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- From: nateh@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Nate Hawthorn)
- Subject: why?
- Message-ID: <04XFuB5w165w@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
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- Organization: Quake Public Access, Sylmar CA
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:27:20 GMT
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- why is it that something silly like "a 30 second warm up, forget it"
- would hold up development of a technology????
-
- I can see these guys in a office arguing this point and finally dropping
- development because of it.
-
- It really doesn't matter. Just because it's not EXACTLY like what you
- have now, doesn't mean you shouldn't make it.
-
- Just stop it.
-
- There's always a way to solve these small peoblems if you really want to
- (and really have a need for them).
-
- The comment that someone made about the fact that he doesn't drive down
- to the store 6 blocks away is valid. If you're lazy then pay the price
- for it, that's all.
-
- Ideas: Have a power system that sends electric power to the car at
- night if the temp gets too low and supplies it from UNDERNEATH, not
- needing the consumer to plug it in at all. Then that heats the water the
- SMALL amount it needs to keep it warm enough to not freez.
-
- WE wouldn't need it in CALIFORNIA, or other southern places anyway.
-
- If the tank is as insulated as it should be (if you built one you might
- get an idea of what it can/can't do instead of talking about what you
- have no experience with)... then the tank would lose little STEAM POWER
- or temp at all and thus you would just get in and go from the start.
-
- Lighting the flame is no problem, we do that now in everything with a
- electronic spark, no problem...
-
- I say quit talking about it and build one today. Go to the garage and
- quite watching TV.
-
-