this might be where Private Enterprise wants to step forward and work on getting a space ship to approach a used up sat, and attack a sail to it to force it down the gravity well. With small control units on the sail, this could be really useful. That same tech would be needed for remote servicing of sats anyway, if private enterprise wants to take that on. As to who would pay, well, I would guess that whoever owns the sat would find it cheaper to pay 5-10 million to de-orbit a sat than deal with lawsuits. For the small to medium size, well that will require a totally different approach.
The reason is that Cargo, not passengers, PAYS BIG. My guess is that if we have a system that travels at 200 mph+, then we will see it take on numerous cargo like Mail, FedEx, etc. What it will not haul is cars, quantities of Chemicals, Lumber, Steel, etc. IOW, it will not be used for BULK freight. For things that do not require a fast time, they will use trucks, boats, or even regular train. It is for this reason that the absolutely FIRST line should go between milwaukee to chicago, continue to Detroit to NYC. That corridor is where more money flows except for perhaps SF to SD.
It is a simple rail system that would intermix with roads. In addition, a earthquake would derail a train and with massive loss of life, ppl would quit it.
Instead, a maglev from GA that wraps the rail and travels from 150-300 mph would make more sense. It would be easily elevated where needed and then ran on the ground where cheap (any valley or plains in the west).
There were MANY reasons why the rail system gave way to highways. The biggest was that trucks were MUCH faster, since they ran point to point, and even ran faster than our trains (use to go at 80-100 mph). But more telling was that the railroad companies got complacient and allowed a NUMBER of cars to be lost. Constantly.
I have to say that I feel that this approach to high-speed is wrong. I think that the smart thing is to put up a grid of 3 rails east-west and 4 north-south. Then no stop except about every 500 or 1000 miles. From there, buses, regular trains, or trucks can take cargo and/or ppl.
Solar thermal as base power? Sure, it's somewhat predictable, but doesn't output drop when you get a cloud?
Which is why you store the heated oil. At this time, I would simply add SMALL amount of storage (less than 1 hour) and then back it up with natural gas to the mix, to provide heat when clouds or night hit..
Key phrase there, "In the long run". Yes, in the long run. As in, in another 10-20 years. BUT at this time, we MUST cut emissions as well as lower costs. PV does not cut it. TOOOOOO expensive. Right now, Solar Thermal is much cheaper.
The water table is within 10' (3 meters) of the surface throughout all of the Florida peninsula per a tour at hemmingway's house. It is for that reason that hemmingway's house was one of the FEW that has a basement.
Apparently, doing geo-thermal HAS a major issue there. The problem is that water is cooler underground which retards microbial growth. Add heat constantly, and all the fertilizers that Florida used on sugar, oranges, etc and you have a REAL issue with growth in your drinking water. As such, a number of the counties NOW control that VERY closely. The reason that I know about this, is that my father lives in Palm city and I suggested that to him to lower his AC bill. He told me all the above.
is that it would be cheaper to that place to run a solar THERMAL generator. It would allow easy storage of heat (they use OIL for transfer medium; relatively trivial to store). But instead, they are taking the most expensive form of electricity there is; Solar PV.
I would love to know why dems are pushing wind and solar PV, when Solar PV is the most expensive option and wind can not be used as base power except with EXPENSIVE storage. Geo-thermal can serve as base power and solar thermal allows relatively cheap base power (solar thermal is cheaper than coal, but once you add storage, it is more expensive; but not by much).
To store, we need to convert them to electrons. I will be happy to demonstrate the process. And I am certain that within the first 100-100K lawyers, I will have the process down correctly. We will be able to convert all of our lawyers to electrons.
Hmmm. From what I knew of your politics, the SP was a minor party. But looking at wiki it seems to indicate that it has grown. All I can say, is that just because somebody preaches something, does not mean that they will do it. Here in America, the republicans spoke of balanced budget, strong economy, smaller Gov, competent ppl, and none interference with other nations. Look at how that worked out under reagan and W.
While this is useful to redirect lightening away from areas, I would think that this might be useful to capture lightening. There is a LOT of energy in a bolt.
and of course the wasted effort of carrying a 800 pound battery instead of a 16 pounds of gas+ 40 pound generator.
I always laugh when ppl speak about some of this. First, in a regular ICE similar to the roadster, the ICE weighs around 500 lbs. Then add another 100 lb for tank as well as 10 gals of fuel. Finally, the typical car use metal and plastics for exterior which adds 100-200 lbs more than the composites that most of the electrical are using. Basically, you are carrying about the same with a pure electrical car. BUT, where is the real issue ? Wind resistance, not rolling resistance. Aptara is actually doing a better job on that, but will probably have a more difficult time selling. Tesla has a better visual car, and will likely have a great deal more sales. In the end, I suspect that Tesla will do a LOT more about the wind resistance. In the end, the weight of the pure electrical car is total nonsense.
