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Article #2272Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs for highelectricity costs
From: Donald Borowski
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:20
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:20
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John Higdon wrote: > > in article 3A679C6C.140D583E@quiotix.com, Jeffrey Siegal wrote: > > > Many bars and restuarants can operate with electricity. Some retail > > stores (especially smaller ones) can. And of course, there are mobile > > businesses (landscapers, trucking, taxis, etc.). Some knowledge workers > > can also get by, for a time, using only books and paper. > > Now, if you could just figure out how to generate ten or twenty thousand > watts of RF with no electricity, I would be all ears. BTW, how do those > non-electrical businesses take plastic? For the RF, how about an Alexanderson alternator (high frequency) powered by a water turbine? Taking plastic used to be done without electricity. Those with long memories will recall when a multipart paper form and an "imprinter" were routinely used for credit card transactions. Those above a certain amount required approval that was done via telephone. -- Donald Borowski Agilent Technologies, Spokane PGU
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