tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post9039319957929658535..comments2019-03-03T12:28:46.572-08:00Comments on COMPLEXITY METRIC: The Pneumatic CarRandall Lee Reetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15879202191444326979noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-1142285779418153152009-03-11T13:51:00.000-07:002009-03-11T13:51:00.000-07:00Karrde,You wrote:"If man had not dreamed and thoug...Karrde,<BR/><BR/>You wrote:<BR/><BR/>"If man had not dreamed and thought about what might be possible then we would still be using stone tools and living in caves. The wheel and every other invention would not have been developed and we would still think the world was flat!"<BR/><BR/>Which is a bit funny. For one, do you think anyone who ever attempted a measurement ever thought the world was flat? A "flat" world was a popular model not among people seeking truth, but among the masses who have always wanted to believe things without checking first if they are true. The only people who didn't think the world was flat were other freaks who had the same wishful or rhetorical desire to "declare" the shape of the world (how about a cube or a tetrahedron... what tickles your fancy?) and the rare individual that cared more about finding out what shape it was than declaring it so.<BR/><BR/>Without honest measurement, anyone can say anything about anything. Dreamers have always existed... look at alchemy. But no amount of desire was ever going to turn dirt into gold. <BR/><BR/>Understanding how nature really works (through measurement) has informed the construction of extremely complex and unstable machines that can under exacting conditions shove protons into or out of atomic nuclei and thus cause one element to become another. But this didn't happen through wishing. This happened through the very very very difficult quieting of desire so that bias is less obstructive to the measurement process.<BR/><BR/>I really think you do need to revisit your high-school physics materials. This time, don't look at the equations, look instead to the reason science works. Look to the difference between science and everything that was tried before. What is that difference Karrde? Do you know?<BR/><BR/>RandallRandall Lee Reetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879202191444326979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-34945243384170975492009-03-11T13:15:00.000-07:002009-03-11T13:15:00.000-07:00Karrde,Please give me a single example where knowl...Karrde,<BR/><BR/>Please give me a single example where knowledge from empirical measurement (Science) has EVER gotten in the way of understanding or progress or invention. How about a single new thing or process that falsifies or has falsified knowledge acquired through Science and measurement.<BR/><BR/>RandallRandall Lee Reetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879202191444326979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-79872366760567983412009-02-11T17:22:00.000-08:002009-02-11T17:22:00.000-08:00I'm not trying to be rude to you Randall but I alw...I'm not trying to be rude to you Randall but I always love reading peoples comments on sites like this where they say "come on people you need to revisit your first year psychics (or math) lectures, and you will learn the truth about how this technology wont really work". It is a fact that mankind has decided not to always use 'simple physics or math' and to use the full extent of our brain that has made it possible for mankind to advance beyond Neanderthal and move into modern day man. <BR/><BR/>If man had not dreamed and thought about what might be possible then we would still be using stone tools and living in caves. The wheel and every other invention would not have been developed and we would still think the world was flat!<BR/><BR/>It is the mere fact that man has thought outside the square that every invention and device you can see around the world today has come about because of someone thinking just a bit differently to someone else (were not all mindless drones)<BR/><BR/>So before you tell us what cannot be done or achieved just because you have done 1st year physics (like every other person on this earth) just try and think outside the square for a while and dream what might be possible instead of telling us what isn’t possible.<BR/><BR/>I had a read of what Chris wrote and looked at some of those links and if this sort of technology is real then the world is heading in a very different direction in the future. I think you have missed the point slightly. The drain on the power grid will become less as smaller decentralized power units come online to replace the huge inefficient legacy power plants that we currently have. Smart power grids are sure the way to go in the future. And Randall if your still not to sure about how a smart power grid works, it is much like how the internet works, many millions of individual stations all hooked up and working together to create something amazing. Mind you I guess all 1st year physics people could tell you why the internet wouldn’t work also......Karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226038970158071309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-36799720439456760352009-02-10T12:18:00.000-08:002009-02-10T12:18:00.000-08:00I think all of you might want to revisit your firs...I think all of you might want to revisit