BTW, comparing electrical cars to hybrid cars is also total BS. All of the hybrids have an ICE, a generator, a battery, and an electrical motor. A serial hybrid will actually have lower weight then a parallel (prius) due to complex transmission being gone. So, the question is, how much will a hybrid like the volt weigh? More than the pure electrical car. The reason is that the volt will carry around a small motor that weighs about 300lb, an alternator, which is at least 50 lbs, a set of batteries that will weigh at least 1/5 of the weight of Tesla (200/40) so that is 200 lbs. Then add in 10 gals of fuel, and you are looking at close to the same weight as a 200 mile rated electrical car. BUT, you now have the complexities (read disadvantages) of the electrical car AND gas car. LOTS more parts, work and maintenance will go in the hybrid vs either ICE or Electrical. The hybrid really only makes sense for vehicles that will be long haul or away from easy charging; Basically Semi's or off-road vehicles. Oddly, GM would do well to switch the Hummer to this, and would rather throw away the line than make it really useful to the military (who NEEDS ELECTRICAL POWER), as well as lower energy consumption.
Well, as long as your are trying hard to be honest, a few more things left out:
48% of America's Energy is from Coal, with 20% from Nucs, and the majority of the rest of from Natural Gas and AE, etc.. I would suspect that Coal is going to drop rather quickly as we put in place either cap/trade (big mistake) or better yet, a time increasing tax on CO2 and hopefully pollution emissions.
In general, numerous studies have confirmed that we are able to produce the energy with today's power plants to power ALL OF AMERICA's cars (my understanding is the same is true of EU). The reason is that in general, car charging will be done at night, which will allow a bet use of power generators.
One of the bigger uses of the electrical cars (via batteries or supercaps) will be the ability to sell electricty back to the grid during needed times. For example, a housewife that only drives say 20 miles a day, may be willing to charge at night, and then sell back during the daytime at double the price paid. That is absolutely a HUGE use of electrical cars.
Electrical cars truly make the most sense since it allows our nations to slowly move off coal, oil and natural gas.
Sadly, there is little that is a mistake in gov., even though many explain it that way. I have been trying to figure out exactly what Clinton and Obama meant with their little "mistakes".
I have thought that if we blow up some of that wonder CO2 that is frozen on the poles, we could start the Global warming occurring there. Obviously, it would not last that long, BUT, it would certainly bring up the equator a number of degrees. From there, we could push some ammonia based meteors into mars increased dense atmosphere.
Also, I would not mind blowing one or two near several locations that appear to have some heat. Perhaps, we could tap a bit of volcanic action to create a SECURED source of heat, read energy.
Now, as to the issue of fallout, well, let me point out that with a weak magnetosphere , a lot of radiation is already getting through. I would suspect that the amount of extra radiation would not matter.
Of course, in the end, I would rather see us send several nuke reactors there.
If Canada was smart, they would invest heavily into robotics. Right now, they are allowing lots of temp workers to come from Mexico. BUT by focusing on automation, they could lower their costs of goods.
Assuming that they are selling between 5-10%, that is actually a pretty good jump considering that MS is putting the full press on this. Google and the telcos are now putting pressure on MS on the embedded systems that are going into ppl's pockets as well as home and even cars. Anybody who thinks that MS will allow Linux to take the desktop without a fight is dead wrong.
I have considered setting up a site to parody many of the minority race sites (for example, la raza), to make ppl think about it. And here it is. Now that I read it, and realize that it really does mimic La Raza, Farrakhan, Jackson, etc, I am absolutely disgusted by it.
It says that it carries its own weight. From the pic, it is appears to have a nearly identical design to l-marts new toy that they developed for sale to the US military and NATO. My understanding is that their exoskeleton is already in production.
"put the lawyers against" requires money, and a lot of it. Really? I was under the impression that many of the legal students in places like MIT, Harvard, etc were taking on the *AA. AND doing it for free. Of course, I could be incorrect. I guess that if I did not read the correctly in numerous articles, then we should all apologize to you.
OTH, If YouTube has a relatively open posting approach and I post something there, and another entity tells Youtube to take it down, then it is ME that was slighted, not youtube. YouTube is doing what they are suppose to do; Take it down upon recieving a take down notice. It is not their place to judge it. BUT, I could sue them if I have lots of money, or I could locate others that are already taking the fight to these idiots, and simply give them ammo to fight with.
if college students from places that are righting **AA put up fair use items. Then when Warner and others go after these, then put the lawyers against the companies. Once they feel the heat of lawyers, then things will change.
