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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball

Will use too much electricity. Will not be energy-efficient. Only good if you are not paying for the electricity, such as at work, at an airport, etc.


3 posted on 01/08/2007 4:35:17 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
If you have to transmit a watt for something that needs 10mW that isn't unreasonable even though is is only 1% efficient.

A nice use would be to keep a rarely used car or truck charged. So when you do need it isn't dead and you don't have to remember to drive it every few weeks.
4 posted on 01/08/2007 4:42:39 AM PST by DB
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I'd bet the bigger problem is fears, real or imagined, that the high power radio waves in close proximity will cause cancer or other illness.


5 posted on 01/08/2007 4:44:26 AM PST by DB
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That's correct. As far as efficiency goes it's terribly inefficient. That's why its viable only for small amounts of power where efficiency is not the overriding concern.


9 posted on 01/08/2007 4:54:11 AM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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