Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:10:09 > -0400: > Hi, > [snip] >> The overall total energy produced >> by wind is the same as the total energy from sunlight, which is no >> coincidence, as Deffeyes pointed out. > > This is trivially false. The wind is the result of a heat engine, > and no heat engine is 100% efficient. > Regards, >
Since the mid 18th century, physicists have glorified Nature as an efficient user of energy. (The surface of a soap bubble as an area of minimum energy is a prime example of this way of thinking about Nature.) Taking away Nature's crown of energy efficiency will rock the conceptual foundations of physics. Harry
