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Christ · 12-01-2009, 04:02 AM

Re: Marketing department comment

Frank - he's an engineer, through and through. I'm sure he did the math on paper, overlooking some insignificant detail so that it would "work"... but in the real world, those seemingly insignificant details are usually the world's weight, so to speak. It never works out.

Speaking of lightning... how hard would it be to capture the electrical energy of a lightning bolt? Why hasn't anyone been openly looking into this for our "green energy sources" of the future? I'm sure it's not easy, but I can't imagine its' difficult... we can direct where lightning strikes, to some extent, so why can't we capture the energy?

12-01-2009, 04:02 AM	#27 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Re: Marketing department comment Frank - he's an engineer, through and through. I'm sure he did the math on paper, overlooking some insignificant detail so that it would "work"... but in the real world, those seemingly insignificant details are usually the world's weight, so to speak. It never works out. Speaking of lightning... how hard would it be to capture the electrical energy of a lightning bolt? Why hasn't anyone been openly looking into this for our "green energy sources" of the future? I'm sure it's not easy, but I can't imagine its' difficult... we can direct where lightning strikes, to some extent, so why can't we capture the energy? __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"