villain Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 He's been talking a good game lately, but that's all it is, talk. Remember mid term elections are coming up, they are putting their best foot forward. ( btw it was quite refreshing to see Bush getting slammed over and over again at Coretta Scott Kings funeral. The spirit lives on.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IzacFour Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 If I recall correctly there is talk already going on in NZ right now. One of the earths most promising forms of natural energy. The theory was to find a pocket of rock just above the molten magma and use the heat as a source of energy (since volcano activity and earthquakes do little to the earths core temperature), having not read national geographic for a while I could not tell you how far along this whole process is right now. No doubt it's not in the foreseeable future. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shape1369 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 It's all about ZPE, Zero Point Energy wonk saggin scisyhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourSistersAssCookie Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 A thousand foot hole in the ground wont cause earthquakes unless you drill them into the earths plates. There is already technology for alternatives to oil and petro but the problem isnt comming up with new sources of energy it actually getting the financial backing to start a project of that magnitude. America for the most part wont ever convert atleast not in our lifetime. theres too much to risk. all the america car companies need oil, all the wars and land we still have to take from other counties. I thinks its a great idea drilling someholes and finding an infinate source of power and energy Not only because John Birch is the smartest guy ever to graduate from a Public school But because well Hes been in school longer than most people on this thread have been alive and for that Id like to present him with the.... "12oz Birchy Award" For outstanding google searching ability and perfect grammer at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 on behalf on John Birch, I would like to accept my "Birchie" Thank you and esp my mom and dad and of course his holiness, Muhammad, who comics I could not live w/o... Thank You btw, to keep this threead on point, dod anyone see Bush's budget proposal? He plans to cut $78 milion from geo-thermal energy reserach... kinda contrary to his SotU address, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~KRYLON2~ Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 where fucked as long as profits rule what happens in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I just wanted to bump a thread near and dear to me, hopefully some of you folks with an interest in energy policy will contribute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Go solar. Rah Rah Rah. I remeber watching a program on pbs about solar power. This one lady in cali had three solar panels. She was making enough energy that she was selling it back to the california electricity companies. Instead of an energy bill every month, she got a check. My house will have the hook-up and I will drive a hydrogen fuel cell car when they come out. Save the planet. Its your only home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Yeah, all these ideas are hot but... Look at where we're heading right now. I'm all for the Biodeisel movement, and the hydrogen power idea is stupid fresh but... The hot topic in congress, and now I'm seeing TV ads, is that 'Yellow' is the new 'green' product. Corn right, but, corn yields very little compared to other products like sugar cane and I think someone said maybe wheat... point is, the extraction process and the usage efficiency are both high cost/marginal return with corn and this is getting the govt. eye because people can literally make more money off of it. Like JB said, nobody is interested in solving our energy problems at the moment. These folks are just trying to figure out how to keep lining their pockets while switching from oil to something new. Tesla was silenced for a reason, and that had EVERYTHING to do with profits. Why wouldn't this happen to the next Tesla? *Also, what's it called 'single wire earth return'? SWER is lighting up the most remote parts of Brazil and I think now moving to electrify much of Africa as well. What I heard was all about one fellow, the one who broke it off in Brazil, but I suppose there have to be others right? People are greedy but every so often you see people get rich off of truly magnanimous inventions. The wind up radio, for example, is insanely popular in Africa, where batteries are nearly impossible to find and exorbitantly priced. Also, another great idea along the same lines, is that batteryless flash light. You shake it to charge and it shines just like a a regular old torchski... I guess we're all waiting for 'that guy' to show up and fix our oil problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I think im going to develope a superbacteria that eats oil and turns it into useless sludge. That will solve everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 black cottonwood trees and of course hemp would be best for organic fuel supplies actually. This shit Bush is touting is wicked inefficient and really will just line farmer';s pockets with no real return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Cowboy Bill Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I am re bumping this thread cuz I love it so, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2342 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php...1147&pID=589399 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man with the Answers Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 after reading that great artcle about the isreal/turkic pipeline, I felt this should be bumped to remind us Americans of our isolationist history and the call to move back to it. We live on our own continent and except for lumber don't really have any resources nations from other continents would want to invade and control... the rest of the world: europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia is moving forward and we are being left behind. America has had its time on the world stage. Lets just sit back and enjoy our wealth and continue as innovators in liberal democracy and the sciences... the first step will be to develop geo-thermal energy... lots of projects for school and college kids... rebuilding a new super modern infrastructure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 My stepdad has this hack theory that global warming is caused by removing all the oil from the earth. By removing the "insulation" your letting all the energy from inside come out, thus the warming effect. He is always trying to convince someone its a good research project. I think its pretty damn funny. He doesn't actually beleive it, but it's a good example of critical thinking gone wrong. on an on topic note- I think what you said about letting other countries have the center stage. Perfect. We agree. For once on our time on this board. We need to step aside and let other nations run the world. Like you said we've have our time, but now we need to make sure shit is all gravy here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 HAVEN'T YOU GUYS EVER SEEN THE CORE??? If we start tapping into the resources of the earth's core then we'll all be fucked and will need to rely on DJ Qualls' elite hacking skills for salvation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASER1NE Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Also, another great idea along the same lines, is that batteryless flash light. You shake it to charge and it shines just like a a regular old torchski... I guess we're all waiting for 'that guy' to show up and fix our oil problems... I used one of those flashlights camping this summer, it gets a definite two thumbs up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 ^^^ Well, they'd need to feed oil to the machine that would do the shaking. Or maybe we can make use of all these illegal immigrants, just get like 500 of them to shake a big giant flashlight to power our country. It'll be like ancient Egypt or those people in dungeons who would have to push a wheel around while they got whipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 those flashlights suck ass mostly. They are mad easy to make. Runs on a really simple principle. I am sure they could work well given the right materials, read- ultra brite LED's. The ones I have used have all been shit. One LED that doesn't work for anything. All it is is a simple induction system based around sliding a magnet in and out of a wire coil. Which induces a current in the sytem, which in turn has a resistance across the LED, and hence its light. However the LED's that seem to be in those types of flashlights, blew. or at least the ones I used. -drunk I tried to drunkely explain these flashlights once to the people I worked with at my school in the public safety office. It was three in the morning, I was checking in and someone mentioned that they didnt understand how the flashlights worked. I stumbled around the concept in a typical drunken ramble. They just sorta looked at me like I was either full of shit or didn't understand a word I said. I imagine this post is much like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Get rid of induction, current, resistance, and all those other terms. I think the simplest way would be "You know how if you rub a magnet against a copper wire it makes electricity? Well then when you shake the flashlight, a magnet inside rubs against a wire and makes electricity for the light." BAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 yeah. simplicity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Mexicans shaking 200 ton flashlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 This sounds pretty bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 a couple months ago I asked my father if he thought it would be possible to put a whole bunch of those shakey electricity things on cars, like on the shock towers. Then they could shake-a-shake while we drove down the road creating energy which could then be re-applied to the auto... Dad's a smart guy but he's no theoretical engineer so he didn't know. In fact, he didn't even know about the flashlights... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 That's an awesome story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man with the Answers Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 This sounds pretty bizarre. a couple of volcano eruptions would negate all that wasted effort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Yup. I'm pretty sure they'd be aware of that though. MIT's Energy "Manhattan Project" "MIT is stepping into a vacuum, because there is no policy, vision or leadership at the top of our nation," he said. "It's uniquely matched. MIT has tremendous strengths across the board -- from science and engineering to management to architecture to the humanities. From that point of view, it's hugely significant." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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