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this might be where Private Enterprise wants to step forward and work on getting a space ship to approach a used up sat, and attack a sail to it to force it down the gravity well. With small control units on the sail, this could be really useful. That same tech would be needed for remote servicing of sats anyway, if private enterprise wants to take that on. As to who would pay, well, I would guess that whoever owns the sat would find it cheaper to pay 5-10 million to de-orbit a sat than deal with lawsuits. For the small to medium size, well that will require a totally different approach.
The reason is that Cargo, not passengers, PAYS BIG. My guess is that if we have a system that travels at 200 mph+, then we will see it take on numerous cargo like Mail, FedEx, etc. What it will not haul is cars, quantities of Chemicals, Lumber, Steel, etc. IOW, it will not be used for BULK freight. For things that do not require a fast time, they will use trucks, boats, or even regular train. It is for this reason that the absolutely FIRST line should go between milwaukee to chicago, continue to Detroit to NYC. That corridor is where more money flows except for perhaps SF to SD.
It is a simple rail system that would intermix with roads. In addition, a earthquake would derail a train and with massive loss of life, ppl would quit it.
Instead, a maglev from GA that wraps the rail and travels from 150-300 mph would make more sense. It would be easily elevated where needed and then ran on the ground where cheap (any valley or plains in the west).
There were MANY reasons why the rail system gave way to highways. The biggest was that trucks were MUCH faster, since they ran point to point, and even ran faster than our trains (use to go at 80-100 mph). But more telling was that the railroad companies got complacient and allowed a NUMBER of cars to be lost. Constantly.
I have to say that I feel that this approach to high-speed is wrong. I think that the smart thing is to put up a grid of 3 rails east-west and 4 north-south. Then no stop except about every 500 or 1000 miles. From there, buses, regular trains, or trucks can take cargo and/or ppl.
Solar thermal as base power? Sure, it's somewhat predictable, but doesn't output drop when you get a cloud?
Which is why you store the heated oil. At this time, I would simply add SMALL amount of storage (less than 1 hour) and then back it up with natural gas to the mix, to provide heat when clouds or night hit..
Key phrase there, "In the long run". Yes, in the long run. As in, in another 10-20 years. BUT at this time, we MUST cut emissions as well as lower costs. PV does not cut it. TOOOOOO expensive. Right now, Solar Thermal is much cheaper.
The water table is within 10' (3 meters) of the surface throughout all of the Florida peninsula per a tour at hemmingway's house. It is for that reason that hemmingway's house was one of the FEW that has a basement.
Apparently, doing geo-thermal HAS a major issue there. The problem is that water is cooler underground which retards microbial growth. Add heat constantly, and all the fertilizers that Florida used on sugar, oranges, etc and you have a REAL issue with growth in your drinking water. As such, a number of the counties NOW control that VERY closely. The reason that I know about this, is that my father lives in Palm city and I suggested that to him to lower his AC bill. He told me all the above.
is that it would be cheaper to that place to run a solar THERMAL generator. It would allow easy storage of heat (they use OIL for transfer medium; relatively trivial to store). But instead, they are taking the most expensive form of electricity there is; Solar PV.
I would love to know why dems are pushing wind and solar PV, when Solar PV is the most expensive option and wind can not be used as base power except with EXPENSIVE storage. Geo-thermal can serve as base power and solar thermal allows relatively cheap base power (solar thermal is cheaper than coal, but once you add storage, it is more expensive; but not by much).
To store, we need to convert them to electrons. I will be happy to demonstrate the process. And I am certain that within the first 100-100K lawyers, I will have the process down correctly. We will be able to convert all of our lawyers to electrons.
Hmmm. From what I knew of your politics, the SP was a minor party. But looking at wiki it seems to indicate that it has grown. All I can say, is that just because somebody preaches something, does not mean that they will do it. Here in America, the republicans spoke of balanced budget, strong economy, smaller Gov, competent ppl, and none interference with other nations. Look at how that worked out under reagan and W.
While this is useful to redirect lightening away from areas, I would think that this might be useful to capture lightening. There is a LOT of energy in a bolt.
and of course the wasted effort of carrying a 800 pound battery instead of a 16 pounds of gas+ 40 pound generator.
