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- Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:34 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Adding an option
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15032
Re: Adding an option
Solar remains an inefficient joke, ergo the Watermelons still like it. It's not so much that solar is inefficient, as that it's expensive. At least, for small scale use. I'm an architect, and every now and then I get a client interested in putting solar cells on the roof of their house or business....
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:41 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ITER May Be Delayed Up To Three Years
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6274
And the federal gov got what in taxes. I like it when companies make profits. It means they will be able to attract more investments and grow. Do we give even more to the feds instead? The estimate I've heard is the net profit for oil companies is about 5%, while the government takes at least 15%. ...
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:22 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: The Military Sucks
- Replies: 40
- Views: 18592
Probably you could just combine superconducting motor magnets with QED and have yourself a combustionless turbojet without all the mess I just described. Nasa already has a design . No one will build it, though, since there's no way to power it once you get off the ground (yet). The estimated proto...
- Sun May 18, 2008 4:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Article: 60% of oil price is speculation
- Replies: 150
- Views: 82873
I just hope that oil prices don't crash before the WB-7 results are discovered, confirmed, and funding has been secured for the prototype (a lot of hopes, there). I remember the collapse of alternative energy funding and research after the oil crisis of the 70's ended - I imagine a similar abandonin...