RE: Greens add to Greenhouse gasses

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Minette
If you have a better way to get humanity off fossil fuels, don't keep it to yourself. I have actions that, given historical precident, have a much better chance of suceeeding. Make a good case that it's cheaper and I will support that instead of working on power satellites and laser

RE: Greens add to Greenhouse gasses

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Minette
Of course, it would make sense to integrate water and wind plants, probably even using the wind turbines to power the pumps directly. But that's a problem with politics, not technology. I beg to differ. The obvious problem is geography. Pump storage is highly used in Switzerland, and they

RE: Greens add to Greenhouse gasses

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Kevin O'Brien Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 8:13 AM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Greens add to Greenhouse gasses On 11/30/2012 8:49 AM, Dan Minette wrote: So, they were

RE: Power and civilization

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Minette
Unfortunately, we already have surplus crop and other produce. In order to keep the price up, surplus is destroyed. I goggled for that in the US, and it referred to this happening during the Great Depression, when prices were so low during the deflationary era that it wasn't worth the cost of