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Post #202,469 by Arkadiy 4/8/05 1:08:30 PM Reply	Interview on NPR a farmer say that he can use up to 200 galon/day in season. -- "Consider a perfectly spherical cow, radiating milk isotropically." -- [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002008.html\|Language Log]
Post #202,472 by tuberculosis 4/8/05 1:15:30 PM Reply	Not a particularly useful number Sure, there's ploughing/planting season - lasts a couple weeks, harvest is busy, but there's a lot of down time too. Fuel use on a farm is spikey. Also interested in how many acres he works. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #202,474 by Arkadiy 4/8/05 1:17:11 PM Reply	The farm sounded smallish - a family establishment Yes, he said that the fuel use is drastically lower off season. -- "Consider a perfectly spherical cow, radiating milk isotropically." -- [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002008.html\|Language Log]
Post #202,475 by Andrew Grygus 4/8/05 1:21:32 PM Reply	How big's the "farm"? Today "farmer" tends to be a corporate size entity so 200 gallons may not be that much, and "in season" may be short depending on the crop. For sure though, rising fuel costs will greatly increase the cost of food. On the plus side, many farms generate huge amounts of organic waste which can be put to much better use than it is today when economics shift. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

The Long Emergency - (tuberculosis) - (47) - April 8, 2005, 12:24:57 AM EDT

Heh. - (ubernostrum) - April 8, 2005, 01:30:14 AM EDT

I'm not convinced - (ben_tilly) - (7) - April 8, 2005, 01:44:51 AM EDT

I think I'm glad my folks live in rural WA - (FuManChu) - April 8, 2005, 01:50:24 AM EDT

Agree on the agriculture angle - (tuberculosis) - (5) - April 8, 2005, 12:46:19 PM EDT

Interview on NPR - (Arkadiy) - (3) - April 8, 2005, 01:08:30 PM EDT

Not a particularly useful number - (tuberculosis) - (1) - April 8, 2005, 01:15:30 PM EDT

The farm sounded smallish - a family establishment - (Arkadiy) - April 8, 2005, 01:17:11 PM EDT

How big's the "farm"? - (Andrew Grygus) - April 8, 2005, 01:21:32 PM EDT

Some numbers. - (Another Scott) - April 8, 2005, 10:50:15 PM EDT

This is the same "small is beautiful" crap . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (21) - April 8, 2005, 03:27:55 AM EDT

Which 75% is that? -NT - (andread) - (19) - April 8, 2005, 09:18:05 AM EDT

That's for economics to decide. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (16) - April 8, 2005, 10:23:23 AM EDT

How about listing your 75% -NT - (andread) - (15) - April 8, 2005, 11:33:32 AM EDT

I am already about 50% of average American . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (14) - April 8, 2005, 01:07:50 PM EDT

Adaptable to other power sources. - (JayMehaffey) - (13) - April 8, 2005, 02:07:32 PM EDT

Very, very high costs - (ben_tilly) - (12) - April 8, 2005, 02:31:19 PM EDT

The future of shipping - (tuberculosis) - (11) - April 8, 2005, 03:06:19 PM EDT

I have recollection of a Japanese freighter like that. - (Another Scott) - April 8, 2005, 07:38:58 PM EDT

It is natural that German interest in sail continues . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - April 8, 2005, 06:04:32 PM EDT

More successful than everybody except the US - (tuberculosis) - (4) - April 8, 2005, 06:31:10 PM EDT

Cargo capacity? Reliability? - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - April 8, 2005, 07:34:20 PM EDT

Stats are here - (tuberculosis) - (2) - April 8, 2005, 09:46:35 PM EDT

Preussen was rammed by an English channel packet . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - April 8, 2005, 10:37:26 PM EDT

Thanks, I've got a new sailing topic to read up on -NT - (tuberculosis) - April 9, 2005, 12:03:02 AM EDT

even more interest in lighter than aircraft - (boxley) - (3) - April 8, 2005, 10:11:03 PM EDT

Here's a wacky twist on that - (tuberculosis) - (2) - April 9, 2005, 12:07:13 AM EDT

Old friend on that page - (drewk) - (1) - April 9, 2005, 12:39:52 AM EDT

Yup, Doug Marker - (Ashton) - April 9, 2005, 05:11:37 AM EDT

Re: Which 75% is that? - (SpiceWare) - (1) - April 8, 2005, 03:09:41 PM EDT

Info on white LEDs - (SpiceWare) - April 16, 2005, 12:42:30 PM EDT

Just because people have been predicting doom forever... - (ben_tilly) - April 8, 2005, 01:58:37 PM EDT

It depends - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - April 8, 2005, 08:43:02 AM EDT

$5 gasolene = SUVs join dinosaurs. - (Andrew Grygus) - April 8, 2005, 10:22:10 AM EDT

We have hordes of people whose mission in life is to - (Arkadiy) - April 8, 2005, 10:50:24 AM EDT

I dont think it's so terrifying - (bionerd) - (12) - April 8, 2005, 10:15:53 AM EDT

Food is going to be expensive . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (11) - April 8, 2005, 10:37:23 AM EDT

Electronics may go up. - (JayMehaffey) - (10) - April 8, 2005, 10:44:23 AM EDT

Yes, but $3600 'big screens' entertainment centers . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - April 8, 2005, 01:11:05 PM EDT

Actually, I would expect purchases to increase - (tuberculosis) - (6) - April 8, 2005, 01:16:37 PM EDT

I'd expect the opposite - (ben_tilly) - (5) - April 8, 2005, 02:02:08 PM EDT

Probably talking about different points on the same curve - (tuberculosis) - April 8, 2005, 02:27:35 PM EDT

I think the big screens will still sell - (SpiceWare) - (2) - April 8, 2005, 02:33:22 PM EDT

I dunno about that... - (jb4) - (1) - April 8, 2005, 02:43:31 PM EDT

LCDs driven by white LEDs -NT - (SpiceWare) - April 8, 2005, 03:11:00 PM EDT

Could argue the other way as well. - (Another Scott) - April 8, 2005, 02:35:52 PM EDT

Another reason for gadgets. - (static) - (1) - April 10, 2005, 09:55:32 PM EDT

Yes, and their manufacturers used to be totally mystified . - (Andrew Grygus) - April 10, 2005, 11:16:43 PM EDT

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