Re: [Vo]:Obama puts Schwarzenegger in charge of energy policy

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Kyle Mcallister wrote: 1. Applying emissions restrictions to new vehicles is not that big of a deal, as far as I am concerned . . . I have never heard of retrofitting older vehicles with emission controls. In any case, the main concern is for CO2 and this cannot be reduced in an older car

[Vo]:Dardik ICCF-14 paper uploaded

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
I was finally able to upload this paper: Dardik, I., et al. Ultrasonically-excited electrolysis Experiments at Energetics Technologies. in ICCF-14 International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2008. Washington, DC. http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/DardikIultrasonic.pdf This

[Vo]:Pickens wrong about trucks

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
This fellow T. Boone Pickens has a wonderful name but he has been making some technical errors which detract from his claims. One thing he has said which makes no sense to me is that large trucks cannot be made into hybrids. Coca-Cola just announced that they have converted 327 of their large

Re: [Vo]:Pickens wrong about trucks

2009-01-27 Thread Jones Beene
#7 in the Absolute Worst Predictions of 2008: I think you'll see (oil prices at) $150 a barrel by the end of the year -- T. Boone Pickens, June 20, 2008 Oil was then around $135 a barrel. By late December it was below $40. My comment: This does not in any way prove that the price of oil

[Vo]:Lewis Larson on the Nuclear Fix-up

2009-01-27 Thread Jones Beene
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php ... if only it were true... and I suspect that it is closer to truth than most experts realize.

Re: [Vo]:Pickens wrong about trucks

2009-01-27 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Jed, Better known in Texas as T-Bone Pickens, He is the personification of the Texas Oilman with a history to match. Owns Mesa Petroleum and Mesa Water.. He taught Phillips Petro and several others the fine art of the deal while taking their britches. However, he has stirred the pot and

Re: [Vo]:Pickens wrong about trucks

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: #7 in the Absolute Worst Predictions of 2008: I think you'll see (oil prices at) $150 a barrel by the end of the year -- T. Boone Pickens, June 20, 2008 I believe the price of oil plummeted because of the economic crisis, and I do not think anyone predicted a crisis of

[Vo]:Scientists Say LHC Black Holes Could Grow

2009-01-27 Thread Terry Blanton
By their prediction that the LHC BH will last 1000x as long as originally believed, they open the possibility that the BH could grow: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0901/0901.2948v1.pdf On the Possibility of Catastrophic Black Hole Growth in the Warped Brane-WorldScenario at the LHC Roberto

Re: [Vo]:Dardik ICCF-14 paper uploaded

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Mainly, they added the point that the cells are not presently optimized for low input and high output. I do not think it would be difficult to improve this ratio. More to the point, Celani does not think it would be difficult! He thinks this system could be made self sustaining by

Re: [Vo]:TO: Jed; MAYBE Pickens is NOT so wrong about SO-CALLED HYBRID trucks

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harbach Jak wrote: JED; You would be absolutely correct about PICKENS Hybrid Heavy Trucks if those trucks were TRUELY HYBRID. They are not though. Most of the latest socalled HYBRID HYPE out of Detroit is mostly 'Bull.' With a few 'tweeks' to the mostly samo-samo designed power-trains these

[Vo]:Real Hybrids are Cool!

2009-01-27 Thread Harbach Jak
Jed: If those heavier trucks are indeed going hybrid fuel-electric that would indeed be excellent. What I'm thinking though is that 30% less-consumption upgrade is the simple addition of 'California' type modifications that Detroit mostly has not bothered to apply to larger heavy-hauling

[Vo]:Re: Real Hybrids are Cool!

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Harbach Jak wrote: What I'm thinking though is that 30% less-consumption upgrade is the simple addition of 'California' type modifications that Detroit mostly has not bothered to apply to larger heavy-hauling trucks here-to-fore. I think it is unlikely that the Coca-Cola company would make

Re: [Vo]:Re: Real Hybrids are Cool!

2009-01-27 Thread Terry Blanton
New Jersey Transit saw 20 to 50 % improvement in their fuel consumption on their hybrid bus fleet: http://www.isecorp.com/hybrid_information_center/hybrid_benefits/fuel-efficiency.php It is noted that these are serial hybrid systems. Terry On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Jed Rothwell

Re: [Vo]:Re: Real Hybrids are Cool!

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: New Jersey Transit saw 20 to 50 % improvement in their fuel consumption on their hybrid bus fleet . . . I expect buses are particularly well suited to the hybrid design because they stop and go so much. Post Office delivery vehicles are another good candidate. It is

Re: [Vo]:Thermacore paper on web

2009-01-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Michel Jullian wrote: Have you tried Google Desktop? It did not work well for me. Perhaps I was using an early version. I use dtSearch. It is pricey but effective. My hard disk is well organized, so I seldom have trouble finding files. My problem is that I have forgotten what is

Re: [Vo]:Obama puts Schwarzenegger in charge of energy policy

2009-01-27 Thread Kyle Mcallister
--- Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Kyle Mcallister wrote: I have never heard of retrofitting older vehicles with emission controls. In any case, the main concern is for CO2 and this cannot be reduced in an older car by any means. No, they just want to boot them off the road.

Re: [Vo]:Wikipedia deletion: Pseudoskepticism

2009-01-27 Thread mixent
In reply to thomas malloy's message of Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:47:50 -0600 (CST): Hi, [snip] R C Macaulay wrote: Howdy Harry, Capitalism has no style. Capitalism, by practice.. is predatory. Richard Capitalism is a mechanism for wealth production. It works quite well, individual incentive, like

Re: [Vo]:Lewis Larson on the Nuclear Fix-up

2009-01-27 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:59:20 -0800 (PST): Hi, [snip] http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php ... if only it were true... and I suspect that it is closer to truth than most experts realize. Quote:- Nuclear binding energy released from fissile

Re: [Vo]:TO: Jed; MAYBE Pickens is NOT so wrong about SO-CALLED HYBRID trucks

2009-01-27 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:45:08 -0500: Hi, See http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/02/coca-cola-order.html Harbach Jak wrote: JED; You would be absolutely correct about PICKENS Hybrid Heavy Trucks if those trucks were TRUELY HYBRID. They are not though. Most