Put photovoltaics on roof tops. A surprisingly high percentage of roof tops have more than adequate solar exposure. Distribution (the grid) is unloaded in the extreme because neighborhoods would be generating most of their power needs. Here's the real clincher: nuclear plants cost $6,000 - $8,000 per kW of generating power and operational costs of 2.5 - 3.5 cents (US) per kWh whereas solar costs $6,000 - $8,000 per kW of generating power for installed residential systems and no operational costs. Solar panels are getting cheaper all the time and electricity produced by coal, gas, oil, or nuclear are all getting more expensive all the time. Keep in mind also that no one has ever been able to calculate Life-Cycle-Cost for a nuclear power plant. BTW Three Mile Island has not produced 1 kWh of electricity for decades but there is still a crew working at the plant 24/7/365 at no small expense to the rate payers in PA.
Man, you had me right up to the point where you said "Go Nuculear" Ever heard of the laws of thermodynamics? The real solution to stop sucking that oily nipple is solar. Truly effecient solar water heaters have been available for years but those same wealthy, powerful decision makers don't want any of that! For the capital cost to design, build and implement a nuculear reactor you could buy and install more than enough solar water heaters to eliminate the need for the nuculear plant. This is assuming that there are no operational costs for the nuke plants 25 year life and there is no cost for waste disposal/containment. Do you know why no one has ever done a life cycle cost analysis for a nuculear plant? No one has ever figured out how to decomission one once all those stainless steel cooling pipes begin to crack from embrittlement due to neuton bobmbardment.
'Novell's claim that "Novell still owns the copyrights" . ..'
I have been trying to follow all of this for the last year and a half and I think that I have read most of the/. and Groklaw postings. The thing is this: Novell hasn't (to my knowledge) claimed that they own the copyrights in question. Novell has said that TSCOG doesn't own them. One possible scenario is that there are no copyrights to own.
Since Redmond is doing such a good job of preventing the Dells, HPs, Gateways from bundling Linux: Maybe Mandrake should partner with a start-up computer maker to sell and support a really good "(Mandrake) Linux on the Desktop" machine and be the first one on the block. Look what a little head start did for M$>
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Put photovoltaics on roof tops. A surprisingly high percentage of roof tops have more than adequate solar exposure. Distribution (the grid) is unloaded in the extreme because neighborhoods would be generating most of their power needs. Here's the real clincher: nuclear plants cost $6,000 - $8,000 per kW of generating power and operational costs of 2.5 - 3.5 cents (US) per kWh whereas solar costs $6,000 - $8,000 per kW of generating power for installed residential systems and no operational costs. Solar panels are getting cheaper all the time and electricity produced by coal, gas, oil, or nuclear are all getting more expensive all the time. Keep in mind also that no one has ever been able to calculate Life-Cycle-Cost for a nuclear power plant. BTW Three Mile Island has not produced 1 kWh of electricity for decades but there is still a crew working at the plant 24/7/365 at no small expense to the rate payers in PA.
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Man, you had me right up to the point where you said "Go Nuculear" Ever heard of the laws of thermodynamics? The real solution to stop sucking that oily nipple is solar. Truly effecient solar water heaters have been available for years but those same wealthy, powerful decision makers don't want any of that! For the capital cost to design, build and implement a nuculear reactor you could buy and install more than enough solar water heaters to eliminate the need for the nuculear plant. This is assuming that there are no operational costs for the nuke plants 25 year life and there is no cost for waste disposal/containment. Do you know why no one has ever done a life cycle cost analysis for a nuculear plant? No one has ever figured out how to decomission one once all those stainless steel cooling pipes begin to crack from embrittlement due to neuton bobmbardment.
I'd say that proves that they did not get any such copyrights when they acquired SRV5 in the first place.
'Novell's claim that "Novell still owns the copyrights" . . .'
I have been trying to follow all of this for the last year and a half and I think that I have read most of the /. and Groklaw postings. The thing is this: Novell hasn't (to my knowledge) claimed that they own the copyrights in question. Novell has said that TSCOG doesn't own them. One possible scenario is that there are no copyrights to own.
Since Redmond is doing such a good job of preventing the Dells, HPs, Gateways from bundling Linux: Maybe Mandrake should partner with a start-up computer maker to sell and support a really good "(Mandrake) Linux on the Desktop" machine and be the first one on the block. Look what a little head start did for M$>