Tesla designed this stuff at the turn of the last century, nothing much has changed, broadcast power is very inefficient, narrow cast isn't much better.
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: OT - Prius Fuel Economy > >> The solution to the environmental issue is to outlaw coal power and >> push >> through nukes (Which are very safe and the disposal issue for spent >> fuel >> is far less of an actual issue than anti-nuke luddites insist that it >> is). >> > > Absolutely. > I heard the other day that France is something like 90% nuclear, and > they don't seem to be having any problems with their reactors. > Is Pickering still running? > There are also political issues surrounding nuclear which attempt to > limit who can have it. > We are dallying with wind power generation out here, but I don't know > how viable it is for large population densities, how long it takes to > amortize the environmental liabilities associated with making the > turbines. > > >> And even better long-term solution is Solar Power Satellites, which >> have >> a serious lead time to get active, but make solar power a viable >> option >> for power (as opposed to a good method for supplementing power). The >> basic technology was worked out and proven 30 years ago. >> >> > > I recall hearing many years ago that the Russions were playing with > power transmission without using power lines, and I heard an item on As > It Happens the other day where a fellow (or group) had come up with a > method of recharging small device batteries using a wireless > transmission method. > > William Robb > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
