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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?
Would you make the periscope out of a bong?
--Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nuclear psub?
> Woody Harrelson and some of his buddies supposedly went from coast to
> coast in a bus fueled by marijuana. Oppps. I'm sorry. "Hemp". I'm
> not sure that would be a good fuel for a sub though.
> Carl
>
>
> Warrend Greenway wrote:
> >
> > No, I didn't, but wish I had. I wasn't able to go to the site. All my
work was done in lab.
> > By the way, I know one of the guys (or did, not sure where he is now)
who worked on that
> > deep-fat-fried transportation. I'm not sure if it was the same group
that you are refering
> > to. The one I am thinking of was at WSU. I believe the project was for
the military, to have
> > a means of fueling if we had petroleum problems. The guys on that
project I talked to said
> > it worked VERY well...But wasn't actually any cheaper then diesel,
unless you produced the
> > waste oil yourself. The engines were apparently only lightly modified
diesel engines.
> >
> > Warren.
> >
> > > From: Warrend Greenway <dub@linuxmail.org>
> > > > They would be, and safe enough, but they would be illegal for
individual
> > > citizens to own.
> > > > I wonder though...How practical could a methane digester be made?
Kitchen
> > > scraps, anyone?
> > >
> > > This reminds me of a segment I saw on one of those Tech Shows. I have
not
> > > seen it repeated since. A group of engineering students developed a
fuel
> > > system to run on vegetable oil. They did a cross country trip in a
van and
> > > fueled-up
> > > at McDonalds, BurgerKing...etc., using the old deepfry oil that were
going
> > > to be
> > > trashed. They drove coast to coast and didn't spend a dime on fuel.
Maybe
> > > they
> > > got hired by Ford, GM, or BP and paid lucrative salaries to "not"
develop
> > > this.
> > > Who knows.....
> > >
> > > > By the way, I worked on the Yucca Mountain project...I built a
hydraulic
> > > conductivity meter
> > > > for the project...They had to verify that the waste could not seep
into
> > > the ground water.
> > > > The last I heard, the hydraulic conductivity in Yucca Mountain is
very
> > > low. That's good!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When did you work there? Did you see or witness any of these
Subterene
> > > tunnelers?
> > >
> > > --Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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