tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post9134730990945663528..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Genius!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50205524000043315822011-05-21T04:03:36.256-04:002011-05-21T04:03:36.256-04:00"And then we can use regenerative braking on ..."And then we can use regenerative braking on the roller coaster to power the whole theme park..." <br /><br />My housemates know to cover their ears whenever that commercial comes on.<br /><br />WV: bectie, neckwear that Glenn sells to cover the lost revenue from leaving Fox News.Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21800239369813928992011-05-21T03:17:07.211-04:002011-05-21T03:17:07.211-04:00The laws of thermodynamics diverge from the laws o...The laws of thermodynamics diverge from the laws of econothermodynamics, it seems. Perpetual motion machines are possible, with enough federal funding!Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65202561704753777402011-05-20T22:17:17.242-04:002011-05-20T22:17:17.242-04:00Listen to this one then; you open a company called...Listen to this one then; you open a company called the Arse Tickler's Faggot Fan Club. You take an advert in the back page of some gay mag, advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos, sell it a bit with, er... I dunno, "does what no other dildo can do until now", latest and greatest in sexual technology. Guaranteed results or money back, all that bollocks. These dills cost twenty-five each; a snip for all the pleasure they are going to give the recipients. They send a cheque to the company name, nothing offensive, er, Bobbie's Bits or something, for twenty-five. You put these in the bank for two weeks and let them clear. Now this is the clever bit. Then you send back the cheques for twenty-five pounds from the real company name, Arse Tickler's Faggot Fan Club, saying sorry, we couldn't get the supply from America, they have sold out. Now you see how many of the people cash those cheques; not a single soul, because who wants his bank manager to know he tickles arses when he is not paying in cheques! <br />- Tom, from <i>Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</i><br /><br />First thing I thought of reading this scheme, Tam.<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73474118494285264492011-05-20T21:11:04.412-04:002011-05-20T21:11:04.412-04:00You know, even if it were possible to reconfigure ...You know, even if it were possible to reconfigure the collapsing magnetic field or some crap like that, it would probably result in magically converting the copper windings into unicorn farts... or toxic plutonium. When science no longer matters, who is to say what will happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39704166843354914902011-05-20T18:15:19.210-04:002011-05-20T18:15:19.210-04:00I think Jim wins, both for content and brevity. El...I think Jim wins, both for content and brevity. Elegant, in the engineering sense of the word.<br /><br /> The Brits stopped subsidising windpower about 4 or 5 years ago, when they discovered that the payback time was 150 years. So there must be lots of cheap windmills for sale over there. Maybe the hippies could get them at surplus prices and set them up on their own property. <br /><br /> Oh wait, that violates the law. The NIMBY law, as the Kennedys proved a few years ago, when they had a bunch of sea anchored windmills quashed because it ruined their view from Cape Cod.Ed Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676740819579030462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45789284558710051542011-05-20T17:38:27.910-04:002011-05-20T17:38:27.910-04:00It's not waste, because somebody gets the mone...It's not waste, because somebody gets the money and someone gets the credit for giving it to them.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8074994155758857492011-05-20T14:51:25.890-04:002011-05-20T14:51:25.890-04:00Nah ... you just do what the power companies are d...Nah ... you just do what the power companies are doing now.<br /><br />Use the federal money to put up the wind turbines ( pocketing the difference between the subsidy and the actual cost of erecting the turbine ).<br /><br />And then let them slowly break down and stop running, because they do not earn enough money to pay for their own maintenance.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74988865960557688812011-05-20T14:29:10.656-04:002011-05-20T14:29:10.656-04:00Then you run afoul of the Lord, and Thermogoddamic...Then you run afoul of the Lord, and Thermogoddamics takes over...JebTexasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7771395307461444342011-05-20T11:54:48.308-04:002011-05-20T11:54:48.308-04:00Anon 11:52 - When I don't obey the laws of the...Anon 11:52 - When I don't obey the laws of thermodynamics I tend to catch a little heat.Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60228375714845156702011-05-20T11:52:27.396-04:002011-05-20T11:52:27.396-04:00Well i dont know about all of you....but in MY hou...Well i dont know about all of you....but in MY house we Obey the laws of thermodynamics!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66704623782426763242011-05-20T11:41:09.956-04:002011-05-20T11:41:09.956-04:00Many would argue that such a system would exhibit ...Many would argue that such a system would exhibit a great loss. All you have to do is divide that loss into 1 and you have a gain! Yippee!Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58579999967782064382011-05-20T11:10:01.866-04:002011-05-20T11:10:01.866-04:00I have a solution.