I always laugh when ppl speak about some of this. First, in a regular ICE similar to the roadster, the ICE weighs around 500 lbs. Then add another 100 lb for tank as well as 10 gals of fuel. Finally, the typical car use metal and plastics for exterior which adds 100-200 lbs more than the composites that most of the electrical are using. Basically, you are carrying about the same with a pure electrical car. BUT, where is the real issue ? Wind resistance, not rolling resistance. Aptara is actually doing a better job on that, but will probably have a more difficult time selling. Tesla has a better visual car, and will likely have a great deal more sales. In the end, I suspect that Tesla will do a LOT more about the wind resistance. In the end, the weight of the pure electrical car is total nonsense.
BTW, comparing electrical cars to hybrid cars is also total BS. All of the hybrids have an ICE, a generator, a battery, and an electrical motor. A serial hybrid will actually have lower weight then a parallel (prius) due to complex transmission being gone. So, the question is, how much will a hybrid like the volt weigh? More than the pure electrical car. The reason is that the volt will carry around a small motor that weighs about 300lb, an alternator, which is at least 50 lbs, a set of batteries that will weigh at least 1/5 of the weight of Tesla (200/40) so that is 200 lbs. Then add in 10 gals of fuel, and you are looking at close to the same weight as a 200 mile rated electrical car. BUT, you now have the complexities (read disadvantages) of the electrical car AND gas car. LOTS more parts, work and maintenance will go in the hybrid vs either ICE or Electrical. The hybrid really only makes sense for vehicles that will be long haul or away from easy charging; Basically Semi's or off-road vehicles. Oddly, GM would do well to switch the Hummer to this, and would rather throw away the line than make it really useful to the military (who NEEDS ELECTRICAL POWER), as well as lower energy consumption.
Electrical cars truly make the most sense since it allows our nations to slowly move off coal, oil and natural gas.
And all this time, I thought W.C. stood for Water Closet. Instead, it was W and Cheney.
Sadly, there is little that is a mistake in gov., even though many explain it that way. I have been trying to figure out exactly what Clinton and Obama meant with their little "mistakes".
You appear to be making the mistake of thinking that this was an accident. It may not be. The "gaming of the system" may actually be by the lawmaker.
I have thought that if we blow up some of that wonder CO2 that is frozen on the poles, we could start the Global warming occurring there. Obviously, it would not last that long, BUT, it would certainly bring up the equator a number of degrees. From there, we could push some ammonia based meteors into mars increased dense atmosphere.
Also, I would not mind blowing one or two near several locations that appear to have some heat. Perhaps, we could tap a bit of volcanic action to create a SECURED source of heat, read energy.
Now, as to the issue of fallout, well, let me point out that with a weak magnetosphere , a lot of radiation is already getting through. I would suspect that the amount of extra radiation would not matter.
Of course, in the end, I would rather see us send several nuke reactors there.
If Canada was smart, they would invest heavily into robotics. Right now, they are allowing lots of temp workers to come from Mexico. BUT by focusing on automation, they could lower their costs of goods.
Assuming that they are selling between 5-10%, that is actually a pretty good jump considering that MS is putting the full press on this. Google and the telcos are now putting pressure on MS on the embedded systems that are going into ppl's pockets as well as home and even cars. Anybody who thinks that MS will allow Linux to take the desktop without a fight is dead wrong.
I have considered setting up a site to parody many of the minority race sites (for example, la raza), to make ppl think about it. And here it is. Now that I read it, and realize that it really does mimic La Raza, Farrakhan, Jackson, etc, I am absolutely disgusted by it.
how this compares to l-marts new suit that is being sold to the DOD? It looks similar to it. I wonder if this has => strength, and endurance.
It says that it carries its own weight. From the pic, it is appears to have a nearly identical design to l-marts new toy that they developed for sale to the US military and NATO. My understanding is that their exoskeleton is already in production.
Oh, so you DO recognize irony when you see, eh? Just can not see the humour in such?
With that aside, many scientists DO believe that there is a "God" out there.
"put the lawyers against" requires money, and a lot of it.
Really? I was under the impression that many of the legal students in places like MIT, Harvard, etc were taking on the *AA. AND doing it for free. Of course, I could be incorrect. I guess that if I did not read the correctly in numerous articles, then we should all apologize to you.
OTH, If YouTube has a relatively open posting approach and I post something there, and another entity tells Youtube to take it down, then it is ME that was slighted, not youtube. YouTube is doing what they are suppose to do; Take it down upon recieving a take down notice. It is not their place to judge it. BUT, I could sue them if I have lots of money, or I could locate others that are already taking the fight to these idiots, and simply give them ammo to fight with.
if college students from places that are righting **AA put up fair use items. Then when Warner and others go after these, then put the lawyers against the companies. Once they feel the heat of lawyers, then things will change.