Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
People will argue that consumers cannot afford the additional hit to their
pocket books. I think this misses the point, since they're already bearing
the price in other, less obvious ways, including monetarily.
Exactly. We often end up paying more
See:
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/01/pg-e-approved-to-buy-power-from-solarreserve-csp-project-with-molten-salt-storage
The molten salt gives this 10 hours of production without sunlight.
- Jed
So does a gas turbine :)
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
See:
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/01/pg-e-approved-to-buy-power-from-solarreserve-csp-project-with-molten-salt-storage
The molten salt gives this 10 hours of
Isn't the academic view just amazing? When confronted with malaise about
Bangladesh treading water in decades to come, they go all 'chapter and verse'
with specifics - yet, when asked about paying the bills, they drift off into
magic and mysticism. Somehow it will get paid for. Thank you,
Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote:
It is reported that thousands of wind turbines in the US are idle or
broken . . .
Where is this reported? Wind turbines cost $1.3 to $2 million each. I think
it is highly unlikely the power companies leave billions of dollars of
resources idle for lack
You are right, Chris, mankind is being confronted by a growing list of
basic problems. Deciding which one is the most important is hard. All
of them have the potential to cause massive pain and suffering. What
is worse, the nature of the problem is too technical and complex for
most
Huh?
http://helios.izmiran.rssi.ru/cosray/main.htm
Mark Jordan
I wrote:
It works both ways. Wind turbines cover lost production from coal and
nuclear plants when they are down for maintenance.
Also, wind is sometimes more reliable and slower to vary than fossil fuel.
See:
http://www.awea.org/learnabout/utility/Wind-Integration-and-Reliability.cfm
Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
What is worse, the nature of the problem is too technical and complex for
most people to understand.
In the past, all problems were too complex for anyone to understand. In
1700 people did not even know that oxygen exists, and yet they ran giant
On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
What is worse, the nature of the problem is too technical and
complex for most people to understand.
In the past, all problems were too complex for anyone to understand.
In 1700 people did not
Current headline at BusinessInsider : 80% of French Think Their Country Is
Bankrupt.
Clearly, these suffering people would benefit from more global warming
solutions. Likewise the growing number of Spanish people now living on the
street. Or the British people who are burning second hand
ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote:
So does a gas turbine :)
Yes, but it costs $225 per hour in natural gas. I think. ($1.50/MHW?)
- Jed
What has happened in Moscow?
I don't understand the percentage. What does this mean?
It has never been so high for the last 2 years, but other spikes occurred,
even higher.
Arnaud
-Original Message-
From: MJ [mailto:feli...@gmail.com]
Sent: jeudi 31 janvier 2013 16:30
To:
Yes,
But it also costs approx. 1/5 capital for a gas turbine of Same MW. We
will also wait to see how long 375,000 mirrors/motors last in the wind/dust
swept desert
You forgot the fuel cost for cleaning mirrors with farm tractors and
squeegies and pumping mirror wash water from...where? I
Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote:
Clearly, these suffering people would benefit from more global warming
solutions. Likewise the growing number of Spanish people now living on the
street. Or the British people who are burning second hand books to keep
warm.
I doubt they are burning
ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote:
But it also costs approx. 1/5 capital for a gas turbine of Same MW.
That is true! But the cost is falling rapidly, and it would fall a lot more
with greater economy of scale.
We will also wait to see how long 375,000 mirrors/motors last in the
That's right, I forgot about those robots. Jed do you have the company
address I can order those through? I need a couple around my yard and one
to perform my wife's honey do list.
I am a Chemical Engineer, I spent 2 1/2 years of my life helping design the
largest operating industrial solar
ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote:
I am a Chemical Engineer, I spent 2 1/2 years of my life helping design
the largest operating industrial solar thermal plant in the World.
Then surely you know that modern ones do not call for people driving around
on tractors washing the mirrors.
Jed,
Very Cool Glossy Picture and CSP Greenie Weenie Magazine.
I will be very interested to see that thing wash 375,000 heliostats in the
Mohave Desert since there are no tracks for it to run on and they are
unevenly placed. How big is that water tank? Does another robot supply
the water?
A little more info here:
http://www.sener-aerospace.com/AEROESPACIAL/ProjectsD/hector-cleaning-robot-system-for-heliostats/en
There is a .pdf file out there with a bigger image but I can't find it.
- Jed
Hmm ... was there comment from an official source on this spike? There is
not much info that I can find online.
Where are higher neutron spikes shown in the data? I do not see any spikes
which are higher, but they might not show up on the monthly chart.
metro.co.uk Jan 5, 2013, Pensioners burn books to stay warm.
So, the investment in alternative energy would create more jobs? Like
polishing mirrors? Or do your robots do that after the coal miners/ railroad
workers/utility boiler feeders go on the dole?
Dismissing Wall Street opinion on
Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote:
Dismissing Wall Street opinion on alternative energy investment leaves me
a bit speechless - as the very manifestation of the mindset condemned in
others at the start of this thread. Goes full circle, I guess.
Business investment is not an exact
On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:54, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Take the mortgage melt down in 2008 and following, do you think any
intelligence was used by the financial industry. Yet these people almost
collapsed the financial system of the West, which has led to the present
I have played the Market ( profitably). I never gamble or play poker. Even
Malkiel in his Random Walk thesis considered that there could be exceptions
(closed end funds, for example).
