Comments on: About this Blog http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au The World through the eyes of a scientist Sun, 16 May 2010 08:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: FastLife http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 FastLife Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:51:59 +0000 #comment-1523 Hi John, Thanks for the links, they look great. I will have to have a closer look at them. There is just massive amounts of energy falling on the deserts of the World, it is unclear as to why they are not being utilized more fully. I guess for the most part many of these renewable systems are not economically viable, but to me that simply means you need to develop a method that is, rather than just shrugging your shoulders and continuing to burn fossil fuels and let all the renewable energy in the desert go to waste. I so can't wait until I pull together the funding to create AEReS and get stuck into these very problems. They sound a great challenge. Hi John, Thanks for the links, they look great. I will have to have a closer look at them. There is just massive amounts of energy falling on the deserts of the World, it is unclear as to why they are not being utilized more fully. I guess for the most part many of these renewable systems are not economically viable, but to me that simply means you need to develop a method that is, rather than just shrugging your shoulders and continuing to burn fossil fuels and let all the renewable energy in the desert go to waste. I so can’t wait until I pull together the funding to create AEReS and get stuck into these very problems. They sound a great challenge.

]]> By: John http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 John Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:02:18 +0000 #comment-1513 also http://SeawaterAqueduct.com also http://SeawaterAqueduct.com

]]> By: John http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 John Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:00:37 +0000 #comment-1512 Haydn, we have things in common (apart from living in Sydney. We have solar desalination in the desert growing food. Please see my web site http://ManMadeOasis.com also http://SolarThermalDesalination.com/ and the rest is history. Best wishes Haydn, we have things in common (apart from living in Sydney.

We have solar desalination in the desert growing food. Please see my web site http://ManMadeOasis.com also http://SolarThermalDesalination.com/ and the rest is history.

Best wishes

]]> By: FastLife http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 FastLife Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:51:08 +0000 #comment-1343 Hi Michael. The short answer is yes I think it has helped me get closer to what I would like to get to. Its main function has been for me to try some things and to learn about creating a web presence, ie what draws people to a web site. I have found it most interesting to see which posts generate the most hits, it is often the most unexpected things which are the most popular. People don't really care about your company's vision statement or nonsense like that. They are generally on the web either to be entertained, to communicate with others or to find information. Anything that slows those things down is immediately discarded. If I have learnt one thing it is that it is pages that give people something that are the most popular. Not necessarily free products, but information people require. For me it is the instructions on how to put together an infrared light, a complete listing of soft toys from Giant Microbes (thereby making it easier and quicker to navigate than the actual web site) and oddly enough my rant about how Cadbury has decreased the size of its family sized chocolate varieties. I haven't really used it yet as a way of engaging with people in order to get them involved so I haven't really brought anyone "out of the woodwork" as yet. But that is fine. I am working on making a web site dedicated to my research lab and also of course how to fund AEReS, so I don't post on my Blog as often as I should. Any way good luck with your own blog and thanks for the comments. Hi Michael. The short answer is yes I think it has helped me get closer to what I would like to get to. Its main function has been for me to try some things and to learn about creating a web presence, ie what draws people to a web site. I have found it most interesting to see which posts generate the most hits, it is often the most unexpected things which are the most popular. People don’t really care about your company’s vision statement or nonsense like that. They are generally on the web either to be entertained, to communicate with others or to find information. Anything that slows those things down is immediately discarded. If I have learnt one thing it is that it is pages that give people something that are the most popular. Not necessarily free products, but information people require. For me it is the instructions on how to put together an infrared light, a complete listing of soft toys from Giant Microbes (thereby making it easier and quicker to navigate than the actual web site) and oddly enough my rant about how Cadbury has decreased the size of its family sized chocolate varieties.

I haven’t really used it yet as a way of engaging with people in order to get them involved so I haven’t really brought anyone “out of the woodwork” as yet. But that is fine. I am working on making a web site dedicated to my research lab and also of course how to fund AEReS, so I don’t post on my Blog as often as I should.

Any way good luck with your own blog and thanks for the comments.

