2001 - Then and Now ( in reference to the movie)

Q: What could put us back on a track toward the space accomplishment of 2001?

I think that we should immediately cease building any kind of space station. Instead, we should be building a moon base, so that we can occupy it and begin to learn how to live, work, and do scientific research off the planet.

He says in the article something to the effect that Nixon didn't want to do space.

The movie differs from present reality because the policy makers of the Nixon Administration decided to sidestep the territorial issue. In this way, they maintained more control over a space program that they had inherited from a previous administration and for which they has little enthusiasm.

So, when I say that the powers that be don't want something, I am not the only one who ever said it.  That includes an actual solution to the energy problem.  If you solve energy, you solve space.  (Somebody else said that too)

 

Stirling engine R/C model car

I first learned about Stirling Engines in 2004 or 2005. That was about the time that I became really concerned about the energy problem. If these people in Washington actually want to solve any problems, instead of making things worse, which is what they usually do, just hook one of these up to a heat source. You can run an automobile with one of these things.

During the so called "Energy Crisis" of the seventies, Ford experimented with Stirling Engines. They have a disadvantage in that they take awhile to warm up. But if you hook them up to a battery, they can charge the battery, you see. Then the car can be an electric Stirling hybrid.

Of course, you could also hook one up to an e-cat, which seems to produce energy.

Sterling Engines - these can save the planet! - not

This is a silly title, but the concept of using Stirling Engines is sound. All you need is a heat source. Take one of these Stirling Engines from this solar dish and connect to an E-cat. Then you will see something interesting, don't you think?

Note also, that the Stirling Engine is not too big to fit in an automobile. The E-cat is relatively small too. So, you see, a really convincing demonstration is possible.

Rossi and Focardi LENR Device: Probably Real, With Credit to Piantelli

By  Steven B. Krivit  Where Did the Idea Come From?
From what I know so far, the concept demonstrated on Jan. 14 by Rossi and his colleague Sergio Focardi, a retired physics professor from the University of Bologna, had been discovered by Francesco Piantelli, a retired professor of biophysics with the University of Siena.

The article has a Q&A at the end.   Here's one that is instructive:

Q. Are you claiming this to be “cold fusion” or some new kind of low-energy nuclear reaction?
A. I think that the definition “cold fusion” is wrong in itself. What I claim is a weak nuclear reactions energy. As you already know, I think that there is still much work and study to do on the theoretical field to understand exactly why this reactor works. This path is difficult, because all physics can say to help you is that these reactions are impossible (thank you very much), while in the books, you can find nothing. Also, the more important books (for me, Greiner and Cooks) do not give solutions. We have to invent from the base also in the theoretical field.

Budget and debt talks move to the White House

Talks aimed at raising the debt ceiling while cutting spending move to the White House

The Democrats are treating this like a negotiation, as if there is anything to negotiate. Didn't I write about this already? If you "spread the wealth" without creating it, you are going to go broke eventually. The government is broke, so in order for it to continue spending as before, it must get money from somewhere. Do they really expect the Republicans to just hand it over?

On the other hand, even if the Republicans hand it over, this doesn't solve the problem. The problem is that you are spending more than what you are taking in, and unless you can turn that around, merely spending until you are really broke accomplishes nothing.

Mr. Rossi calculates the E-Cat’s energy

From Cold Fusion now website

Comment: I'd like to hook that up to a machine that will produce electricity and power a vehicle around a track until it ran out of fuel. Then we will know one way or another if this is for real. Seeing is believing.

Life on Mars?

Brandenburg's book is amazing. Not only does he make a case for past life on Mars, but also for present life. That's not all. He also postulates that life may have transited from Mars to Earth and seeded the Cambrian Explosion.  Hold on to your seats, but there's more.  He is also suggesting a nuclear explosion, as in a malicious event, you know, like a war.

The search for life doesn't interest me much.  This explains all the fascination with Mars, though.  Maybe the face means something!