At 10:03am on September 13, 2009, Allen R. Gale said…
Thanks for the invite - if you get over this way please look us up. I'd love to know more about your new engine (secure of course) - always interested in things new, especially if they fly or sail. My personal email is argale@comcast.net
Allen
At 11:06pm on September 12, 2009, Allen R. Gale said…
Have you heard about the "Smith fuel" which may be able to replace 100LL? It was described in the latest "AOPA Pilot" mag. It can be made from switch grass, weeds, even garbage, costs less, produces less pollutants, and produces mopre power per gallon. Not a bad start - I wonder which Big Oil will kill it? (Sorry for the cynicism but history does repeat itself)
At 11:00pm on September 12, 2009, Allen R. Gale said…
Lee -
I guess the object directly in fromt of the plane hid the characteristic Cessna air inlet on the bottom of the cowl and made it look like the Rans cowl. I flew 172's mostly in Indiana - was treasurer of flying club - not had the great rides you have! A friend had a Cristen Eagle - great plane! I have only flown once in 5 yrs being in Georgia - a Taylorcraft BC12D - fun but a bit tight under the arms :-) I miss it terribly.
At 9:33am on September 12, 2009, Allen R. Gale said…
Thanks for your comment. Properly applied to vehicles it is a reasonable alternative. I know from marine experience that it needs to be handled carefully lest it leak into your bilge - but what fuel doesn't need care? By the way, is that your plane? It looks like a Rans from what I can see.
Thanks for the Solar Promise update. I fully concur that this seems to be the major desirable energy source for the future.
Solar energy is so incredibly obvious to anyone who spends any time at all outdoors---I can CERTAINLY testify that here in Misssissippi, after I worked in the yard for a couple of hours during the height of the day, that WE ARE NOT LACKING IN SOLAR ENERGY HERE!!! :<) -----:<((((
Solar's only problem is that it is still a few years away from making a significant impact on the consumer level, and THAT IS WHAT PICKENS PLAN IS ALL ABOUT. It is about providing a BRIDGE to help us get started on reducing the foreign oil usage, and starting NOW, not ten years from now.
T Boone has always stated unequivocally that his "plan" is not THE ANSWER, it is a bridge to help us get to "the answer", and START with what we have available NOW.
He has also consistently stated that there is no one "answer", and the final answer will be the combination of several different systems, methods, and concepts.
All he, and we, want is to GET STARTED NOW, with what is available to the consumers, (us!), NOW. Well proven, available, practical, NOW. To give us time to develop "The Answer".
And stop sending $700 Billion of our money every year overseas, never to be seen again.
Over the next 5 billions years before the Sun begins to dim, it will produce unfathomable amounts of
solar energy. A tiny fraction of that solar energy will reach the surface of the Earth. Yet, this tiny
fraction is enough to supply all of the energy needs, properly harnessed and distributed, to sustain our
growing global population in a pollution-free environment. How is this possible? (read on) and is it
probable? (Yes) Consider that the solar energy is responsible for plant growth, wind, waves, hydroelectric power, river power and direct conversion to electricity and for direct heat.
A Solar Furnace CHP System consists of four major elements: A solar energy collector on a Sun
tracker electro-mechanical system, a Thermal Energy Battery, and an application, such as a Combined
Heat and Power unit which can produce rotational horsepower. There are many other applications for
industrial and human use of the latent heat stored in the Thermal Energy Storage Unit. Here's the
problems the Solar Furnace CHP System has solved (on paper):
Matching load to supply. The storage of a hot liquid in the TEB, greatly in excess of the
anticipated load over time, will allow for uninterrupted use by the applications. Critical backup
should always be provided such as for hospitals, communication centers and other essential
services. The TEB can provide most of that backup, since heat can be generated and parsed into
the TEB from a variety of sources (electric heat, liquid fueled heaters, geothermal heat, heat
from biomass combustion). The supply of heat from the TEB allows for matching to a variable
load.
“Free” energy. The use of solar radiance to heat the transfer liquid is the lowest cost source of
energy, even considering the amortization of equipment and operational expenses.
Low cost. The low cost of the Solar Furnace CHP System relative to large central plants,
makes the unit affordable by a much larger customer base.
Distributed energy. The primary benefit is derived from the ability to size a system for a wide
variety of different applications, loads, and locations. The Solar Furnace CHP System's
electrical generation can operate in stand-alone mode or networked locally or nationally. A
significant savings of energy lost over the transmission lines, due to heat radiation, can be
realized by locating many smaller plants at the point of application and the avoidance of huge,
centralized facilities.
