***BOGO*** Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] [sidetracking] energy

[Joshua Isom <jrisom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Reimar Döffinger wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 06:23:51PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 05:16:32PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 04:42:10PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
>>>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>>> No electricity 1/3 of the time?  That sure is not good enough for 
>>>>> me :)
>>>>
>>>> 3 orthogonal places and you are more than covered ^^;
>>>>
>>>> Uranium would last at most 40 years.
>>>
>>> U235 yes, U238 no
>>> And you mentioned Th232 already ...
>>>
>>> That of course doesnt mean wind energy isnt usefull, just that its a
>>> little tricky if theres no wind in the whole contry for a week and 
>>> you
>>> happen to have some political problems with your neighbors.
>>
>> Precisely.  This is why wind or sun cannot replace power plants.  You
>> always need them as backups when the sun goes down or the wind is out.
>> They just will not have to use as much fuel.
>
> Now, I somewhat doubt that this can be considered on-topic ;-), but 
> since we
> are at it anyway: That of course assumes no or at least no sufficient
> (-ly efficient) method of storing energy.
>
> Greetings,
> Reimar Döffinger
>

If you take into consideration that heat is good method of storing 
energy, just use global warming combined with a heat pipe to the sea 
bed.

It works best with a cynical mindset.

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