Re: [Vo]:A memory of March 1989 and Arthur C. Clarke

2008-03-25 Thread Harry Veeder
On 26/3/2008 12:49 AM, thomas malloy wrote: > Harry Veeder wrote: > >> *There was interesting pragrom recently on CBC radio on the role* >> >> *of translation on western philosophy and thought.* >> >> *One guest pointed out that the King James bible is not really the word* >> >> *of God but a

Re: [Vo]:A memory of March 1989 and Arthur C. Clarke

2008-03-25 Thread thomas malloy
Harry Veeder wrote: *There was interesting pragrom recently on CBC radio on the role* *of translation on western philosophy and thought.* *One guest pointed out that the King James bible is not really the word* *of God but a human translation of the word of God. ;-)* ** They're absolutely

Re: [Vo]:Emergency Electric Curtailment event in Texas / more bull from Lutz

2008-03-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell wrote: The discussion about wind is a lot of blade-waving [instead of hand-waving]. Wind is variable, no guarantee capacity will be available if the conventional system sags. That is incorrect, as the article points out. Wind is not particularly variable over large areas. That i

Re: [Vo]:Emergency Electric Curtailment event in Texas / more bull from Lutz

2008-03-25 Thread Mike Carrell
The discussion about wind is a lot of blade-waving [instead of hand-waving]. Wind is variable, no guarantee capacity will be available if the conventional system sags. The virtue of wind in that case is that the generators are relatively small and distributed. More importantly, the wind turbine

[Vo]:Cold Fusion and the Public Interest

2008-03-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
A small web site: http://coldfusionpolicy.org/ Cold Fusion and the Public Interest Explorations in Public Policy Toward an Important Potential Energy Source Item #8 is the most comprehensive, I think. - Jed

[Vo]:Emergency Electric Curtailment event in Texas / more bull from Lutz

2008-03-25 Thread Jed Rothwell
An interesting look at a modern power distribution glitch involving wind and other generators: http://www.awea.org/newsroom/080312-AWEA-Viewpoint_on_ERCOT_event.pdf More bull from Lutz, who is promoting corn-based ethanol this week: "GM's Lutz Overlooks Electricity, Favors Vast Ethanol Expans

Re: [Vo]:Kanzius - Roy publication

2008-03-25 Thread Jones Beene
Although it is clear that there is far too little information available, there is one glaring application, or perfect "fit" for the Kanzius system, even if it were to be less efficient than DC electrolysis... OK make that a "semi-perfect" fit since it depends on the technique being engineered