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On 21 Jan 2004 09:31:36 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...
On 20 Jan 2004 06:45:28 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...
On 19 Jan 2004 04:24:26 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

K Smith wrote in message ...
basskisser wrote:
(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:04:11 GMT, wrote:

If they can make a car go 70mph with an electric motor, why not an
electric motor asist for large yachts,(50-60 ft) run off batteries
that are charged off a solar array situated on the canopy.

Seems like any assist would be worth while considering large yachts go
thru 1000's of gallons of fuel.

If you want a yacht assist that runs off of solar power, the cheapest,
best tried and true method is called sails.

I thought sails used wind.

Wind is solar energy, it's the product of the sun heating air.

A very small percentage of the wind on the planet is a "product of the
sun heating air".

And the rest is from your mouth.

Typical response from the village idiot. Do you disagree with my
statement that a very small percentage of the wind is a product of the
sun heating air, or are you just being childish?

Your statement that a very small percentage of wind is a product of the
sun's heat is wrong. I can see this is going to become another oil and
trailer thread. lol

No, it's not. You are stupid. The thing is this, you'll make your own
definition of what a "very small percentage" is, and that will be your
whole basis of argument. The simple fact is, and will always be, that
the sun's heat is a MINOR contributer to the earth's wind. MINOR,
twit, understand?

How about if we define "very small percentage" and MINOR as less than
half? Now, where's your proof that the sun's heat is a minor
contributor of a very small percentage of the surface wind that a
sailboat would use? Where's your proof that even all the wind on the
planet, surface or otherwise, is not the result of the sun's heat? I've
given you plenty of proof that it is. You have given none that it's
not.

Steve