business/23wind.html?scp=1sq=texas+windst=nyt Move Over, Oil, Theres Money in Texas Wind SWEETWATER, Tex. The wind turbines that recently went up on Louis Brookss ranch are twice as high as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that span as wide as the wingspan of a jumbo jet. More important from his point of view, he is paid $500 a month apiece to permit 78 of them on his land, with 76 more on the way. Thats just money youre hearing, he said as they hummed in a brisk breeze recently. Texas, once the oil capital of North America, is rapidly turning into the capital of wind power. After breakneck growth the last three years, Texas has reached the point that more than 3 percent of its electricity, enough to supply power to one million homes, comes from wind turbines. Texans are even turning tapped-out oil fields into wind farms, and no less an oilman than Boone Pickens is getting into alternative energy. I have the same feelings about wind, Mr. Pickens said in an interview, as I had about the best oil field I ever found. He is planning to build the biggest wind farm in the world, a $10 billion behemoth that could power a small city by itself. . . . I like wind because its renewable and its clean and you know you are not going to be dealing with a production decline curve, Mr. Pickens said. Decline curves finally wore me out in the oil business. At the end of 2007, Texas ranked No. 1 in the nation with installed wind power of 4,356 megawatts (and 1,238 under construction), far outdistancing Californias 2,439 megawatts (and 165 under construction). Minnesota and Iowa came in third and fourth with almost 1,300 megawatts each (and 46 and 116 under construction, respectively). . . . 4,356 MW nameplate translates into about about 1,400 MW actual, or 1.6 average U.S. nukes. That's very significant generating capacity! This fellow Louis Brooks is making $39,000 per month for doing essentially nothing! He just collects the checks. He will soon be making $77,000. That kind of money talks. People like him will ensure that the coal industry does not block the development of wind power. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings
Two problems: 1) Dealer automobile service centers are also independent profit centers. Electric cars need brake shoes and tires. . . that's about it. 2) The entire highway structure is maintained (financed) on state and federal gasoline taxes. No gas . . . no taxes. Recently, Georgia proposed maintaining highways with a sales tax. Interesting. Does Dr. Gina Abraham (head of Ga dept of transportation) foresee the future? Kick ass, Gina! Terry
Re: [Vo]:GM VP reveals his true feelings
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:53:36 -0500: Hi, [snip] Two problems: 1) Dealer automobile service centers are also independent profit centers. Electric cars need brake shoes ...in fact less of these too, because of regenerative braking. and tires. . . that's about it. 2) The entire highway structure is maintained (financed) on state and federal gasoline taxes. No gas . . . no taxes. ...no problem. Simply increase income tax to compensate. It won't make any difference to the people, they pay the same amount either way. Recently, Georgia proposed maintaining highways with a sales tax. Interesting. That would work too. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
Re: [Vo]:A palladium, heavy water, radio frequency experiment was conducted
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s message of Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:39:41 EST: Hi Frank, [snip] BTW, did you notice the Fermi velocity? [snip] The Fermi velocities are quite high. I was struck by how close the Fermi velocity is to your MHz-m, and wondered if there might be a connection? [snip] I not sure of the velocity distribution in a superconductive band. As far as the coherience lenght goes, there are may ways of looking at this. We can look at the individual pairs of electrons, as you do. I tend to look at the entire condensed state. In this state the electrons are Indistinguishable. They are part of the whole collective state. It the ground frequency of this collective state is what I am interested in. I suspect that the velocities will be different depending on your point of view. If one looks at individual electrons, then one is looking at the speed of that electron, however when looking at the collective state, one is perhaps looking at the speed of signal transmission within the collective. I would also like to know the velocity distribution of the protons in a proton conductor. I believe that they travel at low thermal velocities. These could also act as a plasma with the velocity proportionate to The density of the state. There is another velocity possible in these systems too, and that is the average velocity when tunneling is the means of transport, or is this the signal velocity? The velocity of the state should not affect the strength of the phonons that bind the state. This binding force is not a function of the deBroglie wavelength. It is a function of spin pairing. I'm not sure of all of the parameters involved with spin pairing. Cooling lowers the momentum MV of the electrons. I think some of the confusion arises from a lack of clarity in exactly what is cohering. [snip] I need to know much more about these things. [snip] Me too. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
