transportation

2007-05-09 Thread jon louis mann
wonderful dream, max, but could you smole a pipe on a zeppelin; would they be hydrogen or helium? how would you avoid another hindenberg? jlm Luxury Zeppelins. I think it's high time we had nice luxury zeppelin travel. Floating 5-star bars in the sky with ample leg room and good views. No

Re: conservation

2007-05-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:21 PM Tuesday 5/8/2007, Max Battcher wrote: jon louis mann wrote: Actually, I'm to blame for that . . . Catapults? Luxury Zeppelins. I think it's high time we had nice luxury zeppelin travel. Floating 5-star bars in the sky with ample leg room and good views. No airports, no TSA,

transportation

2007-05-09 Thread jon louis mann
So what about all of the packages — and people — that (in the words of the commercial) absolutely, positively, have to be there by 9 AM? -- Ronn! :) for the present, those people have to be satisfied, but some day, in the not too distant furure, it will no longer be realistic to ship freight

Re: transportation

2007-05-09 Thread Gwern Branwen
On 0, jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: wonderful dream, max, but could you smole a pipe on a zeppelin; would they be hydrogen or helium? how would you avoid another hindenberg? jlm As I recall, wasn't the Hindenburg disaster due to the flammable paint and a known design flaw

Hindenburg

2007-05-09 Thread jon louis mann
wonderful dream, max, but could you smoke a pipe on a zeppelin; would hydrogen or helium be used? how would you avoid another hindenburg? jlm As I recall, wasn't the Hindenburg disaster due to the flammable paint and a known design flaw which allowed the buildup of static electricity? I have

Re: transportation

2007-05-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Gwern Branwen wrote: As I recall, wasn't the Hindenburg disaster due to the flammable paint and a known design flaw which allowed the buildup of static electricity? I have little doubt we could do better today. Helium could be used instead of Hydrogen. If cost is the problem, then use

Re: Re Cost of conservation

2007-05-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:11 PM Tuesday 5/8/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: IOW, the dose makes the poison? Water in excess is toxic. Which just supports my statement. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Weekly Chat Reminder

2007-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
As Steve said, The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

Transportation

2007-05-09 Thread jon louis mann
Helium could be used instead of Hydrogen. If cost is the problem, then use Methane. Alberto Monteiro, who can't count. lots of methane in new zealand - 70m sheep, each emitting a barrel a day here is another source: http://www.ciesin.org/TG/AG/ricecult.html jlm

Re: transportation

2007-05-09 Thread Max Battcher
On 5/9/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gwern Branwen wrote: As I recall, wasn't the Hindenburg disaster due to the flammable paint and a known design flaw which allowed the buildup of static electricity? I have little doubt we could do better today. Helium could be used

Re: transportation

2007-05-09 Thread Max Battcher
On 5/9/07, jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what about all of the packages — and people — that (in the words of the commercial) absolutely, positively, have to be there by 9 AM? -- Ronn! :) for the present, those people have to be satisfied, but some day, in the not too distant

Re: transportation

2007-05-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Max Battcher wrote: On 5/9/07, jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what about all of the packages — and people — that (in the words of the commercial) absolutely, positively, have to be there by 9 AM? -- Ronn! :) for the present, those people have to be satisfied, but some day, in