Herd up all the physically abl...I have a solution.<br /><br />Herd up all the physically able greentard hippies, equip each of them with a Mosin, fifty rounds of ammo and a machete, and airdrop them all into the Amazon rainforest and other endangered ecosystems.<br /><br />First of all, they'd get pissed off and would start shooting loggers.<br /><br />Regular airdrops of milsurp ammo would ensure re-forestation, and greentard would finally be able to live in touch with nature.<br /><br />Good idea? And we would be able to build these nuclear reactors without fear of protest and idiotic petitions..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36567202515187343982011-05-20T10:54:19.434-04:002011-05-20T10:54:19.434-04:00That is the "reverse John Galt" approach...That is the "reverse John Galt" approach. Latch on, and suck and suck until the monster goes dry. Then during the chaos, you are better off than the competition because you start with your belly full.<br /><br />WV: deudon, as I was under the cow and it deudon me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47733511004031597342011-05-20T10:38:16.262-04:002011-05-20T10:38:16.262-04:00The Spanish were doing exactly that with solar pan...The Spanish were doing exactly that with solar panels...<br /><br />http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/465409/spanish_nighttime_solar_energy_fraud_unlikely_in_uk.html<br /><br />NateGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43724462409489292442011-05-20T10:29:53.034-04:002011-05-20T10:29:53.034-04:00No, no no no NO!
Don't use fans. Instead, in...No, no no no NO!<br /><br />Don't use fans. Instead, install large, industrail vacuums on the downwind side of the windmills.<br /><br />That way, the system would truly suck!<br /><br /><br />Jim<br />Sunk New Dawn<br />Galveston, TXJimhttp://smokeonthewater.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23675808734154688082011-05-20T08:44:14.601-04:002011-05-20T08:44:14.601-04:00This sounds frighteningly similar to how the Mob c...This sounds frighteningly similar to how the Mob cleans money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85773786386271486052011-05-20T08:39:09.805-04:002011-05-20T08:39:09.805-04:00It's easier with solar. Just shine arc lights...It's easier with solar. Just shine arc lights at the panels during the night. Saves you the bother of trying to match fan speeds and that sort of thing.<br /><br />BTW, you see exactly this sort of thing going on in Germany, so your suggestion sadly has already been overtaken by events.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59168030846510759592011-05-20T08:30:15.997-04:002011-05-20T08:30:15.997-04:00This is almost as cool as whirled peas!This is almost as cool as whirled peas!2yellowdogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187439022081364173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40890910656879678792011-05-20T08:21:16.884-04:002011-05-20T08:21:16.884-04:00Our masters did not expect that we peons would kno...Our masters did not expect that we peons would know how to do arithmetic. Now that you have mentioned this, I'm afraid that Blackwing will need to be afraid, from now on, of a SWAT raid. You just have to spoil things, dontcha?Justthisguyhttp://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7735696891044366822011-05-20T08:02:06.687-04:002011-05-20T08:02:06.687-04:00This is the only way to minimize the environmental...This is the only way to minimize the environmental impact of wind turbines.<br />Everyone has conveniently ignored the fact that extracting energy from the wind will cause climate change. The wind moves weather systems. As you decrease the power available to move these systems, you affect the climate.<br />TINSTAAFL (There is no such thing as a free lunch.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com