Posted by Jim Wilkins on February 19, 2012, 3:40 pm
> To "sit on our hands and do nothing" is not an option. To dance to the
> tune of the corporations is not an option.
Learning the science to design a new power source and and buying hobby-sized
machine tools to build it yourself is VERY MUCH an option. I have my
[mumble] projects, what's holding YOU back??
This is an excellent size of lathe for an inventor's basement shop, small
enough to manhandle down the stairs and large enough to turn a Diesel truck
piston. I have the equivalent South Bend.
http://nh.craigslist.org/tls/2823672021.html
If you'd rather buy a new machine of lower Chinese quality but no (less?)
risk of unpleasant hidden surprises:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/category.aspx?keyF0000 |700000
These store in a desk drawer and take up no more temporary space than a
laptop computer:
http://www.sherline.com/
They are adequate to make an aluminum or brass proof-of-concept model, but
not powerful enough to cut much steel.
jsw
Posted by Curbie on February 19, 2012, 5:00 pm
If you don't want to "dance to the tune of the corporations" whatever
that means to the delusional, DON'T, just put together a device using
all your "magic" tech and save the world, why are sitting on your
hands waiting for a corporation to do it for you.
This isn't that complicted.
Curbie
wrote:
>> Trying to understand why things do and do not work takes real effort,
>> as does posting proof; posting opinions takes neither effort nor
>> proof.
>>
>> I don't know what is more damaging about promoting "Magic" tech, the
>> people that are snookered in to believing the magic is not an
>> illusion, or the overall notion that we can all just sit on our hands
>> and do nothing, and wait for someone else to fix the huge energy
>> problems we have.
>The problem is that people are too narrow minded and easy swayed by big
>corps. The biggest example of this is the piston IC engine. It is a
>Victorian dog that only uses 20% of the energy in the tank. It is totally
>unacceptable. Many great idea can come about to replace it. Many in
>concept, and simulation, are much superior. When pros and cons are assessed
>they are still vastly superior. Yet the big corps do nothing.
>Then the "sit on our hands and do nothing", crew retort to, "if it was any
>good the big auto companies would have made them by now". The vast majority
>of cars in the world are made by a handful of companies and most trend to
>look the same - as if in league with each other. The big corps have openly
>stated they will not adopt new technology unless there existing plant can
>make it - most of the same parts bin.
>In the essential engine, only the Russians with their proposed "rotary vane
>engine" incorporated in a hybrid also using supercapacitors, offer any
>advancement - Even the body is advanced composites. See thread on that for
>info. That appears to be a very serious project with the Russian president
>driving a prototype for promotional reasons - he would not be used a stooge
>for lost cause.
>Apart from this Russian initiate, only Toyota looked ahead and did
>something, setting the current scene in hybrids, which is getting better and
>better.
>To "sit on our hands and do nothing" is not an option. To dance to the tune
>of the corporations is not an option.
Posted by News on February 19, 2012, 11:16 pm
Curbie wrote:
> If you don't want to "dance to the tune of the corporations" whatever
> that means to the delusional,
You must think the corporations are some sort of altruistic organizations.
They were formed to buck the free-market.
> DON'T, just put together a device using
> all your "magic" tech and save the world, why are sitting on your
> hands waiting for a corporation to do it for you.
People do world saving devices but look who stops them.
> This isn't that complicted.
It isn't at all.
Posted by Curbie on February 20, 2012, 12:38 am
wrote:
>People do world saving devices but look who stops them.
Then why don't you, instead of sitting on you hands and posting
delusional EXCUSES.
This isn't that complicated, grow up, do something to help, and stop
blaming others for your laziness.
Curbie
Posted by News on February 20, 2012, 8:14 am
> wrote:
>>People do world saving devices but look who stops them.
> Then why don't you, instead of sitting on you hands and posting
> delusional EXCUSES.
> This isn't that complicated, grow up, do something to help, and stop
> blaming others for your laziness.
What the hell are you on about?
Increasing stupidity and vested interests, are far more damaging.
> tune of the corporations is not an option.