And this is the coolest damn water spout I have ever seen with a lightning bolt down the middle. Do you know they still do not know what causes lightning?
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:24 PM, ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, > BTW, I worked for the same company as this guy for 10 years @ Sandwell > Engineering (I was in their Atlanta office but went/back & forth to > Vancouver, BC) > "Dr. Stephen Ramsay is a professional engineer and mathematician > specializing in engineering meteorology and risk assessment with Sandwell > Engineering, Vancouver, B.C." > > I understand the hot/cold air vortex concept. I really don't have much of > an idea of the energy/efficiency balance. Their claim: > “When the vortex is less than 20 meters in height, [generated power] is > invisible,” he says. As the vortex size increases, the amount of energy > produced increases exponentially, Michaud’s theory predicts." > > They need to prove they will get an exponential increase in energy. I > don't necessarily agree with their theory. Mesoscale tornadoes are > generated beneath strong jet streams rotating and pulling a strong vacuum > from above and also generating gravitational waves in the atmosphere as > predicted by Einstein and shown clearly over Moore, OK and Joplin, MO and > During Hurricane Sandy. Here are a couple of pictures from my research, I > have more on my blog > > > > > > > Stewart > darkmattersalot.com > > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:35 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> See slide 19 of: >> >> http://vortexengine.ca/PPP/AVEtec_Business_Case.pdf >> >> Bottom line: >> >> If LENR doesn't pan out as an electrical generating system, Atmospheric >> Vortex Engines are the next best thing. >> >> If LENR does pan out as an electrical generating system, Atmospheric >> Vortex Engines are not only still hard to beat, at 300 mil/W capital cost, >> 0 variable operating cost and 1mil/W fixed operating cost, but they can be >> used with the larger centralized energy users (there will be _some_) to >> relatively efficiently (up to 20%) cogenerate from the waste heat. >> > >
