[Gasification] OT, now, Boat pulls easier than Cart?

[Mark Ludlow]

Come on, Bob! This is the first breath of fresh air on this List in weeks!
Humor it! It will expire on its own, without a lot of finger wagging! In
Springtime, thoughts turn to fancy!

Mark

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[mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Stuart
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 22:01
To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] OT, now, Boat pulls easier than Cart?

There are both toads and spiders who deliberately roll downhill,  
using their whole body as a wheel.  Nature has not evolved separate  
wheels because the same basic body plan with four limbs and twenty  
tips has served to fill all available ecological niches, and there  
were no full-rotation bearings even in the Burgess Shale selection of  
body types.  Now, can we please get back to the regular hot air stuff?

Bob

On 29-May-11, at 10:33 PM, Anand Karve wrote:

> Dear List,
> I am neither an engineer nor a physicist, but a biologist. I made the
> observation that nature did not evolve wheeled locomotion because a
> smooth road was a prerequisite for wheeled transport.  Even humans,
> who developed wheeled transport, use it only on roads or rails and not
> elsewhere. .
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 May 2011 10:59:55 -0700, Henri wrote in message
>> <857E9F7D-AEB5-488F-8D4C-DC0B87A2D3A1 at telusplanet.net>:
>>
>> ..well, this list speaks volumes for itself. ;oD
>>
>>> Never know a bird brain could evolve to that
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On May 29, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Jeff Davis <jeff0124 at velocity.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>
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