That is the problem with our country - most people don't know what the f' they are talking about because the Classic Education is dead. I would venture to say there are few members of this board who have degrees in Engineering,Chemistry or Physics that spout this crap.
Classic education? Like Classics education. You don't cover physics, chemistry, engineering, or thermodynamics in that path.
I would venture to say there are few members of this board who have degrees in Engineering,Chemistry or Physics that spout this crap.
You're typing at one.
Let me share an anecdote which is true and reflects the ignorance of current day policy makers with no scientific education. They were meeting at FERC and "brainstorming". One lawyer said, "Well why don't we just put all the coal/nuke fired power plants in uninhabited places and bring the electricity in by transmission wires?" One of the few scientists at the meeting said, "..the line losses would prohibit such a scheme". The lawyer countered with, "Well get rid of the line losses surely if we put a man on the moon we can do that". The engineer replied,"That would mean repealing Ohms Law". The lawyer thought for a minute and asked."When did Congress pass that one?"
That was passed under President Ohm, wasn't it? :-)
Actually, the idea of power satellites has been repeatedly floated. They would use solar cells to generate electricity, then beam the energy to earth using microwaves.
There are a few problems though.
(1) Cost.
(2) You REALLY want to be bathed in a constant bath of microwaves? We KNOW they cause biological damage. Sterility in men for one.
Maybe you meant rkral. He didn't like this:
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Your theory about "millions of years of pressure to create fossil fuels" may not be right. You are familiar with the alternate theory that they, along with H2O and other chemicals were brought by comets, right? However, the astronomers are still arguing this one. (Along with most of the others. :-)
And yes, practical nuclear energy that doesn't leave long lasting toxic waste behind would make this whole discussion moot. Now if ONLY someone can come up with practical nuclear fusion! |
