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What do you think of this approach to saving energy? Hokum or real?
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Interesting........

No, this doesn't sound like some scam.
There is a lot of scientific data, that he uses to prove the concept.
But, the method used, only gives about a 10% to 14% efficiency.
Plus, the current cost to make this material, may be a draw back.
But if production is ramped up, the cost should come down, making it more available.


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:razz: Bubba says "Stick a pipe in the air to outer space and suck the heat up. It will also clean your house"...
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Oh boy, am I glad that can't really work!

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Maybe I should get busy inventing a
suck-o-meter to measure the pipe's space vacuum consumption. That way it can be readily taxed. You know how politicians are....
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Give it time,,, they'll find a way to charge us for the air we breath now...
And then some bum will find a way to get HIS air in his MOMs Name...lol
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When I first saw this, it reminded me of a story I read years ago in Issac Azimov's Analog Magazine. Lightweight plastic film tubing that would stay "inflated" once the chimney effect was established. I think they posited that you could put a wind driven generator somewhere within that would continuously create power
Other side effect was that it acted to cool the area down, a air conditioner effect, plus it would pull pollution particulate with it. Bad part was that that pollution had to come back down somewhere.

Take note that Analog Magazine is (or was, I haven't checked to see if it is still around) a Science Fiction magazine. I can thank my dear departed uncle for leaving boxes and boxes for me to read.
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thinking the vacuum of space can draw air up a tube totally ignores the mass of the air in the tube wanting to stay closer to earth. It would be like expecting a hand dug open well to gush water like an artesian well.

"Give it time,,, they'll find a way to charge us for the air we breath now...
And then some bum will find a way to get HIS air in his MOMs Name...lol"

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Nope, I haven't seen the Lorax.. I don't even know what that is...
I don't have cable tv either.. I don't watch it enough to justify the high cost.

A buddy of mine lives out on a farm, there's a house out in the middle of the field and it is surrounded by trees.
outside of the trees, there is no breeze, but under the trees, it's way cooler and there is always a breeze, the trees are creating that effect. the house stays cool enough that you don't hardly need any AC. Kind of like that chimney effect you mentioned.
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its a dr Seuss story about a place where a guy sells air, no trees either (that's the central plot BTW)

Opening theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92lO2Bum7v4
jump to 1:00 and 1:50 minute mark for my reference
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WELL...
A vacuum cleaner does not suck the dirt up. Rather, it creates a local low pressure area and the higher atmospheric pressure 'blows' the dirt towards to the lower pressure in an effort to equalize the difference in pressurees
Nature abhors a vacuum...!
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WELL...
A vacuum cleaner does not suck the dirt up. Rather, it creates a local low pressure area and the higher atmospheric pressure 'blows' the dirt towards to the lower pressure in an effort to equalize the difference in pressures.
Nature abhors a vacuum...!
Without vacuum the device is called a broom!
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Nature abhors perfection, that's why my floor is so dirty

A localized low pressure area is also known as a partial vacuum thus the name is accurate.

Oddly, the "Vacuum effect" has to do with Cats for some reason
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So for all the math wizards....

If a pipe did go from earth to outer space, and your cat was blown (aka sucked) into the 'partial vacuum', what would their terminal velocity be?
(Please show all work :???: )
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Lenp wrote: Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:33 pm So for all the math wizards....

If a pipe did go from earth to outer space, and your cat was blown (aka sucked) into the 'partial vacuum', what would their terminal velocity be?
(Please show all work :???: )
Dare I say the big question would be: how many times does the cat twist and turn to land on it's feet?
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