Re: [Aus-soaring] proposed windfarms? Somewhat OT
Hi; On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Mike Borgelt wrote: > At 04:23 AM 5/03/2011, you wrote: > >Everyone to his/her own. > > Soaring must be useless too, as you can only do it in the > > daytime. Personally, I just try to gather the distance during those > > daylight hours. > > Even more useless: For reference, the total home electricity bill > > for the last ten years has been US$505.74. I'd conservatively > > estimate a quarter of that is for connection to the grid. 95% of > > the energy is photovoltaic, sleeping at night like the useless > > AS-W27 or any of it's predecessors. > > I wanted to do something and went for it. The cost is far below > > that of a new car. > >Don't just complain, install a cold fusion generator in the garden shed! > >Jim > > We know soaring is useless. > > As you obviously didn't get it the first time I'll repeat "We're > talking about powering our technical civilisation not pandering to > the eccentric hobbies of the idle rich." > > Soaring and solar power are both in that category. By solar power I take it that you mean Photovoltaic Solar Power. > > Mike > Cheers -- Peter F Bradshaw: http://www.exadios.com (public keys avaliable there). Personal site: http://personal.exadios.com "I love truth, and the way the government still uses it occasionally to keep us guessing." - Sam Kekovich. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] proposed windfarms? Somewhat OT
At 04:23 AM 5/03/2011, you wrote: Everyone to his/her own. Soaring must be useless too, as you can only do it in the daytime. Personally, I just try to gather the distance during those daylight hours. Even more useless: For reference, the total home electricity bill for the last ten years has been US$505.74. I'd conservatively estimate a quarter of that is for connection to the grid. 95% of the energy is photovoltaic, sleeping at night like the useless AS-W27 or any of it's predecessors. I wanted to do something and went for it. The cost is far below that of a new car. Don't just complain, install a cold fusion generator in the garden shed! Jim We know soaring is useless. As you obviously didn't get it the first time I'll repeat "We're talking about powering our technical civilisation not pandering to the eccentric hobbies of the idle rich." Soaring and solar power are both in that category. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 email: mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com website: www.borgeltinstruments.com ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] proposed windfarms? Somewhat OT
Everyone to his/her own. Soaring must be useless too, as you can only do it in the daytime. Personally, I just try to gather the distance during those daylight hours. Even more useless: For reference, the total home electricity bill for the last ten years has been US$505.74. I'd conservatively estimate a quarter of that is for connection to the grid. 95% of the energy is photovoltaic, sleeping at night like the useless AS-W27 or any of it's predecessors. I wanted to do something and went for it. The cost is far below that of a new car. Don't just complain, install a cold fusion generator in the garden shed! Jim From: Mike Borgelt To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 8:20:35 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] proposed windfarms? At 11:10 AM 4/03/2011, you wrote: > (At home in California, airport KL94) Tehachapi Glider port. All around more fugly windmills than you can poke a stick at. Mnay broken at any time. I've been there, seen it. Lovely California, flat broke from pandering to every lunatic idea that comes along and lots of business people leaving for Texas. Some of the most expensive electricity in the USA because only Politically Correct generation methods are allowed. Mostly outside California.(NIMBY) > T I've seen more birds die from crashing into the living room window or > patio >door than into the wind turbine at home. Trucks, buses and trains seem to take >their toll on birds, too. Is there a movement to ban them? > Jim No, the problem is with windmills it is the larger soaring birds some of which don't have large populations already. > My house is nuclear powered, I just choose to keep the reactor a safe 93 >million miles away. Where it is useless half the time hidden behind a planet. When it isn't it is useless because of that, it may be cloudy. We're talking about powering our technical civilisation not pandering to the eccentric hobbies of the idle rich. I've got solar panels on my house too. Great deal for me, very bad deal for the country but if the stupid bogans keep buying into the green scam they can help pay my electricity bills with their taxes. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 email: mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com website: www.borgeltinstruments.com ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
