John Robie
Occasional visitor to the moon where I own property (I do, honest. At least according to my estate agent) Also spend time between Perth WA and London. Married with one son. Son attends university as a janitor. Wife makes flea collars.
Perth/ London, WA/ENGLAND
Maker of flea leashes. (They are very small)
Male
Alternative Energy
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Nikola Tesla - His Discoveries and Inventions.
Tesla I believe proposed a weapon known as a Tesla coil. It would be used as a defensive perimeter weapon rather like a minefield, or in this case an electric fence without the fence. Towers would be erected that would be highly charged with electricity and when ever anything, like an enemy tank advance, got close the electricity would use these tanks to 'earth' frying the tank on the way through. Rather like static jumping from a giant high voltage Van der Graff generator.
The problems at the time are pretty obvious and many, but why has this not been re-visited in more recent times.? Afterall It works fine on the Command and Conquer games.
Posted 06 Jul 07
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The immediate solution to near carbon neutral automotive fuel will be vegetable oils/ animal fats.
Then will follow structurally lighter and lighter alcohols/ ethonols which should drive aircraft. Different aircraft admittedly.
But of course the best automotive fuel, will be............
.......................parking on a hill.
Did we know that city office blocks leave their lights on over night so as not to crash the power grid. They could be separating HYDROGEN whilst they do that illuminating of the skyline.
Posted 15 Jun 07
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