I like this one. Is that a hydrogen powered robot tractor?
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:29 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > From California government site: > > http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/ivanpah/ > > I rest my case. Like I said before, even your futuristic robot upgrades > won't save obsolete technology (those were not androids in the picture) > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:23 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From their environmental filing: >> >> Each heliostat would have two mirrors, each 7.2 feet high by 10.5 feet >> wide, mounted on 6-inch diameter pylons, with a total height of 12 feet. >> Cables connecting each heliostat that transmit information to the >> controller, would be strung above ground. The mirrors track the sun >> throughout the day and reflect sunlight onto the receiver atop the central >> tower. *Mirrors would be washed every two weeks *on a rotational basis. >> Washing would utilize water accessed from the groundwater supply wells, >> following treatment in a water treatment system. Washing would be done >> using a truck-mounted pressure washer, and use *42.7 acre-feet per year*. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:18 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Funny Jed, you can't tell the difference between an animation and real >>> life. Let me show you real life Ivanpah... >>> >>> [image: Argus Contracting at Ivanpah Project] >>> >>> http://www.irexcontracting.com/subsidiary/argus-contracting/project-gallery/missing-title-and-text/ >>> >>> Are you that easy to fool? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Obviously. Also, this is the first brightsource tower to produce one >>>>> watt of sustainable power. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes. But many others are in operation, as I noted. Apple, Compaq and >>>> Dell were not the first companies to build computers. Do you suppose that >>>> meant they were incapable of doing it? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Show me the robots driving through that desert Jed, washing those >>>>> 350,000 + mirrors. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Here, let me Google that for you: >>>> >>>> Autonomous Electrostatic Heliostat Cleaning Robot >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMgW-VFvzRs >>>> >>>> There are many other robotic heliostat cleaners in arid and desert >>>> areas already in operation. They have been in operation for years. >>>> >>>> - Jed >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
