Oh, C'mon Paradise, that's soooo overrated ;) Actually I've been there (Tahiti that is) Sailing to Bora Bora, eating fresh tuna and cheap french wine under a starry night when all of a sudden BOOOMMM!! Mushroom cloud. OK no mushroom cloud but I was there..Now where the hell do the French dispose of all that nuclear waste??? IT'S Nuclear Fryedday Jorge
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > Of course the French also conduct nuclear testing in paradise... near > Tahiti. > > Is it Friday??? > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of S.Harrison > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:43 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: gas prices.. and what they'll be this summer > > > <cough cough- literally from coal-fired power plants> ..... hello? Nuclear > power please! > > Even the french realize that is the most efficient way to extract hydrogen > for any sort of large scale project. They're doing it now since they have > about 60 npp's supplying abundant supplies of energy. > > Imagine that- a country that is only about twice the size of Colorado having > 60 plants versus the USA with only about 110! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:29 PM > Subject: Re: gas prices.. and what they'll be this summer > > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Tom Miller wrote: > > > > > Hydrogen technology is the only practical way to get the crude oil > whores > > > off our backs. > > > > It sounds great until you realize the only viable way to get large amounts > > of hydrogen is to extract it from natural gas or petroleum. At that point > > you realize hydrogen puts us back where we started, except with a lower > > overall efficiency. > > > > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > > '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia > > '86 Volvo 240DL wagon > > > |
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