Re: "Concerned citizens" only hope for SPS......by Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:25:36 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Stick odd electrical things (old light bulbs, coiled florescent tubes,
thin pieces of steel or copper wire, etc.) into your microwave oven and
you'll quickly see just how efficient the reconversion to electricity
can be.

You're kidding, right...? By that reasoning, you can't get
electricity from fire, either... since you can't put your TV on top of
a bonfire and get it to work.

Nice straw-man tactic, though... ;-)

.

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