Re: ENERGY: State of the Art in Photovoltaics?

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 08:17:47 MDT


On Monday, September 11, 2000 9:42 PM Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>> But don't you think a more efficient method of get cheap energy would be
to
>> increase oil drilling, especially outside OPEC controlled areas? Also,
>> fomenting rebellion within OPEC might be another solution. I'm not
calling
>> for military action...
>
> Also utilizing the fantastic natural gas reserves that have so far been
only
> very, modesty, tapped in the USA and world-wide, plus using propane to
heat
> with rather then oil, so it might be diverted to transportation fuel,
while
> pushing for fuel cell breakthroughs (which appear readilly achievable
now!)
> as substitutes for the internal combustion engine.

I couldn't disagree less = I couldn't agree more.:)

I wonder why those reserves aren't more used now. After all, natural gas
burns more cleanly and efficiently.

I also think more efficient engine design would make things much better.
Maybe using genetic algorithmns to desgin them... (Hey, everyone has their
solution. AI, MNT, GA.:)

Cheers!

 Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/



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