I'm not sure why we are going off about global climate change here, attacking colleges, or what this has to do with Linux, and free software. Could we stay on topic, and stop the snide political commentary? Looking back, it appears I may have fed the fires, when I replied to the original message -- I did not realize that Brian had included an off topic attack on U of M as his 'signature', or that a full third of his email was actually a trolling signature -- and I mistakenly commented on it. For that, I am sorry, and would like to see us get back on topic. Jeff On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 8:32 AM Rick Engebretson <eng at pinenet.com> wrote: > A little shifty, Izzy. You owe me (us) a Twitter clarification and some > (any) U of M energy expert before a brand new lecture without substance. > > I do plenty of Linux as it pertains to industrial use. But I do plenty > more biomass management given that twice the atmospheric CO2 is growing > twice the biomass in Minnesota. And there is no market for it. > > In fact, the referenced Indian MIT software expert who made his money in > San Francisco is now putting his money into the technology shared here. > Those California fires are a warning. Both energy and information > technologies combine well, if you had a clue. > > Standard shifty U of M effort to prevent progress. Please provide the > previously referred to tweet. > > Iznogoud wrote: > > Rick, I like that you are thinking that and you offer a theory, but I > think the > > data shows otherwise, especially when it comes to wind energy. I just > heard > > this on the radio two days ago; CEO of Xcel stated numbers on wind power > in MN: > > https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/07/climate-cast-xcel-electric-cars > > Surprising fact: $1-per-gallon equivalent in price; not sure if this is > after > > subsidies. Also, I spent 15 days in St John (stranded after Irma) and > everyone > > there had multiple 50V/300W solar panels (at $300 cost) that ran their > fridges. > > > > Channeling solar light across large distances sounds like a good idea to > me. > > > > But let's keep this focused on Linux, shall we... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20181109/3d6ec6fe/attachment-0001.html>