to recharge your batteries....most folks are going to be hooking up to con-ed (your local utility)... and how does con-ed generate electricity? By burning dinosaur remains... or... perhaps a nuke...

seems that we should be, at the federal level, encouraging decentralized power generation.... from the likes of windmills, geothermal, sun and etc.

instead of spending 300 t0 400 billion to secure the oil fields... it would be far cheaper to wean ourselves off of the dino remains.

I have some land upstate PA... about 30 miles from my mountaintop is a wind mill farm (with several dozen units operating)... and I just always think that, perhaps, this should be done on a grand scale.

though, interestingly, there was significant opposition to the wind mill farm by area residents.

cheers,

msl

Patent a TX winding, and you must put its content and winding methods down for public inspection. I wish it had ben patented, all of them, because it would have expired and the record would still be a matter of public record. As it is one must destroy an original, working device. Mike's descriptions of the troubles involved with taking apart burnt ones is enough make me wary of that process.

It is more about blood, and how much can be spilled. Do you really think that winning the Jute war when Andre was removed from the scene changed Mike's way of doing business? Or his propenisty to fight over a loss of face? Have you ever seen Mike carry on a public disagreement with anybody over a technical issue w/o calling into the fight everything else he could lay his hands on?

It's OK, 'cause after all the BS he has subjected me to, like publishing my email on his MQ site w/o permission, I would not cry if some of his blood spilled.

My request for contact is an indication that I would rather see a negotiatd settlement, one which both of us will be able to live with. What I want and what I need and what I am likely to get are three diferent things afterall.
cheers,
Douglas

My aunt-in-law needed hip replacement surgery a couple years ago. She lives in a country that covers all health care, but basically that means they just let you die. They offered her crutches, told her to stay in bed. For people that have heart conditions, they don't pay for heart surgery, not even angioplasty. So those with cholesterol conditions are given aspirin to thin the blood, that's it. People who might live to 80 will die there at 50 because of heart conditions.

The thing I thought was impressive wasn't the government funded health care, that part sucked. What impressed me was that doctors and surgeons worked at reasonable rates. They are just as qualified as American doctors, and the implants and equipment available are just as good too. But, comparing prices to average wages there, instead of charging several years pay, they charged basically a few months pay. Public assistance gave you nothing except aspirins and band-aids but you could save a few months and get good quality care. I paid for hip replacement surgery for this aunt and it cost $4000.00 USD. The implant was a nice German part and the doctors and care was excellent.

Don't forget about the sponge baths given by the Swedish Bikini Team while you're being fed Bon-Bons.