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Article #1374Re: Low Tech is Best
From: Mike E. Romano
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:38
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 03:38
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Actually my original question is poorly worded.
I am not an engineering major so I do not know the applicable formulas.
Also my title is misleading and probably creates wrong impression.
The physics problem is simply this:
can a suitable wire transfer mechanical or work energy with less loss
over a long distance (say a quarter mile) than an electric line of
similar length?
I am not stating that human labor is superior to machine labor, nor
that we should return to the pre industrial era.
--
Mike Romano Univ. Calif. Berkeley
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!bj368 From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano) Subject: Re: Low Tech is Best Message-ID: <1992Jul23.033818.14931@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: cwns16.ins.cwru.edu Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 03:38:18 GMT Lines: 13