Heat collection, storage and transfer. The use of a heat transfer liquid allows for two levels
of heat. The collectors will be able, on a sunny day, to heat the liquid up to 600 degrees F. This
liquid will be pumped to the TEB which is a large tank, heavily insulated and containing a heat
exchanger. The tank takes its input from the solar collectors at the maximum temperature (not
to exceed 600 degrees F), which incoming liquid heats the liquid in the TEB.
These units will be marketed to farms, greenhouse operations, dairies, food processing and packaging
plants, industrial plants and institutions which can accommodate the Sun Collectors and tracker
system. The anticipated payback time will be between two and ten years, depending on the
applications employed.
Contact information:
Jim Miller, President, Mutual Aid Society of America, Inc.; 103 Methodist St., Cecilia, KY 42724
Email: jimmiller5417@yahoo.comSUMMARY - SOLAR FURNACE CHP SYSTEM
Over the next 5 billions years before the Sun begins to dim, it will produce unfathomable amounts of
solar energy. A tiny fraction of that solar energy will reach the surface of the Earth. Yet, this tiny
fraction is enough to supply all of the energy needs, properly harnessed and distributed, to sustain our
growing global population in a pollution-free environment. How is this possible? (read on) and is it
probable? (Yes) Consider that the solar energy is responsible for plant growth, wind, waves, hydroelectric
power, river power and direct conversion to electricity and for direct heat.
A Solar Furnace CHP System consists of four major elements: A solar energy collector on a Sun
tracker electro-mechanical system, a Thermal Energy Battery, and an application, such as a Combined
Heat and Power unit which can produce rotational horsepower. There are many other applications for
industrial and human use of the latent heat stored in the Thermal Energy Storage Unit. Here's the
problems the Solar Furnace CHP System has solved (on paper):
Matching load to supply. The storage of a hot liquid in the TEB, greatly in excess of the
anticipated load over time, will allow for uninterrupted use by the applications. Critical backup
should always be provided such as for hospitals, communication centers and other essential
services. The TEB can provide most of that backup, since heat can be generated and parsed into
the TEB from a variety of sources (electric heat, liquid fueled heaters, geothermal heat, heat
from biomass combustion). The supply of heat from the TEB allows for matching to a variable
load.
“Free” energy. The use of solar radiance to heat the transfer liquid is the lowest cost source of
energy, even considering the amortization of equipment and operational expenses.
Low cost. The low cost of the Solar Furnace CHP System relative to large central plants,
makes the unit affordable by a much larger customer base.
Distributed energy. The primary benefit is derived from the ability to size a system for a wide
variety of different applications, loads, and locations. The Solar Furnace CHP System's
electrical generation can operate in stand-alone mode or networked locally or nationally. A
significant savings of energy lost over the transmission lines, due to heat radiation, can be
realized by locating many smaller plants at the point of application and the avoidance of huge,
centralized facilities.
Heat collection, storage and transfer. The use of a heat transfer liquid allows for two levels
of heat. The collectors will be able, on a sunny day, to heat the liquid up to 600 degrees F. This
liquid will be pumped to the TEB which is a large tank, heavily insulated and containing a heat
exchanger. The tank takes its input from the solar collectors at the maximum temperature (not
to exceed 600 degrees F), which incoming liquid heats the liquid in the TEB.
These units will be marketed to farms, greenhouse operations, dairies, food processing and packaging
plants, industrial plants and institutions which can accommodate the Sun Collectors and tracker
system. The anticipated payback time will be between two and ten years, depending on the
applications employed.
Contact information:
Jim Miller, President, Mutual Aid Society of America, Inc.; 103 Methodist St., Cecilia, KY 42724
Email: jimmiller5417@yahoo.com; phone/fax: 270-862-4379
Daniel Fromhoff has some information on Home Solar Power. You can search for him in the members page or I believe he is a member of South Florida District Member Page.
Shadow will be at the event not our meeting.
Maybe you should do the PR work for me .
My Goal is to Promte the PP to all who attend the show after the show when they leave the building. to add to our Army. And I have no help.
If you think im not doing something right feel free to put your resources and know how in with mine.
If you have a better way for me to promote the PP Im all ears.
Lee, I took the post out from the leaders board for now, but the "smart meter" technology is directly related to the Pickens Plan's Goal #2 "Building a 21st century backbone electrical grid" It is the essential part of our goal. Leaders should learn about that.
The love of my life, Daniela (in my picture), is a similar story.
A series of seemingly unrelated events (and not all of them
appearing to be positive in the moment) brought us
together. That happened almost 10 years ago and nothing
has ever been the same since. She has been the fuel to my
fire to leave this earth better than I found it. I've always felt
that fire inside. It was Daniela that poured gasoline on it.
