----- 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 than enough wind power in the world to generate all
of the energy we now use. We need only two things: the ideal battery and
HTSC power lines.
An alternative would be to use Tesla's method of pumping energy
into the Earth, and extracting it with tuned receivers. *No
transmission lines required*. Of course all power transmitters
would need to be owned by one entity, as there would otherwise be
no way of determining who should get paid.
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 connection. "Lamp" in this context
does not necessarily mean an incandescent lamp, which has low resistance,
but could be any of several versions of high frequency 'lamps' which Tesla
demonstrated at various times. Supposedly his backers withdrew support when
they realized that there would be no way to meter and charge for the power
drawn. Tesla's system would have generated enormous borad spectrum radio
noise which would have prevented the growth of AM radio broadcasting. The RF
energy desnity would currently be regarded as a health hazard.
Mike Carrell
