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where to get the salt
From the (local to you, TP, if I remember correctly) Houston Chronicle:
Better to dewater the salt slurry effluent and use it for thermal storage than pump it into a saline aquifer, I think.On World's biggest solar power tower to open in Spain posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago 11 Responses
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Brasil Nuts
I like the concept of food forests, but caution against Brasil Nuts as a major component--they concentrate selenium, and while one or two a day is good for obtaining trace amounts, making them even a semi-significant portion of a diet will likely lead to selenium poisoning.
BTW, this was the diagnosis on House the only time I ever got one right...On Planting trees and managing soils to sequester carbon posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago 19 Responses
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much belated thanks
Sprout72, appreciate the information. Sorry it took so long to acknowledge. On House passes bailout plan with extensions for renewables, sends to Bush's desk posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 5 Responses
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don't diss my Prius...
I really can't let the "beast" slur go by without comment!
The unusual shape actually has pretty good aerodynamics. The Prius has drag coefficient of 0.26, almost as good as the Honda (discontinued) Insight's 0.25 but a ways from the EV1's 0.19 and Aptera's 0.11. It is quite a bit better than most any other sedan on the road. Even more impressive is the company it keeps in CdA (drag coefficient*area).
My 1997 Accord weighed only a few 10s of kg less than the Prius, so I don't think the weight is that out of line. Do I wish it had a carbon fiber body? Yeah. I wish lots of things, like maybe my job was closer to the walkable neighborhood of older homes and urban canopy that our house is in, so I could bicycle to work like I used to.
Our 1981 Honda Civic got around 45 mpg, but you couldn't fit much into it. You have to drive like an idiot to get only 45 mpg with a Prius. Our longterm average (city and highway) is 51.1 mpg. Recently I've been careful and get up to 60 mpg without too much effort.
Sorry to go on. I hate cars--really, I do--but of the choices out there now the Prius is one of the best (we looked at the Honda hybrid options, standard small cars, etc.) for getting excellent mileage and being able to carry an entire small nuclear family.On Review of a converted 3Prong Power plug-in Prius posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago 6 Responses
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no actual response
I assume than no has failed to notice that Mr. Green has no response to the factual content of Mr. Romm's posting. It's just "wah, wah, he called me names."On The American Enterprise Institute: Still crazy with denial and delay posted 1 year ago 5 Responses