My life has been filled with "amazing coincidences". Keep your aim straight
and true, weather the storms (they will come) and everything works
out just fine. There are NO accidents in this life.
Four airplanes.. goodness. I can hardly handle 2 kids and 2 cats.
Take care and I wish the very best for you and yours.
Thank you for the kind words, Lee.
I sincerely hope that I can add value to
the discussion and help implement
these vital changes.
Big Oil can add major value. In the end, it will
mean sharing the wealth of the new
energy economy with them. I have no
problem with this with full understanding
they wouldn't feel the same if the tables
were turned.
Have you checked out the contribution on our leaders site from Robert Wisner and fusion power? I can't believe how few people have acknowledged what he is saying. It's pretty impressive, and it is not beyond our scope to get this done while we make the transition.
Lee, Thanks for taking the time and effort to write and share an article to your newspaper. According to the link on the Resources page on this site, editor's are frequently very picky abut what they print so I'd like to see what works. Here's what they say : http://media.pickensplan.com/pdf/Op-Ed.pdf.
Let us know if you get published!
Lee:
Nice to hear from you; at least somebody has money to buy a new airplane!
I had to sell my Duchess to get $$ for my stem cell lab; www.antiagingforme.com click on "free E-books" at the site.
But it is here at Torrance airport, and I can fly it (whenever available) at cost (just paying for gas).
I too feel very privileged that I have my health ( - - after car accident, which induced a heart injury, and orthodox medicine told me: "3 drugs and a pacemaker for the rest of your life." - - and I said: " - - - " and developed my own recovery program THAT WORKED; passed two aviation medicals in the meantime. Will be published in a peer-reviwed medical journal - - ) and can go flying, work out in they gym, etc., etc.
The etc. is especially good when hormone levels coincide with a girl friend's; well - - - .
I used to go glider flying on Oahu (Dillingham field) in Hawaii; German "Grob".
Working on my next book on anti-aging. When it becomes a best-seller, I'll catch up on all of that.
my regular E-mail: drkugler@roadrunner.com
Stay healthy:
Hans
Hi all! I am a Geography major at Southern Miss, I have had alot of ideas lately about things that we on the coast could do to lower the impact of our enviornment. I read a few years ago in popular science about home wind turbines that are very efficient.
As I was driving home from work a few days ago, I realized that here on the coast we have flat land, and also a dominant land and sea breeze, also we have an abundance of Power Line Poles and Telephone Poles. What would stop us from using the wind turbine systems listed below and integrating them with the telephone poles & power poles, sure it may look funny and have a relatively high intial cost, but it would be dumping clean, and free energy into our grid.
With the dominance of the sea and land breezes that naturally occur along our costline due to the uneven heating and cooling of our land and sea surfaces, we always have ample wind energy to utilize these systems that i have provided the hyperlink for below. It may sound crazy, but its just my idea.
Please check out the links below and give some feedback on the idea..
Lee:
Looks like we have more in common than justenergy independence and a clean environment.
I have a horse (retired roper, cutter), dog (english pointer), and I flew in the W-German Air Force (US airplanes, T-6, T-33, etc.) and now fly a twin Duchess.
Nice to know you.
Hans
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I guess the object directly in fromt of the plane hid the characteristic Cessna air inlet on the bottom of the cowl and made it look like the Rans cowl. I flew 172's mostly in Indiana - was treasurer of flying club - not had the great rides you have! A friend had a Cristen Eagle - great plane! I have only flown once in 5 yrs being in Georgia - a Taylorcraft BC12D - fun but a bit tight under the arms :-) I miss it terribly.
Solar energy is so incredibly obvious to anyone who spends any time at all outdoors---I can CERTAINLY testify that here in Misssissippi, after I worked in the yard for a couple of hours during the height of the day, that WE ARE NOT LACKING IN SOLAR ENERGY HERE!!! :<) -----:<((((
Solar's only problem is that it is still a few years away from making a significant impact on the consumer level, and THAT IS WHAT PICKENS PLAN IS ALL ABOUT. It is about providing a BRIDGE to help us get started on reducing the foreign oil usage, and starting NOW, not ten years from now.
T Boone has always stated unequivocally that his "plan" is not THE ANSWER, it is a bridge to help us get to "the answer", and START with what we have available NOW.
He has also consistently stated that there is no one "answer", and the final answer will be the combination of several different systems, methods, and concepts.
All he, and we, want is to GET STARTED NOW, with what is available to the consumers, (us!), NOW. Well proven, available, practical, NOW. To give us time to develop "The Answer".
