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A bomb calorimeter measures the heat loss of a chemical reaction. But YES that is my thought, using the heat produced from combustion to power a turbine/generator then transfering the energy to drive motors. The whole heat pump conversation is very revalent, since I will need to recycle the...

Just got back to the site, last tests before finals and finals at school. Had to reply to this one first. I was just reading the additions to the post and I will have to admit I have skimmed a few posts already. Dislike the anamosity but like the contunued conversation. I will write more...

Georgia produces 42% of the entire peanut crop in the US. 75% is converted into peanut butter. http://resources.caes.uga.edu/media/GAR/peanuts.htm kindof busy lately I'll write more soon

Thank you for the clarification, it has been awhile since I looked it up. Kind of funny since the number one agricultural product in the state I live in, Georgia, is peanutsJ I was thinking of recycling the fluid and it would not have to be water. A fluid with a really low boiling point...

What are the limiting factors involved in engine technology? Specifically, I am wondering why we are still using big old engines. Just easier to work with what already works? Development: First came gas otto cycle, then came diesel. Diesel is more efficient since the combustion is more...

I like that term, "silo-based thinkers". Bank and ministries? What are these people doing? Fiscal planning? Dealing with macroeconomic concers when microsociety concerns are not being met? Ministries???Preaching? People need to be organized into stable supporting groups. Religious concerns...

If you are too sore to function in your daily life, you are training too much. Be it understood that the first two weeks that begin a new training regime you have never performed before, your body will be sore, but as you train more often and are consistent with training, your body can adapt to...

Delays Hurting U.S. Rebuilding in Afghanistan Bureaucratic inefficiencies mixed with a serious lack of public support or apparent involvement. The mindset and expectations of the public must be addresses. Money is being thrown in the wrong directions. “Give a man a fish and he will eat...

Very true. Priests who try to control society… Incompetent second, third, etc, etc, sons resulting from royal inbreeding who enter the clergy not seeking religious ideals, but because they will not inherit family wealth or title and seek a powerful position in society. The succession of an...

The idea of large-scale sustainable economic development is very intriguing. Beautiful example of complexity, much more information is needed to define specifics of micro societies (Information with regards to resource availability). What natural resources are available for economic...

This is the reason I am posting. I need more work in my communication skills. My idea was not expressed properly. It is not complete. I recognize the differences in learning potential within sub groups does not have a large quantifiable result in the overall survivability of a sub species...

Utopia? What is a utopia, everyone has a different view on exactly what this would be? Every individual has a different view. So should we not explore what these views are, or better yet, try and define a Utopian view that satisfies the apparent meaning of our existence. What...

Technology is an expression of our cumulative gifts Technology is our friend. The people that wield technology are the problem. People are the weakest link. We need to use technology to help us build a better society. Technology is developing at an incredible rate, yet as a society we...