La frontera anglo-española es un tema conflictivo. En principio el Mar Cantábrico sería la frontera entre los dos países, pero es difícil decir dónde cayó un avión, sólo se puede saber si la mayoría de los restos, bajo el mar, están en un lugar u otro. Y la frontera es a ras del agua, no en el fondo. O hay dos fronteras? Y la corriente marina?
Más conflictivo aún es Gibraltar. No se puede admitir que es frontera, porque se admitiría el derecho inglés al peñón. Pero en la práctica, están alli los ingleses.
En fin, para responder la pregunta que titula el artículo, si son sobrevivientes, no se los entierra... No?
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Conspiracy against the Geothermal Energy by the Oil Companies
I was recently contacted by the president of an European Geothermal Energy Physical Association, asking me to create public conscience about his field. He believes that for some occult reason the governments do not pay enough attention to cheap enery sources such as geothermal.
After some web research, I tend to agree with him. Nobody states any strong argument against geothermal energy. It is renewable, clean, abundant and available. And it can completely destroy the oil energy business.
The cost of building a geothermal plant depends on how deep the heat source is located. In places like Island, Hawai or any volcanic area, there is no problem and the heat from the lava could be fully exploited for energy generation. There is no limiting size for such an explotation, and the excess energy could be used to generate hydrogen. Liquid hydrogen is a high-energy fuel that can be shipped anywhere, and burnt for energy without contamination. The sale of energy could easily cover the initial costs of geothermal plants in a very short period.
There are a few reasons against geothermal energy: the possibility of earthquake (remote), release of contaminant substances (remote and only at the initial time of perforation), exhausting the local heat. This last event might limit the energy produced by a well, but should not prevent it. It can be solved with a deeper weel, or multiple paralel wells.
There are no serious objections to a wider use of geothermal energy, against the interests of the oil companies. If they saw this reality, they should have bought shares of the geothermal companies, expecting to shift their focus in the near future, when the conditions for their benefit are optimal. This can be easily be investigated by financial journalists.
The oil companies are in excellent position to take advantage of the geothermal energy. They have the drilling technology and the old wells that did not find oil. Those wells could be easily reconverted to geothermal energy production, specially when they reach hight temperatures in the bottom. However, they make more money with oil, no matter how bad for the environment it is.
If I could bet, I would buy a few shares of the geothermal companies.
After some web research, I tend to agree with him. Nobody states any strong argument against geothermal energy. It is renewable, clean, abundant and available. And it can completely destroy the oil energy business.
The cost of building a geothermal plant depends on how deep the heat source is located. In places like Island, Hawai or any volcanic area, there is no problem and the heat from the lava could be fully exploited for energy generation. There is no limiting size for such an explotation, and the excess energy could be used to generate hydrogen. Liquid hydrogen is a high-energy fuel that can be shipped anywhere, and burnt for energy without contamination. The sale of energy could easily cover the initial costs of geothermal plants in a very short period.
There are a few reasons against geothermal energy: the possibility of earthquake (remote), release of contaminant substances (remote and only at the initial time of perforation), exhausting the local heat. This last event might limit the energy produced by a well, but should not prevent it. It can be solved with a deeper weel, or multiple paralel wells.
There are no serious objections to a wider use of geothermal energy, against the interests of the oil companies. If they saw this reality, they should have bought shares of the geothermal companies, expecting to shift their focus in the near future, when the conditions for their benefit are optimal. This can be easily be investigated by financial journalists.
The oil companies are in excellent position to take advantage of the geothermal energy. They have the drilling technology and the old wells that did not find oil. Those wells could be easily reconverted to geothermal energy production, specially when they reach hight temperatures in the bottom. However, they make more money with oil, no matter how bad for the environment it is.
If I could bet, I would buy a few shares of the geothermal companies.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight: What really happened
Finally, the fate of the fallen Malaysia missing plane was revealed by an email. Passenger Lyonel Murrugand, a Nepalese frequent business traveler, sent a revealing email to his mistress seconds before the plane took its last dive in the ocean.
The email went thru several intermediaries that did not want to reveal the name of the original receptor, which is a married woman. The message also contained many adult-only phrases that embarrassed all the intermediaries between Murrugand´s mistress and Janet Jinjer, a journalist for the Kuala Lumpur "Daily Yellow" that is about to print it.