And stop sending $700 Billion of our money every year overseas, never to be seen again.
Lee Taylor
Over the next 5 billions years before the Sun begins to dim, it will produce unfathomable amounts of
solar energy. A tiny fraction of that solar energy will reach the surface of the Earth. Yet, this tiny
fraction is enough to supply all of the energy needs, properly harnessed and distributed, to sustain our
growing global population in a pollution-free environment. How is this possible? (read on) and is it
probable? (Yes) Consider that the solar energy is responsible for plant growth, wind, waves, hydroelectric power, river power and direct conversion to electricity and for direct heat.
A Solar Furnace CHP System consists of four major elements: A solar energy collector on a Sun
tracker electro-mechanical system, a Thermal Energy Battery, and an application, such as a Combined
Heat and Power unit which can produce rotational horsepower. There are many other applications for
industrial and human use of the latent heat stored in the Thermal Energy Storage Unit. Here's the
problems the Solar Furnace CHP System has solved (on paper):
Matching load to supply. The storage of a hot liquid in the TEB, greatly in excess of the
anticipated load over time, will allow for uninterrupted use by the applications. Critical backup
should always be provided such as for hospitals, communication centers and other essential
services. The TEB can provide most of that backup, since heat can be generated and parsed into
the TEB from a variety of sources (electric heat, liquid fueled heaters, geothermal heat, heat
from biomass combustion). The supply of heat from the TEB allows for matching to a variable
load.
“Free” energy. The use of solar radiance to heat the transfer liquid is the lowest cost source of
energy, even considering the amortization of equipment and operational expenses.
Low cost. The low cost of the Solar Furnace CHP System relative to large central plants,
makes the unit affordable by a much larger customer base.
Distributed energy. The primary benefit is derived from the ability to size a system for a wide
variety of different applications, loads, and locations. The Solar Furnace CHP System's
electrical generation can operate in stand-alone mode or networked locally or nationally. A
significant savings of energy lost over the transmission lines, due to heat radiation, can be
realized by locating many smaller plants at the point of application and the avoidance of huge,
centralized facilities.
Heat collection, storage and transfer. The use of a heat transfer liquid allows for two levels
of heat. The collectors will be able, on a sunny day, to heat the liquid up to 600 degrees F. This
liquid will be pumped to the TEB which is a large tank, heavily insulated and containing a heat
exchanger. The tank takes its input from the solar collectors at the maximum temperature (not
to exceed 600 degrees F), which incoming liquid heats the liquid in the TEB.
These units will be marketed to farms, greenhouse operations, dairies, food processing and packaging
plants, industrial plants and institutions which can accommodate the Sun Collectors and tracker
system. The anticipated payback time will be between two and ten years, depending on the
applications employed.
Contact information:
Jim Miller, President, Mutual Aid Society of America, Inc.; 103 Methodist St., Cecilia, KY 42724
Email: jimmiller5417@yahoo.comSUMMARY - SOLAR FURNACE CHP SYSTEM
Over the next 5 billions years before the Sun begins to dim, it will produce unfathomable amounts of
solar energy. A tiny fraction of that solar energy will reach the surface of the Earth. Yet, this tiny
fraction is enough to supply all of the energy needs, properly harnessed and distributed, to sustain our
growing global population in a pollution-free environment. How is this possible? (read on) and is it
probable? (Yes) Consider that the solar energy is responsible for plant growth, wind, waves, hydroelectric
power, river power and direct conversion to electricity and for direct heat.
A Solar Furnace CHP System consists of four major elements: A solar energy collector on a Sun
tracker electro-mechanical system, a Thermal Energy Battery, and an application, such as a Combined
Heat and Power unit which can produce rotational horsepower. There are many other applications for
industrial and human use of the latent heat stored in the Thermal Energy Storage Unit. Here's the
problems the Solar Furnace CHP System has solved (on paper):
Matching load to supply. The storage of a hot liquid in the TEB, greatly in excess of the
anticipated load over time, will allow for uninterrupted use by the applications. Critical backup
should always be provided such as for hospitals, communication centers and other essential
services. The TEB can provide most of that backup, since heat can be generated and parsed into
the TEB from a variety of sources (electric heat, liquid fueled heaters, geothermal heat, heat
from biomass combustion). The supply of heat from the TEB allows for matching to a variable
load.
“Free” energy. The use of solar radiance to heat the transfer liquid is the lowest cost source of
energy, even considering the amortization of equipment and operational expenses.
Low cost. The low cost of the Solar Furnace CHP System relative to large central plants,
makes the unit affordable by a much larger customer base.
