Re: Protecting the fuel trucks

> As an example, Slashdot is currently reporting an exciting story:
> World's Largest Solar Array to use Stirling Engine
> http://slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20050811
>
> This is a really cool one because it doesn't use solar cells, and is one
> of the engine ideas that requires less local resources (such as cooling
> water) to operate. On the downside, it's a really big facility and, for
> all it's size, only puts out 500 Megawatts of electricity. While that's a
> respectable amount, conventional power plants occupy a whole lot less
> real estate for the power production. You might say that the density of
> power production on land is a lot lower. And this type of plant
> essentially only operates when it's not night-time, not raining or too
> cloudy, etc. And it takes a lot more maintenance to care for the mirror
> arrays and then to keep them properly aligned and then there's the... yada
> yada yada...

Cool. On a much smaller scale, I saw somewhere (I think it was WIRED
magazine) a new solar panel device that you would mount on the roof of
your house that somehow reflected and focused the rays of the sun using
mirrors onto 1 solar panel (or something to that effect). The mirrors
would rotate with the sun and it was much better than having many
panels laid out statically to absord the rays.

> I got no grip with you. Just pointing out that nothing we're likely
> capable of doing is going to be without some major drawbacks and certainly
> unlikely to meet your stated requirements (though I would understand if
> you said that was an "off the cuff" statement and not intended to be
> overly literal).

I didn't necessarily mean 100% high-tech, 100% alternative, 100%
replentishable, 100% environment-friendly sources of energy, if that is
what you interpreted. I should have been more clear, sorry. And I
certainly don't expect this energy transformation to occur over night -
particularly within the US. There has to be transition phase over
lengthy period (20 years perhaps?).

Of course there will be drawbacks with new technologies. But in the
long run it has got to be better than being in bed with the Saudis and
fighting over fossil fuels with China and 3rd world countries.

> That the statement needs to be taking in the context of being politically
> "scripted" with a specific intention for it. It's practically propaganda.

Kirk's skepticism continues...so, you are saying that NASA has a
political agenda?

Sandy

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