Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of) Minnesotans For Global Warming Song

2008-02-13 Thread thomas malloy
OrionWorks wrote: I suspect the esteemed Mr. Malloy will get a kick out of this U-Tube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUFTm6cJXMeurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/ steve Thanks Steven, that video was a treat. MN4GW has been advertising on am1280 the patriot radio station. The

[Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-13 Thread Michel Jullian
Indeed, it doesn't seem obvious how to extract a lot of energy from the scheme, but it might work with stationary devices (see my Ambient temperature variations powered engine post). Apart from mechanical energy (stressing a spring or lifting a weight), the diurnal expansion/shrinking cycle

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of) Minnesotans For Global Warming Song

2008-02-13 Thread Nick Palmer
Thomas wrote (about the Minnesotans for Global Warming song):- Thanks Steven, that video was a treat. MN4GW has been advertising on am1280 the patriot radio station. The BBC just reported on the record cold in Afghanistan, people are loosing hands and feet. I'm not going to say it Well I will

RE: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-13 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Good points. How is a small but powerful motion of something on a stationary platform best converted into usable energy? Lawrence -Original Message- From: Michel Jullian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:13 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Re:

Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of) Minnesotans For Global Warming Song

2008-02-13 Thread R.C.Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, Actually, The vid shows an RV parked in the yard. The people shown are snowbirds that live down along the Rio Grande river near Mission Texas. They travel to Minnesota each summer to raise wheat for shipment free by the US government USAID given to feed Egypt per Jimmie Carter's

[Vo]:Re: Sez Here, Entire U.S. Could Blow Up At Any Moment

2008-02-13 Thread Michel Jullian
LOL :) Are you of French ascendance as your name suggests BTW? Michel - Original Message - From: Lawrence de Bivort [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Nick Palmer' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:40 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Sez Here, Entire U.S. Could Blow Up

RE: [Vo]:Re: Sez Here, Entire U.S. Could Blow Up At Any Moment

2008-02-13 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
blush Oui, je l'avoue Thank G-D I have rock-solid American credentials on my mother's side. Does Michel suggest the same? Lawrence -Original Message- From: Michel Jullian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:59 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject:

[Vo]:Re: Sez Here, Entire U.S. Could Blow Up At Any Moment

2008-02-13 Thread Michel Jullian
Indeed, but in my case it's more than just ascendance I am afraid :) Michel - Original Message - From: Lawrence de Bivort [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:11 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Re: Sez Here, Entire U.S. Could Blow Up At Any Moment blush

[Vo]:Compressed air car

2008-02-13 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7241909.stm An engineer has promised that within a year he will start selling a car that runs on compressed air, producing no emissions at all in town. The OneCAT will be a five-seater with a glass fibre body, weighing just 350kg and could cost