tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post8828377872008587124..comments2023-07-27T03:43:49.982-05:00Comments on Food and Fort Worth: Some Things are Just Cool #2: Walking Power.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-84432386725178449472008-02-15T20:34:00.000-06:002008-02-15T20:34:00.000-06:00Oil will eventually run out or become scarce enoug...Oil will eventually run out or become scarce enough to make other types of energy viable. I've heard this may be as soon as fifteen years from now (when natural gas would take over).<BR/><BR/>As a person not intricately familiar with the economics, I still have to think the payback period for wind justifies itself, even with moderate to high maintenance costs. Unless there's things about globalStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022956841251987737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-58864602708863901212008-02-15T17:09:00.000-06:002008-02-15T17:09:00.000-06:00Hey, I appreciate the comments and they are well t...Hey, I appreciate the comments and they are well thought out.<BR/><BR/>I have seen something, somewhere on a vertical turbine looking deal that was wind generated, but never a revolving door generator. That is a perfect fit for the cool category. <BR/><BR/>I looked into the wind generator idea for a friend of mine 10 years ago, this was pre-Enron fall and it wasn't really financially viable. It Francis Shivonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211824074217323164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-59806169293270562382008-02-15T11:57:00.000-06:002008-02-15T11:57:00.000-06:00First of all, there should be a breathalyzer hooke...First of all, there should be a breathalyzer hooked to my laptop preventing me from posting after a certain BAC is attained. I'm a nicer fellow than I appeared in that comment. <BR/><BR/>Saw something real cool on the renewable energy front. Basically the same induction technology used on wind generators except attached to all revolving doors. If you think of major urban areas, those things Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022956841251987737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-59026667425698835212008-02-13T23:54:00.000-06:002008-02-13T23:54:00.000-06:00I'm actually sympathetic to the environmentally co...I'm actually sympathetic to the environmentally concerned, maybe from a different perspective than you.If I demeaned the "greens" it was unintentional. I do like to poke fun at groups because they take themselves too seriously. I include my own groups and myself.<BR/>Absolutely overdependent on foreign oil. If you applied Aristotle's definitions of causes to the problem of terrorism, the Francis Shivonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211824074217323164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-79958118576331144892008-02-13T22:59:00.000-06:002008-02-13T22:59:00.000-06:00Seems like you demean "green" types. It's become ...Seems like you demean "green" types. It's become obvious since 9/11 that we should no longer need to depend on the middle east to support our infrastructure (sp). It's these greens that are coming up with ingenious ways to fuel our economy in other ways. It's the entrenched oil/gas folks, embodied by out president, that don't want to shut off the profit tap. But, gas will run out, so I'd Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022956841251987737noreply@blogger.com