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Subject:Re: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) vs Solar Panels
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 3 May 2010 02:04:59 -0400

At 12:44 AM 5/3/2010, John Rodgers wrote:
>OK, so we don't have a source of radio active materials. But these
>generators use a source of heat combined with a a thermo-electrical unit
>to produce electrical power, and that fact should be enough to plant a
>bug in some smart list members head to start the thinking on how to

Don't want to be a wet blanket, but check out the operating
efficiencies and then we can talk about it Fryeday.  Unless someone
has at least *seen* one while driving a Vanagon.  Could happen, there
are a thousand or so lying around in Siberia.

Wringingly yours,
D