V Twin

GRF claims that the electricity is free which interested me greatly as an engineer as I am not aware of any truly free source of electricity available on the planet. Further reading on this matter indicates that the Bonneville Hydro Electric Plant is run by a not for profit organisation called the BPA. The BPA markets the electricity to the market at a price which allows it to break even. So unless all the operators, maintainers and materials providers are working for free then it is highly unlikely the electricity is free. Wikipedia and common sense could be wrong however I doubt it very much. We are also forgetting that the dam was built by the army and therefore the governments expense which would also not be free. Nothing in life is free and GRF would do well to remember this.

 

Credibility is lost when posting wrong facts on the internet.

 

Originally posted by G.R.F. Abuse given to Australians is legal - fact. At no time is an Englishman expected to back any comment he may have made to an Australian, the Australian should simply accept the wiser and superior words of the Englishman and be humble, in fact be happy he is even being acknowledged as anything other than a convicted felon or a bush dwelling aborigine. This is the Law. So now to the facts. The factory I recently visited sits adjacent to the Bonneville Hydro electric plant on the Columbia river the electricity is free. The resin I told you of's formula is secret it is being kept in the US to protect their intellectual property from thieving Chinese (and Australians). The wood used in blank construction as well as Bamboo is from managed forests from within a 50 mile radius. The Sports that like light stuff as well as Windsurfing, which no longer has the sun filled uplands of a better tomorrow in which to bask in the fires of progressive innovation, are SUP ( a hollow race board), kite twintip and surf boards and wake boards capable of being both light yet capable of sustaining punishment in cable parks. I've no doubt that somewhere along the Gorge folk are using similar stuff to build sailboats and all manner of stuff, but those are the instances that have prompted my latests rants. You may now go to your room and reconsider your position.

She's laying in my drive looking a tad forlorn and I have to make a decision do it try or should i get her down to someone proper like Andy @ Bloodaxe for example. I've kind of formed a plan as to what's needed, but I want to do t and lose some hull weight, that will involve carbon and expense...