Cold Fusion is an effect that needs to be a practical product and large
companies might hate the idea,
Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
Some of the world's smartest minds worked together to produce the
financial collapse. They had an implicit faith in the assurances of
free-market ideology and laissez-faire . . .
What they lacked was simple common sense and concrete incentives to
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Eric Walker wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 8:54, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Take the mortgage melt down in 2008 and following, do you think
any intelligence was used by the financial industry. Yet these
people almost collapsed the financial system
Is that a John Deere?
On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Jed Rothwell wrote:
A little more info here:
http://www.sener-aerospace.com/AEROESPACIAL/ProjectsD/hector-cleaning-robot-system-for-heliostats/en
There is a .pdf file out there with a bigger image but I can't find it.
- Jed
Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Some of the world's smartest minds worked together to produce the
financial collapse. . . .
Does what you describe not represent stupid behavior?
Yes! It is both smart and stupid, at the same time. Most wars are like that.
People who are
-Original Message-
From: Eric Walker
Take the mortgage melt down in 2008 and following, do you think any
intelligence was used by the financial industry. Yet these people almost
collapsed the financial system of the West, which has led to the present
financial situation. Stupid people
I make a distinction between intelligence and stupidly. The human
mind has many features that can exist at the same time, as you note.
For example, a person can be insane yet brilliant. A person can be
stupid yet a savant. Society has no ability to make a distinction. As
a result,
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
A little more info here:
http://www.sener-aerospace.com/AEROESPACIAL/ProjectsD/hector-cleaning-robot-system-for-heliostats/en
There is a .pdf file out there with a bigger image but I can't find it.
- Jed
is this
Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote:
is this it?
shortened url:
http://tinyurl.com/asqjdbx
Yeah. Still not a good image, is it? Maybe they don't want to release a hi
res version.
- Jed
It wasn't the free market that failed with the mortgage meltdown. It was
the federal reserve and the federal government which together created a
moral hazard. Peter Schiff had it right, back in 2006. Artificially low
interest rates promote consumption and distract from savings.
Let's not forget outright fraud and theft while government regulators did
nothing to touch the scofflaw 1%.
There was a whole body of state and local legal tradition in regard to the
transfer of mortgages that was ignored by the banksters. They ran document
fraud factories in which people
Chris Zell chrisz...@wetmtv.com wrote:
They ran document fraud factories in which people laughingly put down fake
names ( CBS '60 Minutes'). And nobody went to jail.
I saw that! It is appalling. I cannot understand why no one has been
jailed. Especially with Obama in office. Very
Does anyone know what the status is of the Nanor device at MIT? Has it been
kept running? Has anyone duplicated the device and successfully run it?
Thanks in advance.
[mg]
Swartz has been very secretive. His web site:
http://world.std.com/~mica/jettech.html
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote:
Does anyone know what the status is of the Nanor device at MIT? Has it been
kept running? Has anyone duplicated the device and successfully
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
Swartz has been very secretive. His web site:
http://world.std.com/~mica/jettech.html
Probably the most info publicly available:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Swartz has been very secretive. His web site:
http://world.std.com/~mica/jettech.html
Yep, that's a lot of ... er, stuff.
Probably the
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote:
And the video is AWOL. Sigh.
Damn. Well the .pdf is there:
http://coldfusionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HagelsteinPdemonstra.pdf
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote:
And the video is AWOL. Sigh.
Damn. Well the .pdf is there:
I read that ... which is to say I scanned it but I can't draw any
conclusions from it. Anyone willing to apply their huge brain to that
document and summarize it? Thanks in advance.
[m]
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:28 PM,
There was no other video of the NANOR publicly available other than
Barry Simon's (that I know).
Mitchell Swartz's two summary of the course posted on Cold Fusion Times
was re-posted by me here:
http://coldfusionnow.org/2nd-week-summary-of-cold-fusion-101/
Hagelstein's video is of
in the last decade. The world went from connected to hyperconnected,
so Woodrow C. Monte methanol-formaldehyde paradigm, being true, is
spreading and evolving exponentially: Thomas L. Friedman: Dan Novak:
Rich Murray 2013.01.31
technologists are waiting for KILOR and MEGAR
Peter
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Ruby r...@hush.com wrote:
There was no other video of the NANOR publicly available other than Barry
Simon's (that I know).
Mitchell Swartz's two summary of the course posted on Cold Fusion Times
was
I must be behind the curve ... and what might KILOR and MEGAR be?
[m]
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote:
technologists are waiting for KILOR and MEGAR
Peter
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Ruby r...@hush.com wrote:
There was no other video of the
Easy to answer: something GREAT(ER) - much greater, useful and efficient.
Generating intense heat, usable as a practical energy source.
Science is magnificent, technology works for us.
Peter
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote:
I must be behind the curve ... and
Peter,
Come on! Are those acronyms, flavors of vodka, ... What are you talking
about?
[mg]
On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Peter Gluck wrote:
Easy to answer: something GREAT(ER) - much greater, useful and efficient.
Generating intense heat, usable as a practical energy source.
Science is
NANOR scaled-up from milliwatts up. Nothing to do with vodka.
Peter
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote:
Peter,
Come on! Are those acronyms, flavors of vodka, ... What are you talking
about?
[mg]
On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Peter Gluck wrote:
Easy to
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