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From: jmfbahciv on 22 Dec 2009 09:05 Pat Flannery wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: >> Pat Flannery wrote: >>> jmfbahciv wrote: >>> >> You don't know how bad things can get. Snow, sleet, and frozen >> rain can coat anything with inches of stuff in that region. > > I live in North Dakota, and the same thing can happen around here, > despite it being as flat as a billiard table. And you don't have a whole Atlantic Ocean to provide moisture for the layering of ice. :-) > This could mean that the rectennas are limited to the southern parts of > the continent to escape being covered in ice. Except in the summer when they're blown around by the hurricanes. > In regards to satellite TV that's inconvenient, but when your power grid > is relying on it it becomes critical. > They are better in the south anyway, as a GEO SPS is higher in the sky > from there, so the rectenna array can be more round in shape. how much is lost during distribution from south to north which needs it for heat? /BAH
From: Pat Flannery on 23 Dec 2009 00:50 jmfbahciv wrote: >> I live in North Dakota, and the same thing can happen around here, >> despite it being as flat as a billiard table. > > And you don't have a whole Atlantic Ocean to provide moisture for the > layering of ice. :-) Jamestown, 1966: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/wea00958.htm That was quite the storm; the family finally got out of the house by having me climb out the upper half of a bathroom window (as I was the smallest) and tossed a shovel out after me, so I could at least get one of the doors cleared enough to open. > >> This could mean that the rectennas are limited to the southern parts >> of the continent to escape being covered in ice. > > Except in the summer when they're blown around by the hurricanes. Okay, a ways inland then. > >> In regards to satellite TV that's inconvenient, but when your power >> grid is relying on it it becomes critical. >> They are better in the south anyway, as a GEO SPS is higher in the sky >> from there, so the rectenna array can be more round in shape. > > > how much is lost during distribution from south to north which needs > it for heat? They have been making progress in that regard lately as far as reducing power loss over long distances; but SSP isn't a cure-all that will supply all the power needs of a country, just a possible means of taking care of a lot of it, although at a hell of a high cost as far as initial investment goes. Up here in North Dakota, where the men are drunk and the women are knocked up, they are building windmills all over the place. Pat
From: Pat Flannery on 23 Dec 2009 01:26 Dr J R Stockton wrote: > Eire (the Republic of Ireland) is undoubtedly a part of the island of > Ireland. The full name of the UK is > "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", from which > it is clear that GB does not even include Northern Ireland. A century > ago, the word "Northern" was not included. A century from now, Great Britain will be referred to as "Greater Ireland", and governed from its Irish county capital, Derrylondon. Then it will be time to seize all C of E land and convert the Scots and Welsh back to the true faith, so they will treat their English slaves with good and Christian charity. Shar, and if that's not the case. (Opens new bottle of Jameson's and throws away the cap.) ;-) Pat
From: Dr J R Stockton on 22 Dec 2009 16:35 In sci.space.history message <LrBXm.52610$RF5.51633(a)newsfe02.ams2>, Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:53:53, Androcles <Headmaster(a)Hogwarts.physics_q> posted: > >"Dr J R Stockton" <reply0951(a)merlyn.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >news:02spzBjlSnLLFw6u(a)invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid... >> In sci.space.history message <UmXWm.89823$II.40825(a)newsfe22.ams2>, Sat, >> 19 Dec 2009 03:02:04, Androcles <Headmaster(a)Hogwarts.physics_q> posted: >> >>>The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United >>>Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. >> >> Neither of them is part of Great Britain. >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain> is correct. >> >"Great Britain also refers to England, Scotland and Wales in combination, >and therefore also includes a number of outlying islands such as the Isle of >Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of >Orkney and Shetland." >Ref: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain> > >"Great Britain is an island" (singular). >Ref: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain> > >Therefore wackypedia, the bullshit anyone can write, is self-contradictory >and should be ignored as a reference. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain> is WRONG and so are you, "Dr." > >Repeat: >The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United >Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. Setting follow-up without saying so in the rest is ungentlemanly; a good dictionary will explain that concept to you. Eire (the Republic of Ireland) is undoubtedly a part of the island of Ireland. The full name of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", from which it is clear that GB does not even include Northern Ireland. A century ago, the word "Northern" was not included. Don't make the mistake of equating the British Isles (which include the entire indigenously English-speaking part of Europe outside the Mediterranean) with Great Britain, which excludes Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands (questionably in BI). For the Isle of Man, see also <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man> <http://www.isleofman.com/Tourism/factfile.aspx> Political Status YWIII. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London UK. ???@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. Check boilerplate spelling -- error is a public sign of incompetence. Never fully trust an article from a poster who gives no full real name.
From: jmfbahciv on 23 Dec 2009 08:25
Pat Flannery wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: >>> I live in North Dakota, and the same thing can happen around here, >>> despite it being as flat as a billiard table. >> >> And you don't have a whole Atlantic Ocean to provide moisture for the >> layering of ice. :-) > > Jamestown, 1966: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/wea00958.htm > That was quite the storm; the family finally got out of the house by > having me climb out the upper half of a bathroom window (as I was the > smallest) and tossed a shovel out after me, so I could at least get one > of the doors cleared enough to open. <grin> Massachusetts, 1978 had a pretty good storm. I think it was in February. <snip> /BAH |