: In article , : snipped-for-privacy@bellatlantic.net mentioned... : > : > : > "Watson A.Name - Watt Sun" wrote: : > : > > : > > Sometimes I wonder why I come up with such silly ideas. : > : > Whatever you call the thing that makes you come up with what : > you call "silly" ideas - that's the very thing that drives the : > advancement of science. : : Well, that's the problem. Instead of coming up with something : original, I come up with building this invention that's a hundred : years old, and can be replaced by a 50 cent AA cell that's available : at just about any store around. I should be disciplining my mind to : do something more useful. But then of course if we really did that, : we would be out making money instad of BSing here in the newsgroups. : ;o)
Neh, it's interesting, and may as you say be useful when there are no AA's!
While you're on 100 yr old technology, batteries, zinc, iron, copper, etc ... Stubblefield's "earth batteries" might be interesting to peruse some info on.
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Definitely some weird reports, shades of Tesla, etc ... and the remarks about lights &etc being powered indefinitely make them seem right up your alley ;-)
Obvioulsy a puzzle, and perhaps more to them than immediately apparent?