Distributed energy. The primary benefit is derived from the ability to size a system for a wide
variety of different applications, loads, and locations. The Solar Furnace CHP System's
electrical generation can operate in stand-alone mode or networked locally or nationally. A
significant savings of energy lost over the transmission lines, due to heat radiation, can be
realized by locating many smaller plants at the point of application and the avoidance of huge,
centralized facilities.
Heat collection, storage and transfer. The use of a heat transfer liquid allows for two levels
of heat. The collectors will be able, on a sunny day, to heat the liquid up to 600 degrees F. This
liquid will be pumped to the TEB which is a large tank, heavily insulated and containing a heat
exchanger. The tank takes its input from the solar collectors at the maximum temperature (not
to exceed 600 degrees F), which incoming liquid heats the liquid in the TEB.
These units will be marketed to farms, greenhouse operations, dairies, food processing and packaging
plants, industrial plants and institutions which can accommodate the Sun Collectors and tracker
system. The anticipated payback time will be between two and ten years, depending on the
applications employed.
Contact information:
Jim Miller, President, Mutual Aid Society of America, Inc.; 103 Methodist St., Cecilia, KY 42724
Email: jimmiller5417@yahoo.com; phone/fax: 270-862-4379
chris jones
Shadow will be at the event not our meeting.
Maybe you should do the PR work for me .
My Goal is to Promte the PP to all who attend the show after the show when they leave the building. to add to our Army. And I have no help.
If you think im not doing something right feel free to put your resources and know how in with mine.
If you have a better way for me to promote the PP Im all ears.
thanks
Mike
Best; Tom
The love of my life, Daniela (in my picture), is a similar story.
A series of seemingly unrelated events (and not all of them
appearing to be positive in the moment) brought us
together. That happened almost 10 years ago and nothing
has ever been the same since. She has been the fuel to my
fire to leave this earth better than I found it. I've always felt
that fire inside. It was Daniela that poured gasoline on it.
My life has been filled with "amazing coincidences". Keep your aim straight
and true, weather the storms (they will come) and everything works
out just fine. There are NO accidents in this life.
Four airplanes.. goodness. I can hardly handle 2 kids and 2 cats.
Take care and I wish the very best for you and yours.
I sincerely hope that I can add value to
the discussion and help implement
these vital changes.
Big Oil can add major value. In the end, it will
mean sharing the wealth of the new
energy economy with them. I have no
problem with this with full understanding
they wouldn't feel the same if the tables
were turned.
No expert here. Just sharing what I read. Use whatever works and share that, please.
Let us know if you get published!
Nice to hear from you; at least somebody has money to buy a new airplane!
I had to sell my Duchess to get $$ for my stem cell lab; www.antiagingforme.com click on "free E-books" at the site.
But it is here at Torrance airport, and I can fly it (whenever available) at cost (just paying for gas).
I too feel very privileged that I have my health ( - - after car accident, which induced a heart injury, and orthodox medicine told me: "3 drugs and a pacemaker for the rest of your life." - - and I said: " - - - " and developed my own recovery program THAT WORKED; passed two aviation medicals in the meantime. Will be published in a peer-reviwed medical journal - - ) and can go flying, work out in they gym, etc., etc.
The etc. is especially good when hormone levels coincide with a girl friend's; well - - - .
I used to go glider flying on Oahu (Dillingham field) in Hawaii; German "Grob".
Working on my next book on anti-aging. When it becomes a best-seller, I'll catch up on all of that.
my regular E-mail: drkugler@roadrunner.com
Stay healthy:
Hans
As I was driving home from work a few days ago, I realized that here on the coast we have flat land, and also a dominant land and sea breeze, also we have an abundance of Power Line Poles and Telephone Poles. What would stop us from using the wind turbine systems listed below and integrating them with the telephone poles & power poles, sure it may look funny and have a relatively high intial cost, but it would be dumping clean, and free energy into our grid.
With the dominance of the sea and land breezes that naturally occur along our costline due to the uneven heating and cooling of our land and sea surfaces, we always have ample wind energy to utilize these systems that i have provided the hyperlink for below. It may sound crazy, but its just my idea.
Please check out the links below and give some feedback on the idea..
www.swiftwindturbine.com
http://www.metaefficient.com/renewable-power/new-rooftop-wind-turbine-tested-the-helyx.html
Looks like we have more in common than justenergy independence and a clean environment.
I have a horse (retired roper, cutter), dog (english pointer), and I flew in the W-German Air Force (US airplanes, T-6, T-33, etc.) and now fly a twin Duchess.
Nice to know you.
Hans
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