On 16/02/2011 04:00, RussellMc wrote:
>> Also, on the video the gradient looks pretty flat too - are you sure you
>> didn't mean 3 degrees, 1:30, or something?
> Note my "laws of physics" comment re lifting a mass vertically.
>
> You need ~10 kW to cause 1000 kg to ascend vertically at 1 m/s. He
> even stated the factor of 2 implication of sine  30 for those who may
> have missed it.
>
> He's doing a classic "free energy" / perpetual motion / magnets /
> crystals / oxygen free copper / Apple ... trust me I saw it myself,
> where do you want your Brooklyn Bridge delivered to? Presumably to see
> how "real engineers' rise to the challenge.
>
> Even from a Ningbo hotel room I can smell the sizzle of the sausages ...

Yes, I noted that, just trying to see what the point of it all is.=20
Probably some of those shady bracelet wearing pandas involved too ;-)

> If you want "a bit of a rise" with a road joining them, Look up
> Dante's view (Dante's lookout) just along from  Zabriski point (not
> the movie).
>
> Over a mile and you FEEL like you could walk down it in under an hour.
> Don't try! Walking down the road may  not be too too much wiser,
> often.
>

Just checked it out - that looks to be quite an impressive area (as is=20
Google Earth - not used it for ages, it's improved a great deal)



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