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From: BAR on 9 Sep 2008 00:23 William Clark wrote: > In article <jpOdnYpMgu6owFjVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d(a)comcast.com>, > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > >> William Clark wrote: >>> In article <cqewk.30150$Fr1.13101(a)newsfe03.iad>, >>> "Frank Ketchum" <nospamforme(a)thanksanyway.net> wrote: >>> >>>> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message >>>> news:wclark2-C86C5D.10284705092008(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... >>>> >>>>> Pardon? Miss Alaska would like to drill to line her pockets. Many of the >>>>> rest of us would like to preserve something for nature, especially given >>>>> that we will be done with oil within the next 50 years anyway. >>>> Perhaps you should do a little research about all of the different >>>> products >>>> that we use daily which are derived from oil. You are touching one of >>>> them >>>> right now. >>> And how stupid is it that we have allowed ourselves to become so totally >>> dependent on it, when we could have invested in the research to produce >>> alternatives years ago? Looks pretty dumb right now. >> For a guy who spent years teaching and researching at the university >> level about materials science it is pretty sad that you didn't apply >> some of your own knowledge and experience towards the solving that problem. > > I did, but it also needed some federal or industrial research dollars to > allow it progress to the production stage. That money is suddenly > becoming available, but twenty years ago no one wanted to know about it. I guess you weren't smart enough to convince people that your ideas were commercially viable or profitable.
From: Carbon on 9 Sep 2008 02:34 On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:23:33 -0400, BAR wrote: > William Clark wrote: >> In article <jpOdnYpMgu6owFjVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d(a)comcast.com>, >> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >> >>> For a guy who spent years teaching and researching at the university >>> level about materials science it is pretty sad that you didn't apply >>> some of your own knowledge and experience towards the solving that >>> problem. >> >> I did, but it also needed some federal or industrial research dollars >> to allow it progress to the production stage. That money is suddenly >> becoming available, but twenty years ago no one wanted to know about >> it. > > I guess you weren't smart enough to convince people that your ideas were > commercially viable or profitable. Twenty years ago gas was $1.10/gal. No one cared about alternative energy research. No one would care now if it was still that price. And there would still be next to no money available for alternative energy research.
From: William Clark on 9 Sep 2008 07:21 In article <zNydnaLlBrEJZ1jVnZ2dnUVZ_hednZ2d(a)comcast.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > William Clark wrote: > > In article <jpOdnYpMgu6owFjVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d(a)comcast.com>, > > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > >> William Clark wrote: > >>> In article <cqewk.30150$Fr1.13101(a)newsfe03.iad>, > >>> "Frank Ketchum" <nospamforme(a)thanksanyway.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > >>>> news:wclark2-C86C5D.10284705092008(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > >>>> > >>>>> Pardon? Miss Alaska would like to drill to line her pockets. Many of the > >>>>> rest of us would like to preserve something for nature, especially given > >>>>> that we will be done with oil within the next 50 years anyway. > >>>> Perhaps you should do a little research about all of the different > >>>> products > >>>> that we use daily which are derived from oil. You are touching one of > >>>> them > >>>> right now. > >>> And how stupid is it that we have allowed ourselves to become so totally > >>> dependent on it, when we could have invested in the research to produce > >>> alternatives years ago? Looks pretty dumb right now. > >> For a guy who spent years teaching and researching at the university > >> level about materials science it is pretty sad that you didn't apply > >> some of your own knowledge and experience towards the solving that problem. > > > > I did, but it also needed some federal or industrial research dollars to > > allow it progress to the production stage. That money is suddenly > > becoming available, but twenty years ago no one wanted to know about it. > > I guess you weren't smart enough to convince people that your ideas were > commercially viable or profitable. If you mean I was twenty years ahead of my time, that is right. And your poster by Mr Magoo was in Congress at the time, but I guess this wasn't part of his agenda for change back then.
From: Carbon on 9 Sep 2008 20:04 On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:59:09 -0400, BAR wrote: > Leadership doesn't come from a book. So the ignorant like to think.
From: dene on 9 Sep 2008 22:00
"BAR" <screw(a)you.com> wrote in message news:KLadna2Me9sInVrVnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > What has Obama accomplished? Two books....and finally making his wife proud of America. -Greg |