Re: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-15 Thread Mike Carrell
- Original Message - From: Robin van Spaandonk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Vo]: US Windpower In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:39:58 -0400 (GMT-04:00): Hi, [snip] Since electric cars are more efficient than gasoline powered ones, I expect there is more

Re: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-15 Thread Frederick Sparber
Mike Carrell wrote: Tesla did not 'pump energy into the earth'. He had a large antenna atop his Colorado transmitter and the idea was to pump energy into the cavity formed by the earth and the conductive ionosphere. Reportedly he was able to light a lamp at some distance without a wired

Re: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-15 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Frederick Sparber wrote: Mike Carrell wrote: Tesla did not 'pump energy into the earth'. He had a large antenna atop his Colorado transmitter and the idea was to pump energy into the cavity formed by the earth and the conductive ionosphere. Reportedly he was able to light a lamp at some

RE: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-14 Thread John Steck
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:11 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]: US Windpower http://www.capecodtoday.com/news246.htm Report: Enough wind offshore to electrify America Wind power offshore can equal the present

RE: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Steck wrote: I wonder what the environmental impact would be to tap it. Interesting point. I doubt it would be significant. Total wind power equals the total solar energy that intercepts earth, and that is immense compared to human energy consumption. Wind farms of that magnitude

RE: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-14 Thread Grimer
At 11:05 am 14/06/2006 -0400, Jed wrote: John Steck wrote: I wonder what the environmental impact would be to tap it. Interesting point. I doubt it would be significant. Total wind power equals the total solar energy that intercepts earth, and that is immense compared to human energy

Re: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-14 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:39:58 -0400 (GMT-04:00): Hi, [snip] Since electric cars are more efficient than gasoline powered ones, I expect there is more than enough wind power in the world to generate all of the energy we now use. We need only two things: the

[Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-13 Thread hohlrauml6d
http://www.capecodtoday.com/news246.htm Report: Enough wind offshore to electrify America Wind power offshore can equal the present capacity of all landed power plants. U.S. Dept. of Energy report is another big leap forward for Cape Wind T here is as much wind power potential (900,000

Re: [Vo]: US Windpower

2006-06-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Report: Enough wind offshore to electrify America Wind power offshore can equal the present capacity of all landed power plants. U.S. Dept. of Energy report is another big leap forward for Cape Wind That is astounding. There is also enough wind power in North and