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08-02-2013, 07:28 AM
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Interesting.
But how much? How much hydrogen can be produced by a plant that's, let's say, 500 meters by 500 meters? They have done the calculations. They know how much sunlight will hit the mirrors to be bounced up to hit the magic hydrogen producing chamber. They know how much energy is in that sunlight. Will such a plant produce enough hydrogen to run a small town? A neighborhood? A single house? A car? A lawnmower? A camp stove? |
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08-02-2013, 09:06 AM
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Esnohplad Semaj Ton
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We're going to have to build a shellworld around the sun.
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08-02-2013, 10:11 AM
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08-02-2013, 10:13 AM
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08-02-2013, 11:57 AM
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08-02-2013, 12:48 PM
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That guy (I know, I know) did come up with a pretty neat fan.
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08-02-2013, 01:15 PM
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Snowflake
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So we're going to set up a spherical vacuum to extract hydrogen from the sun?
(I know, I know.)
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08-05-2013, 09:46 AM
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08-02-2013, 10:04 AM
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I don't know what that has to do with this, exactly, but people have always been very good imagining solutions to engineering problems.
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08-02-2013, 10:13 AM
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08-03-2013, 12:42 PM
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Read? I only know how to write.
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Clearly the gods are no longer with us. |
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