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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold and Silver Juniors, Mid-tiers and Producers

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To: onepath who wrote (22471)10/8/2006 1:35:20 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) of 78419
 
I know this if far-fetched, but, since AMT is based on lightning strikes and telluric currents that emanate from the equator ... I wonder if it is possible to run an automobile on equatorial lightning strikes? Weight issues have to be dealt with. Perhaps ultra-light beryllium-carbon fibre composites, gas bearing, extremely streamlined low drag one person vehicles were developed, where one accepts a much lower velocity (negative?) (They do at present hold a solar-powered car race across Australia.) If you think this idea is completely crazed..* bear in mind that across sulfide ore bodies if often self generated, ** a current that will run a transistor radio.

** can be measured by milli voltameters.

* of course it is!

How about wind powered vehicles? May have to wait a while to catch a break to get into traffic, and tacking against oncoming.. but the cost savings... The chance the wind is blowing directly down the highway against you at more than 45 degrees is surprisingly only 33%. So 66% of the time you can depend on wind to go straight down any highway. If the wind won't blow, and there is no sun, a Pekinese or Terrier running on a treadmill or cage rotor would be acceptable power input. My bet is that the Pekinese car would be much more efficient than present day combustion engines.

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