Re: BigIron vs BigWet was: The meaning of "inner".

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Jul 20, 2008; 8:52pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/REPOST-The-meaning-of-inner-tp573374p574387.html

Steve Smith wrote:
> I'm just a bit further from looking into the room where the RoadRunner
> is installed and waiting for it to say "What are you doing Dave
> (Steve)?" as I reach for the 6inch diameter bundles feeding it power
> and connections to the outside world.
Btw, I understand the way they maintain steady power to these big
systems is by spinning up a flywheel and running a generator from
that.   Too many metawatts for batteries..   Meanwhile humans only
require a few kilocalories a day, so some ways to go on that too.

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