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Post by waltc on Jul 19, 2011 23:50:05 GMT -6
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Post by graybeard on Jul 20, 2011 23:46:30 GMT -6
Thanks, Walt. That is interesting. I have a neighbor working on wind power.
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Post by judes on Jul 21, 2011 21:35:43 GMT -6
This looks encouraging, I'm liking it!
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Post by graybeard on Jul 21, 2011 23:04:01 GMT -6
My rocket scientist neighbor responded to the article saying he better hurry up with his patent apps.
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Post by fredorbob on Jul 22, 2011 0:03:52 GMT -6
Ah yes impressive, lawl (34) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28power%29#kilowatt_.28103_watts.291.1 kW – tech: power of a microwave oven (32 square meters) 11.4 kW – average power consumption per person in the United States as of 2009 Not including transportation fuels. (335 square meters * 312 million = 104,000 square kilometers about the size of Kentucky) 450 kW – tech: approximate maximum power output of a large 18-wheeler truck engine (13,000 square meters) 1.3 MW – tech: power output of P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft (44 million square meters) 190 MW – tech: peak power output of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier 190 GW – tech: average power consumption of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket (59,000,000,000 square meters) 2.074 GW – tech: peak power generation of Hoover Dam www.amctv.com/breaking-bad/videos/ep-209-4-days-out-highlights 4 Days Out, the episode where Jesse completely drains RV battery and spends at least 10 hours trying to hand-crank trickle charge the battery, and the starter motor only works for about half a second.
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