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Date:         Sat, 31 May 2008 16:57:59 -0400
Reply-To:     "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: On the subject of plug-in electric cars and conversions...

oops. i did mis-read the statement.

nevertheless, conclusions stand.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 11:42:10 -0700, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> >> --snip-- > > > and yet, the article claims that the solar >> energy incident on just one square km, for one year, equals the chemical >> energy stored in the remaining conventional petroleum. >> >> What the article says is: >"A single kilometer-wide band of geosynchronous Earth orbit experiences >enough solar flux in one year to nearly equal the amount of energy contained >within all known recoverable conventional oil reserves on Earth today," the >report said." > >I don't see where you get one square km out of that. > >There's a lot of information from various sources on this subject in >general; being it is no longer Friday I'll leave it at that- people can do >their own reading/research if they wish. > >Cya, >Robert


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