Hello James, list
Lux, James P wrote:
very high performance is not expected, Rocks is a quite
convenient and cost-effective solution.
That is how I maintain a Pentium III little cluster, and my
1993 Honda. :) Would you take such a jewel to the dealership
for an oil change?
You put rocks in the crankcase of your 93 Honda? Doesn't that make a lot of
noise at high revs?
Jim
Had I figured how to break polymers of Silicon, rather than polymers of
Carbon,
to fuel my 1993 Honda (that lovely XX century relic),
I might as well sell the technology to NASA, for the rovers.
No more heavy batteries or big solar panels required.
Get a sack of Martian pebbles, and move!
No global warming either, environmentally friendly just like the
Flintstones.
Unfortunately the reactions are not exothermic, as Bowen discovered long
ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowen's_reaction_series
To break pyroxene into olivine, you need to heat things up,
and oxidation (weathering) takes a looong time ...
Not like burning octane into CO2, where to make a big boom all you need
is air and a spark.
In any case, I use rocks in the trunk of my Honda, for winter ballast
against skidding on the snow.
Very effective, and high-tech.
I recommended to BMW and other brands, for improved stability.
Gus Correa
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