Jed Rothwell 4:55 PM (33 minutes ago) to vortex-l Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
Actually BrightSource bought Luz and I think that it never stopped > operations. FIRST HALF OF STATEMENT FALSE BACKED BY YOUR CHEERLEADING, > Luz went bankrupt. > That is correct. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Energy_Generating_Systems Right, we also used to have the Stanley Steamer and vacuum tube technology and they were REPLACED with better technology On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > You guys implied Luz kept operating, which was false >> > > No, we never said anything like that. Furthermore, if you review the > archives here, you will see that I and other have often discussed Luz, > their demise, and the reasons for it. > > > >> Hard to make that boiler, turbine and flat home depot mirrors much less >> expensive. That technology has been around for 100 years. >> > >> Same old girl in a new dress. >> > > Wind turbines used in wind mills have been around for 2,000 years, and in > sailing ships for about 4,000 years. Combustion technology has been around > for 300,000 years. In technology, that which was old is often made new > again. > > - Jed > >