your first year physics lectures. The amount of energy spent pushing a 3000 lb. auto around at 65 mph even for just an hour far exceeds total domestic energy use for a day. Which means charging an vehicle from the electrical grid will demand over twice the energy currently feeding the home. Simple physics, simple math. Wind and solar currently produce for about 3% of CURRENT use. Double use and your green contribution drops to less than 2%. Most home solar/wind systems can barely supply non-transportation demand of that home. I must be missing some magic here? How are you planning on achieving a 2 fold increase (2000%) in the output of domestic solar/wind energy? I am all for it, but I just don't see it. No "smart grid" can PRODUCE energy. As important as smart grid improvements are, they are improvements in efficiency... wasting less of what is there... not production.<BR/><BR/>Lets get real so that our critics can't question our credibility.<BR/><BR/>RandallRandall Lee Reetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879202191444326979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-64686650963475589552009-02-10T10:17:00.000-08:002009-02-10T10:17:00.000-08:00iPower - Intelligent Power - using Smart Grid is w...iPower - Intelligent Power - using Smart Grid is what is needed. <BR/>IT MDI-Energy are developing this technology using MDI Compressed Air Engine integrated into power grid through IndraNet Minder. Smart Grid is the key to combining, wind power and other alternate forms power generation. They expect to have a solar content within 3 yrs. Imagine being able to generate your own power to fuel your air car. <BR/>Check out http://www.thefuture.net.nz/ipower.htm and <BR/>http://www.itmdi-energy.com/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047067327830603967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-30995743857751928022009-02-04T02:00:00.000-08:002009-02-04T02:00:00.000-08:00Hi, may I recommend my site www.aircars.tk to you?...Hi, may I recommend my site www.aircars.tk to you? It has much information, lots of pictures, videos aned links and the latest news about pneumatic cars.<BR/>I do not agree with you Randall, about the electric grid being in trouble if many people use the socket at home to compress the air for their air cars. On the contrary, as an increasing percentage of our energy will come from wind, the grid will encounter serious balance problems. It will be overloaded when there is too much wind and little consumption. For the cars all combined to work as a giant energy buffer, a mobile reservoir, we need one third of our cars to be on the grid. With a smart and well interconnected grid, that gives a signal to consumers at home automatically piling up compressed air when the wind is blowing hard, the grid unbalance problems could be overcome. I have read several articles about this option, be it regarding electrical vehicles, as in http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/22518/<BR/><BR/>I found your article very interesting, Randall, thank you!<BR/><BR/>Didier<BR/>www.aircars.tkdidierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03357541010656836673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-14872471323972290332008-07-08T12:48:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:48:00.000-07:00Yes I know of the Air Car... I hope it meets with...Yes I know of the Air Car... I hope it meets with some success. I am also aware that their solution is a central motor sending motion out to two wheels via a drive train of some sorts (direct linkage or chain?). This feels a lot less elegant to me than the motor-in-wheel solution I propose... but there are certain (simplifying) advantages to a single motor solution. They have spent a good deal of their R&D effort towards the design of an efficient pneumatic motor. There are a great many thermodynamic parameters to get right with this whole solution.<BR/><BR/>The big issue though, the issue that makes me excited about pneumatic vehicles is the larger issue of how the energy is delivered to the car. If the solution simply involves plugging a compressor into your home electrical network... well you are really taking a giant step backwards. Of course the positive side of even this early solution is that the Air Car people are having (for practical reasons), build a really light and simple car. Light cars use less energy. The fact that you have to plug it into the grid puts it into the boutique category (if more than a few people buy and drive these things we are going to be in for some real trouble getting enough energy out and onto our electrical grid).<BR/><BR/>RandallRandall Lee Reetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879202191444326979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356093984428839526.post-19500467949566517352008-07-08T09:19:00.000-07:002008-07-08T09:19:00.000-07:00I agree, and there is a company that is planning t...I agree, and there is a company that is planning to import a new version of the AIR CAR to the USA! We know TATA motors has the rights to build the car in India (I'm not sure about other countries) but this other company just told Popular Mechanics that they got the rights to actually build assembly plants here in the USA! You can find out more at www.HiddenBuzz.comGeorge Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651844716260572105noreply@blogger.com