<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Yes I like to soar too lol . I like expending energy for a week in advance ( sort of fattening up the wallet zone) and then strapping myself in a metal cocoon,morphing a couple of Pratt and Whitneys and soaring off into the wild blue. I like "evolution"<br>( studying various birds in flight I contend half the time they spend flying is for pleasure)<br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 28, 2011, at 10:05 PM, "Mark Ludlow" <<a href="mailto:mark@ludlow.com">mark@ludlow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I prefer flying, like eagles, vultures and condors. Get to altitude, find a thermal, and zone-out. (Or seagulls along a beachhead, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why weren’t they provided with Pratt and Whitney turbines, I wonder? (Evolution is so precise!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why did evolutionary biology forget me? I’d like to soar for free—nearly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(Don’t tell me these birds aren’t enjoying the ride!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org">gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a> [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henri Naths<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 28, 2011 21:53<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gasification] OT, now, Boat pulls easier than Cart?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#0023A3"><Had wheels been more efficient for land transport, nature would</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#0023A3"><br><span class="apple-style-span">have long ago evolved animals with wheels. But that did not happen,></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#0023A3"><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#0023A3">Oh please tell me this us not your scientific synopsis for your augment ... I then would have to counter with the statement the human "animal" did "evolve " the wheel commonly known as "progress" , catapulting homosapien out of the prehistoric ages.. I hope you can see this reasoning </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><br>On May 28, 2011, at 12:14 AM, vivek gharote <<a href="mailto:vivek.gharote@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:vivek.gharote@gmail.com">vivek.gharote@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Had wheels been more efficient for land transport, nature would<br>have long ago evolved animals with wheels. But that did not happen,<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Gasification mailing list</span><br><span></span><br><span>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Gasification@bioenergylists.org">Gasification@bioenergylists.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page</span><br><span><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site:</span><br><span><a href="http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/">http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>