These are all “Chuckisms” that Chuck said would never make it on a UA thread. But in light of the huge interest in global worming conceder some of Chuck’s projects: Sundial with glow-in-the-dark gnomon, so it can be used at night Turn that old outhouse into a personal observatory Solar-powered telescope drive Wind-powered telescope drive Bio-diesel-powered telescope drive Ice scraper for refractors Adding A Fireplace To Your Observatory A couple of books he mentioned: Float-tube Astronomy Winter Astronomy: Long Underwear and Short Telescopes And one prophecy he made about what it will be like in the days we didn’t listen to all the sooth slayers about global warming "You shall wander the Pit 'n Pole for 40 days and 40 nights, and not know the stars, with only a plastic bottle of warm apple juice to slake your thirst" Maverik 7:11 Jim --- On Mon, 3/9/09, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Global Warming - The Main Issues To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 4:05 PM You guys are all on the wrong track. Alchemy and the perpetual-motion-machine are the future of humanity's energy needs. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com