Comments on: Zeppelin Fever http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/ the blog of scott westerfeld Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:26:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eclipse http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-363904 Eclipse Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:43:15 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-363904 OMG It's a freakin big hovercar!!!! lol j/k OMG It’s a freakin big hovercar!!!! lol j/k

]]> By: Shey-La http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-357235 Shey-La Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:05:07 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-357235 hey everybody, click on "Shey-La" to see the actors that I think should play the characters from uglies....its a video on youtube. comment and tell me what you think hey everybody, click on “Shey-La” to see the actors that I think should play the characters from uglies….its a video on youtube. comment and tell me what you think

]]> By: elTimbalino http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-355718 elTimbalino Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:46:58 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-355718 Zeppelins are a romantic idea, but I really don't believe they will ever be a response to rising fuel prices. I can't image how a zeppelin could ever match the efficiency of a well built train with steel wheels on a steel track. True, a lot of energy is used by planes to hold them up, but there is also a great deal of energy used to push them through the air. It takes no energy at all to hold a train up. It just sits on the ground. The loss of energy or expense of moving a train is only the wind resistance and a negligible loss at the wheels. So imagine a zeplin big enough to carry the weight of cargo on a train. Now imagine how much energy it would take to push that zeplin along the train tracks. But wait, lets consider another inefficiency... Instead of pushing the train forward by rolling the wheels, you have to use propellers to blow it forward like a Zeplin in the air would use. Maybe, the idea of a zeplin is so attractive that journalists will push a story about them being a possible future transport. Maybe there is another agenda at work. If you like Zeppelins, have a look at the art work in "The Moon Rock" http://www.amazon.ca/Moon-Rock-Boriana-Todorov/dp/1894965779 Zeppelins are a romantic idea, but I really don’t believe they will ever be a response to rising fuel prices.

I can’t image how a zeppelin could ever match the efficiency of a well built train with steel wheels on a steel track. True, a lot of energy is used by planes to hold them up, but there is also a great deal of energy used to push them through the air.

It takes no energy at all to hold a train up. It just sits on the ground. The loss of energy or expense of moving a train is only the wind resistance and a negligible loss at the wheels.

So imagine a zeplin big enough to carry the weight of cargo on a train. Now imagine how much energy it would take to push that zeplin along the train tracks. But wait, lets consider another inefficiency… Instead of pushing the train forward by rolling the wheels, you have to use propellers to blow it forward like a Zeplin in the air would use.

Maybe, the idea of a zeplin is so attractive that journalists will push a story about them being a possible future transport. Maybe there is another agenda at work.

If you like Zeppelins, have a look at the art work in “The Moon Rock”

http://www.amazon.ca/Moon-Rock-Boriana-Todorov/dp/1894965779

]]> By: Tally & Zane http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-355188 Tally & Zane Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:29:49 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-355188 Ha, same thing happens to me when I get my blood drawn! So annoying. Ha, same thing happens to me when I get my blood drawn! So annoying.

]]> By: Kay-wa http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-355183 Kay-wa Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:14:27 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-355183 haha thanks TZ! guess what! no shots!! :D it was quick and easy.. painless in fact! i've always been afraid of shots... and getting my blood drawn that's awful too. i think the blood drawn thing is worse.. they can never find my vain and end up poking me a few times and then the sight of blood makes me nauseous. haha thanks TZ!

guess what! no shots!! :D it was quick and easy.. painless in fact! i’ve always been afraid of shots… and getting my blood drawn that’s awful too. i think the blood drawn thing is worse.. they can never find my vain and end up poking me a few times and then the sight of blood makes me nauseous.

]]> By: Irene-la http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-355042 Irene-la Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:45:22 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-355042 Leviathan in Hebrew means whale. Leviathan in Hebrew means whale.

]]> By: lotti-wa http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-354892 lotti-wa Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:24:19 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-354892 I used to be afraid of needles, when we had to get our meningitis shots. Because I had a bad reaction and fainted after the first one, I guess. I was so freaked out I couldn't even get my ears pierced! but after all the shots were over, I wasn't afraid anymore, and I got my ears done. I suppose if needles aren't a big part of my daily life, I'm not scared of them. I used to be afraid of needles, when we had to get our meningitis shots. Because I had a bad reaction and fainted after the first one, I guess. I was so freaked out I couldn’t even get my ears pierced! but after all the shots were over, I wasn’t afraid anymore, and I got my ears done.

I suppose if needles aren’t a big part of my daily life, I’m not scared of them.

]]> By: Tally & Zane http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-354891 Tally & Zane Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:19:39 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-354891 Oh! Awesome, Go Kay-wa! Hum. I'm not afraid of needles, I used to be when I was little but not any more. Hope you don't have to get a shot though, since you don't like it! Oh! Awesome, Go Kay-wa! Hum. I’m not afraid of needles, I used to be when I was little but not any more. Hope you don’t have to get a shot though, since you don’t like it!

]]> By: Kay-wa http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-354880 Kay-wa Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:45:46 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-354880 oooo guess what guys!! we totally kicked butt tonight at my softball game! and our pitcher was gone... so we had to put in this girl who has never pitched in a game before.. she did okay though. it was intense. we kept tying it up and finally in the 6th inning we won 12 to 11. and i had a really awesome double all the way out in left field over the third base line. :) anyways it was tons of fun. i'm still pumped! ugh. tomorrow i have my physical.. gosh i hope i don't have to get a shot!! i pass out.. can't. stand. needles. ewww.. oooo guess what guys!! we totally kicked butt tonight at my softball game! and our pitcher was gone… so we had to put in this girl who has never pitched in a game before.. she did okay though. it was intense. we kept tying it up and finally in the 6th inning we won 12 to 11. and i had a really awesome double all the way out in left field over the third base line. :) anyways it was tons of fun. i’m still pumped!

ugh. tomorrow i have my physical.. gosh i hope i don’t have to get a shot!! i pass out.. can’t. stand. needles. ewww..

]]> By: Tally & Zane http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/07/zeppelin-fever/comment-page-10/#comment-354856 Tally & Zane Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:47:17 +0000 http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=498#comment-354856 I do! I just finished the fourth book yesterday. Did you know that the 5th one coming out like early next year? I do! I just finished the fourth book yesterday. Did you know that the 5th one coming out like early next year?

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