Jammer Wrote:
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> Sheesh, I am a mechanical engineer and recently
> had an in office appointment to consult with a
> well educated, smart, and quite affluent
> individual...
>
> He wanted a generator sized to take of his homes
> power supply in the event of a catastrophe, such
> as 2012...
>
> It was hard not to laugh... <Me> "What are
> you forseeing happening?" <He> "Well Ive
> heard huge solar flares could blast the atmosphere
> away..."
>
> <Me> "You want a generator that will keep
> your lights on with no planetary atmosphere?"
>
> <He> "Yes, and it will need to run for
> awhile... I don't know how long it will take for
> the atmosphere to repair but we better figure a
> year's fuel.."
>
> <Me> *Blink* *Blink*
>
> Jammer *Blink*
>

If I were a mechanical engineer (Which I'm not, have a hard time telling one end of screwdriver from the other.) But if the guy wants a generator that will keep the lights on with no planetary atmosphere tell him no problem. And then design him a self-contained unit with a micro-nuclear power plant that will keep the lights on, and just keep running the bill up with improvements as long as he's willing to pay or until Jan 1, 2013.
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