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From the wild and wacky renewable energy drawing board..
1 posted on 04/08/2008 10:00:13 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: RedStateRocker; Dementon; eraser2005; Calpernia; DTogo; Maelstrom; Yehuda; babble-on; ...
Renewable Energy Ping

Please Freep Mail me if you'd like on/off

2 posted on 04/08/2008 10:00:33 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Uncledave
The balloons have no carbon footprint or negative impact on the environment," Gurfil said.

Headline should read: "Balloons Create Themselves"

ok....date & time pool for the first lightening strike.
3 posted on 04/08/2008 10:03:25 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Uncledave

Maybe okay until the helium runs out.


4 posted on 04/08/2008 10:03:28 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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7 posted on 04/08/2008 10:08:46 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Uncledave
there was no reason the solar balloon system could not work

Ducks will eat them and choke.

8 posted on 04/08/2008 10:11:09 AM PDT by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: Uncledave

I wonder if the solar balloon would work in conjunction with the stratellite blimps NOAA contracted for.


9 posted on 04/08/2008 10:16:26 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Uncledave
John Loughhead, executive director at the UK Energy Research Centre, said there was no reason the solar balloon system could not work,

Except for that pesky 1st Law of Thermodynamics

12 posted on 04/08/2008 10:29:04 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Uncledave
I don't think the aviation industry will think much of this idea: Barrage Balloon
13 posted on 04/08/2008 10:57:20 AM PDT by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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