]]> By: Michael Costello http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Michael Costello Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:32:16 +0000 #comment-1337 Haydn, Interesting site. Quite eclectic really. I very much like your idea to use this blog page to generate interest in you projects etc. I have just set up a Wordpress blog (online version) and was looking for general info on setting up companies etc and found this. I am also interested in using the Blog to further new endeavours as an approach to changing direction in my professional life so yours is a real eye opener. My main question therefore is…has it worked? Is it helping you get closer to the mark? Has it brought people out of the woodwork? I hope it has but would love to hear your thoughts. Michael. Haydn,

Interesting site. Quite eclectic really.

I very much like your idea to use this blog page to generate interest in you projects etc. I have just set up a Wordpress blog (online version) and was looking for general info on setting up companies etc and found this.

I am also interested in using the Blog to further new endeavours as an approach to changing direction in my professional life so yours is a real eye opener.

My main question therefore is…has it worked? Is it helping you get closer to the mark? Has it brought people out of the woodwork? I hope it has but would love to hear your thoughts.

Michael.

]]> By: FastLife http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-12 FastLife Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:37:04 +0000 #comment-12 Hi Jarrad. No I hadn't seen the Max Whisson designs, I like the wind condenser. Those would be brilliant in high humidity places, I would say like Sydney, but Sydney is actually a bit sheltered and doesn't get that much wind. The solar desal ideas are good but need too much surface area. I am trying to keep a desal unit to not much more than ~35m2 land surface area. Hi Jarrad. No I hadn’t seen the Max Whisson designs, I like the wind condenser. Those would be brilliant in high humidity places, I would say like Sydney, but Sydney is actually a bit sheltered and doesn’t get that much wind. The solar desal ideas are good but need too much surface area. I am trying to keep a desal unit to not much more than ~35m2 land surface area.

]]> By: Jarrad http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jarrad Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:36:46 +0000 #comment-11 I like your ideas. Particularly the concept of zero growth. For any sustainability solution to work, it must involve zero population growth. You can't grow for ever. Also for your AEReS project, have you considered something like the "Whisson Windmill" ?. It produces water from wind. By condensing water from the air. The designer, Max Whisson, also has designs for solar desalination. Some links are shown below: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Max_Whisson%27s_Gust_Water_Trap_Apparatus http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21123007-12272,00.html http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s1930187.htm http://www.maxwaterdesal.com/introduction.htm http://www.zulenet.com/electriceco/atmospheric_water_generators.html I like your ideas. Particularly the concept of zero growth. For any sustainability solution to work, it must involve zero population growth. You can’t grow for ever.

Also for your AEReS project, have you considered something like the “Whisson Windmill” ?. It produces water from wind. By condensing water from the air. The designer, Max Whisson, also has designs for solar desalination.

Some links are shown below:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Max_Whisson%27s_Gust_Water_Trap_Apparatus
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21123007-12272,00.html
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s1930187.htm
http://www.maxwaterdesal.com/introduction.htm
http://www.zulenet.com/electriceco/atmospheric_water_generators.html

]]> By: Rohsaan McInnes http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Rohsaan McInnes Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:05:22 +0000 #comment-8 I like people with vision. My plan so far is as follows: Step 1 - Write book. Step 2 - Get lots of money. After reading your plan, I am a little embarrassed by my plan's lack of depth. I will be reviewing it in due course. :-) I like people with vision.
My plan so far is as follows:

Step 1 – Write book.
Step 2 – Get lots of money.

After reading your plan, I am a little embarrassed by my plan’s lack of depth. I will be reviewing it in due course. :-)

]]> By: Nigel Goodman http://www.haydnallbutt.com.au/about/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Nigel Goodman Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:27:02 +0000 #comment-7 Hi Haydn, COMMENDABLE effort! Good luck with Aeres- have you got any thoughts about how to reverse the process? Will you get water from the sea? How do you get the soil ready? Good luck, Nigel Hi Haydn,
COMMENDABLE effort!
Good luck with Aeres- have you got any thoughts about how to reverse the process? Will you get water from the sea? How do you get the soil ready?
Good luck,
Nigel

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