X-Message-Number: 20681 From: Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 09:15:51 EST Subject: Thermopiles- Etttinger --part1_ae.342116bc.2b372317_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thermopiles are a great technology for long-term reliable supply of small amounts of power... as long as you're not inside the US, where you'll have a bit of trouble getting the necessary amount of "nuclear waste" to power one. (Can't go using up the "waste" for commercial purposes, or there will be no multi-billion-dollar Yucca mountain contracts.) Of course we could power thermopiles with dung fires, but this will add some moving parts (serfs). --part1_ae.342116bc.2b372317_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20681