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Opus comic strip from 6 July 2008, on the oil stoof. http://www.comics.com/wash/opus/archive/opus-20080706.html ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > Opus comic strip from 6 July 2008, on the oil stoof. > > http://www.comics.com/wash/opus/archive/opus-20080706.html > ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com** I think I have that strip posted on a wall someplace. > "My Land of Misery" <grvan@netzero.net> wrote > Opus comic strip from 6 July 2008, on the oil stoof. Well, since 5000 watts is only about 6.7 horsepower (even imagining 100% battery and motor efficiency), it'll take a long time to charge that baby if he wants to do any serious driving. And of course, it has to be charged during the day, which is when he's most likely to want to drive it. And if the goal is a $0 fillup, it would be better to get an electric car, and not a hybrid, to avoid the dead weight of the superflous gasoline engine.  SignatureCiao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com >> "My Land of Misery" <grvan@netzero.net> wrote >> Opus comic strip from 6 July 2008, on the oil stoof. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >the goal is a $0 fillup, it would be better to get an electric car, and not >a hybrid, to avoid the dead weight of the superflous gasoline engine. Alternately, he could hook the inverter to the grid (so that during the day the meter runs backwards - ASSuming the meter is capable of that) and then plugs the car in at night and draws the power then. Of course, by having the, "Coming," under the description of the car, maybe he was envisioning of some new technology in hybrids that hasn't been developed/marketed yet. -- I am necromancer and I approved this poast. > Opus comic strip from 6 July 2008, on the oil stoof. > > http://www.comics.com/wash/opus/archive/opus-20080706.html > ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** [Sigh] The EU is looking into building massive solar farms. It turns out that, even with the costs of long distance transmission taken into account, the most cost effective place to locate them will be in North Africa. The camel jockeys may have the last laugh yet. SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Incorrigible punster -- Do not incorrige. >[Sigh] The EU is looking into building massive solar farms. It turns out >that, even with the costs of long distance transmission taken into >account, the most cost effective place to locate them will be in North >Africa. > >The camel jockeys may have the last laugh yet. The US has plenty of places to build solar farms (thermal solar, not the photovoltaic stuff which has been "on the horizon" as long as fusion). Unfortunately, most of it is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, which sees it as its sworn duty to make sure the desert lies empty. Solar farms might kill some endangered sagebrush, you know. If they ran Saudi Arabia not a drop of oil would come out of it. SignatureThere's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. > Solar farms might kill some endangered sagebrush, you know. Why not put it on an equal footing with the endangered permafrost? SignatureRequiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators: Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes. Eppure si rinfresca ICBM Targeting Information: http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs > The US has plenty of places to build solar farms (thermal solar, not > the photovoltaic stuff which has been "on the horizon" as long as > fusion). Unfortunately, most of it is under the jurisdiction of the > Bureau of Land Management, which sees it as its sworn duty to make > sure the desert lies empty. Solar farms might kill some endangered > sagebrush, you know. I love the desert and often spend time on BLM land. I do *not* want it covered up by solar collectors. It is the role of New Jersey to be the industrial cesspit of the country. Just leave the damn desert alone, please. SignatureYou can trust me; I'm not like the others. >> The US has plenty of places to build solar farms (thermal solar, not >> the photovoltaic stuff which has been "on the horizon" as long as [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >industrial cesspit of the country. Just leave the damn desert alone, >please. There's plenty of desert for everybody to enjoy AND to blanket with solar panels. SignatureQ: What's the difference between a traffic snake and a real one? A: The traffic snake's a.shole at the *front* end. > >> The US has plenty of places to build solar farms (thermal solar, not > >> the photovoltaic stuff which has been "on the horizon" as long as [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > There's plenty of desert for everybody to enjoy AND to blanket with > solar panels. Or let them build the solar farms in Mexico and ship the power back over the border. Turn the Mexicans into the Arabs of this hemisphere. SignaturePaul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel. |
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