On Mar 18, 8:54 pm, Roger wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:45:37 -0700 (PDT), Dan
wrote:



On Mar 17, 7:37 am, "Dan Luke" wrote:
"Ash Wyllie" wrote:

There are various ways to "flywheel" wind power.

Also, wind becomes more reliable when the generating field becomes large
enough to span several states. The wind's blowing somewhere in the Midwest.

Finally, no one is proposing that wind and solar can be the sole sources of
electricity with present technology. The goal for now should be increasing
their supplementary role in power generation, while developing uses for them
in the direct production of fuels.

And this thread ALMOST died....

Let it go, man...just let it go....

Not yet. Not yet! Denny started something that must be running close
to a record. We owe it to him.



Dan Mc

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)www.rogerhalstead.com

OK, ok...

I can't let it die... it must continue, for the sake of the Cause.


NOAA: Coolest December-February Since 2001 for U.S., Globe

The average temperature across both the contiguous U.S. and the globe
during December 2007-February 2008 (climatological boreal winter) was
the coolest since 2001, according to scientists at NOAA's National
Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. In terms of winter
precipitation, Pacific storms bringing heavy precipitation to large
parts of the West produced high snowpack that will provide welcome
runoff this spring.

U.S. Winter Temperature Highlights
In the contiguous United States, the average winter temperature was
33.2°F (0.6°C), which was 0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th century average
- yet still ranks as the coolest since 2001. It was the 54th coolest
winter since national records began in 1895.

February Temperature Highlights
February was 61st warmest in the contiguous U.S. and 15th warmest
globally on record. For the U.S., the temperature was near average,
0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th century average of 34.7°F (1.5°C), which
was 2.0°F (1.1°C) warmer than February 2007.

Globally, the February average temperature was 0.68°F/0.38°C above the
20th century mean of 53.8°F/12.1°C.



http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...feb/feb08.html