From: Party of Citizens (citizens@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 17:24:55 MDT
On Mon, 12 May 2003, Michael M. Butler wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2003 17:55:03 -0700 (PDT), Adrian Tymes
> <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Inverting that, you'd need about
> > 500,000 ants to generate one horsepower, assuming
> > perfect conversion of lifting power to whatever output
> > form (electricity, rotary motion) you desire. In
> > reality, conversion losses would multiply that.
> >
> > When you consider the volume needed to store, harness,
> > feed, motivate, et al that many ants, it might be more
> > efficient - to say nothing of far cheaper - to get
> > that 1 horsepower from a horse.
>
> Ah, but now thanks to you, we have the conversion factor: 1 hp = .5 Map.
>
> Thanks, that goes in my obscure measurements file.
But just think of what will happen when the ants as well as the carbon
nanotube harnesses can be built in nano-factories (by worker ants of
course). All guarded by soldier ants. The Queen Ant will carry the major
(AI) brain power and over-all surveillance responsibility.
POC
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