Hi Actually burying a recirculating loop might work pretty well. The gotcha is that going much deeper than 18" would require significant amounts of blasting powder. I suspect the neighbors *might* object ....
Bob On Dec 24, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Don Latham wrote: > Actually, couldn't you just squeeze your fish before you eat it? Should > have a lot of mercury in notime, according to the scaremongers. > Also, consider a heatsink buried about 10-15 feet deep. The temperature at > that depth in the ground does not vary very much at all. The trick to all > of this is to have a heatsink/source at a constant temp somewhere... > Merry Christams to all the nuts! > Don > > Bruce Griffiths >> Magnus Danielson wrote: >>> Bruce, >>> >>> Bruce Griffiths wrote: >>>> At your location, at present, it wouldnt be a significant problem as >>>> long as the basement was unheated. >>> >>> Depends. But having 3 dm snow on the ground helps to keep the ground >>> around the house warmer, as it will insulate against the cold of the >>> open sky. -12.8 C is the lowest so far. Since winter is reoccuring, we >>> build the houses accordingly. >>> >>>> Also good ventilation would help, together with a thin layer of oil >>>> on top of the mercury. >>> >>> Mmm. Yes, didn't think about covering the baths with fluids. >>> >>>> The biggest obstacle would be the cost of the Mercury. >>> >>> Actually, it could be an obstcle just obtaining in those amounts it >>> here within EC, so it would involve some form of approval of some form >>> of excempt since it is mercury is a ROS element. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Magnus >>> >>> >> Guidline price is around $US600/flask (1 flask = 34.5kg). >> Thus cost for 145 ton would be around $US2.5million. >> >> The Canadians have a liquid mercury mirror telescope about 6m in diameter. >> Whilst this doesn't use 145 tons of mercury the surface area would be of >> the same order. >> >> Bruce >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > -- > Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL > Six Mile Systems LLP > 17850 Six Mile Road > POB 134 > Huson, MT, 59846 > VOX 406-626-4304 > www.lightningforensics.com > www.sixmilesystems.com > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
