There are plenty of applications for Linux in the Business Sector and in education. I work for a community college and we have been using an IBM X-server for our mainframe. It is basically just a Dual PIII X-Server whith some mainframe emulation software called FLEX-ES. We use a version of SUSE Linux with the emulation software and then install the IBM Mainframe software. It works just as fast as our old mainframe. The server is custom built by an outfit down in Florida. It takes some special I/O cards to get everything to match up and we also started using a SCSI attached tape backup unit that takes the IBM Mainfram backup tapes.
We will probably also use Linux and J2EE for our new Database system when we get it up and running. We will use IBM servers for that also. We have all the boxes in and will start putting it together on 11-15-2004. It is like getting Candy when an IT Guy gets new stuff like this.
Interesting point. Ammonia could easily be used as a fuel; although a spill would cause real problems. Ammonia is chemically another form of Hydrogen. Another good fuel could be made from corn, or Ethyl Alcohol or something like that. I saw one site that had a plan to use borax?? When I was in the seventh grade, in science class we mixed water with a little Nitric acid and used a silver coin to make hydrogen from water.
Many fuel cells have a by-product of heat to the tune of 600 degrees or more! If you were really crazy you could make hydrogen form water by using electrolysis, and a little electricity and the byproduct would be Oxygen. I have seen plans to use Ammonia as a fuel for the fuel cell. There are as many types as there are imagination. Often they make electricity from Hydrogen which requires thin membranes plated with patinum. Another type is made from a crystal tube that is reated up to radiate heat and then uses thermo solar electric conversion. In other words they make electricity from heat. They look like a giant vacum tube or a small drum.
Pure electric cars that you have to charge are a complete flop. The EV1 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries and can only get up to 130 miles in good weather with no wind or hills. The batteries cost $10,000.00 and weigh 1,000lbs.
It would be easier to make an electric car with a battery system and a backup generator that kicks on whenever the charge falls. this would prevent the battery from loosing its charge. If you are going to charge batteries anyway, why not use a solarpanel for a roof to charge the batteries while it is in the parking lot. You wont have trouble finding the sunny spot; Hee Hee, Everyone else will park under the trees. On a van you could probably put 4 solar panels on the roof for faster changing and run a little exhaust fan of the extra juice.
I was thinking of a perpetual motion car that could make energy by a wind turbine hooked to a 3 phase generator or 2 or 3. a single shaft could propel several generators theorhetically. As you go down the road this would create some drag, but at 50 miles an hour you get plenty of wind to make the car go. Dual shaft Brushless DC motors could be hooked up to a transmission so the other shaft sticks out to run an alternator or charging system. Which could charge the batteries also. They make wind turbines that can spin up to 120 miles an hour, and can activate at 7 miles an hour. They slow them seves down when they go too fast. The possiblities are endless. The problem is people are not able to think outside of the box! It is too easy to keep doing things the same way because that is the easy way.
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There are plenty of applications for Linux in the Business Sector and in education. I work for a community college and we have been using an IBM X-server for our mainframe. It is basically just a Dual PIII X-Server whith some mainframe emulation software called FLEX-ES. We use a version of SUSE Linux with the emulation software and then install the IBM Mainframe software. It works just as fast as our old mainframe. The server is custom built by an outfit down in Florida. It takes some special I/O cards to get everything to match up and we also started using a SCSI attached tape backup unit that takes the IBM Mainfram backup tapes. We will probably also use Linux and J2EE for our new Database system when we get it up and running. We will use IBM servers for that also. We have all the boxes in and will start putting it together on 11-15-2004. It is like getting Candy when an IT Guy gets new stuff like this.
Interesting point. Ammonia could easily be used as a fuel; although a spill would cause real problems. Ammonia is chemically another form of Hydrogen. Another good fuel could be made from corn, or Ethyl Alcohol or something like that. I saw one site that had a plan to use borax?? When I was in the seventh grade, in science class we mixed water with a little Nitric acid and used a silver coin to make hydrogen from water.
Many fuel cells have a by-product of heat to the tune of 600 degrees or more! If you were really crazy you could make hydrogen form water by using electrolysis, and a little electricity and the byproduct would be Oxygen. I have seen plans to use Ammonia as a fuel for the fuel cell. There are as many types as there are imagination. Often they make electricity from Hydrogen which requires thin membranes plated with patinum. Another type is made from a crystal tube that is reated up to radiate heat and then uses thermo solar electric conversion. In other words they make electricity from heat. They look like a giant vacum tube or a small drum. Pure electric cars that you have to charge are a complete flop. The EV1 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries and can only get up to 130 miles in good weather with no wind or hills. The batteries cost $10,000.00 and weigh 1,000lbs. It would be easier to make an electric car with a battery system and a backup generator that kicks on whenever the charge falls. this would prevent the battery from loosing its charge. If you are going to charge batteries anyway, why not use a solarpanel for a roof to charge the batteries while it is in the parking lot. You wont have trouble finding the sunny spot; Hee Hee, Everyone else will park under the trees. On a van you could probably put 4 solar panels on the roof for faster changing and run a little exhaust fan of the extra juice. I was thinking of a perpetual motion car that could make energy by a wind turbine hooked to a 3 phase generator or 2 or 3. a single shaft could propel several generators theorhetically. As you go down the road this would create some drag, but at 50 miles an hour you get plenty of wind to make the car go. Dual shaft Brushless DC motors could be hooked up to a transmission so the other shaft sticks out to run an alternator or charging system. Which could charge the batteries also. They make wind turbines that can spin up to 120 miles an hour, and can activate at 7 miles an hour. They slow them seves down when they go too fast. The possiblities are endless. The problem is people are not able to think outside of the box! It is too easy to keep doing things the same way because that is the easy way.