How did the doomed traveler obtain internet connection? Apparently the plane went near a Chinese passenger jet with an open wi-fi connection, and passengers enjoyed a few seconds of connectivity. The plane was assaulted by three young men carrying hard plastic knives. The knives were made of 4 parts snapped and glued together. Apparently the pieces had odd shapes and could not be detected by the X ray examination. The kidnappers glued and assembled the knives, waiting three hours for the glue to act. After threatening the stewards the thieves went into the cockpit and forced the pilots to divert the plane towards Perth, Australia, where one of the kidnappers had an old aunt named Eileen that waited to see him.
The bold and aggressive men took time to demand all money and valuables from the passengers and crew, and after that forced the pilot to fly real low over the ocean. Just when the plane ran out of fuel, they had the door opened and jumped into the sea, where an accomplice drove a small boat to pick them up.
This story can be confirmed if any valuable belongings from the passengers appears in pawn shops or flea markets. Or if the credit cards or other documents are ever used.
"This is not a sad story, after all. I plan to write a book about it, and sell the movie rights", - said Janet, the journalist of the "Daily Yellow". "I understand people are sorry about the missing plane, and the plane and lives mean more than 400 millions. But the Titanic disaster costed 90 million back in 1909, and the movie made 2.4 billion".
Many questions remain to be answered.
Seriously now
It would be quite easy for a criminal group to take a plane, collect valuables from the passengers and jump out. This could be hampered by video surveillance cameras in the aisles. I imagine the many writers are now dreaming with the movie.
Airplane security will be enhanced in view of this tragic incident. If my cheap car ever gets stolen, the insurance company can easily recover it by means of the hidden radio transmitter sold by LoJack.
Why a plane does not have anything like that?
When the air hostess says "Turn out your cell phones, please", I imagine only half of the passengers obey. The other half leaves them on, and this could be used to track the phones in the missing plane. It is likely that a few of them had roaming or satellite service, that could work even in the air. Why we have not heard of such thing?
How did the doomed traveler obtain internet connection? Apparently the plane went near a Chinese passenger jet with an open wi-fi connection, and passengers enjoyed a few seconds of connectivity. The plane was assaulted by three young men carrying hard plastic knives. The knives were made of 4 parts snapped and glued together. Apparently the pieces had odd shapes and could not be detected by the X ray examination. The kidnappers glued and assembled the knives, waiting three hours for the glue to act. After threatening the stewards the thieves went into the cockpit and forced the pilots to divert the plane towards Perth, Australia, where one of the kidnappers had an old aunt named Eileen that waited to see him.
The bold and aggressive men took time to demand all money and valuables from the passengers and crew, and after that forced the pilot to fly real low over the ocean. Just when the plane ran out of fuel, they had the door opened and jumped into the sea, where an accomplice drove a small boat to pick them up.
"This is not a sad story, after all. I plan to write a book about it, and sell the movie rights", - said Janet, the journalist of the "Daily Yellow". "I understand people are sorry about the missing plane, and the plane and lives mean more than 400 millions. But the Titanic disaster costed 90 million back in 1909, and the movie made 2.4 billion".
Many questions remain to be answered.
- Why these logic event chain was not deducted or guessed by the crash investigators?
- Why the crew did not use firearms against the kidnappers armed with plastic knives?
- Should not the police investigate the Olympic divers, the only ones that can jump safely into the water from over 4000 feet?
- Are there any victims whose relatives did not mourn?
- Did the kidnappers want to kill the passengers and wreck the plane, or that was an accident?
- Did Aunt Eileen suspect anything when his nephew arrived home with two friends, all wet, and with plenty of foreign money in his pockets?
Seriously now
It would be quite easy for a criminal group to take a plane, collect valuables from the passengers and jump out. This could be hampered by video surveillance cameras in the aisles. I imagine the many writers are now dreaming with the movie.
Airplane security will be enhanced in view of this tragic incident. If my cheap car ever gets stolen, the insurance company can easily recover it by means of the hidden radio transmitter sold by LoJack.
Why a plane does not have anything like that?
When the air hostess says "Turn out your cell phones, please", I imagine only half of the passengers obey. The other half leaves them on, and this could be used to track the phones in the missing plane. It is likely that a few of them had roaming or satellite service, that could work even in the air. Why we have not heard of such thing?
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