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Will do. Debating about plant choice now. I'm thinking partial light until I can see how the plant does. Pretty cool picture of the two there.

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Second description is not too far off from a tidal barrage, though I think the power generation step is reversed. There's a whole slew of different types, easiest thing is to check the tidal/wave power pages on Wikipedia. More modern methods work along the lines of what Studiot is describing though.

Thanks for that. Didn't know about plants going into stasis. I'm not planning to put that much force on them so probably won't happen but interesting to learn about. Probably I am just going to see the filler move outwards, makes the most sense provided they continue to receive enough light/air. Decided to go with acrylic filler. Not as clear as I would have liked, but the smaller size should make it easier on the plant.

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear(not exactly an intuitive concept either). What happens if you restrict the physical space available to the upper part of the plant? Without significantly impacting it otherwise. ie. You take a plant and liberally dump clear beads on top of it.

Trying to find any related studies. I was thinking to try something simple, clear beads over/around a plant in a plastic container. It really sounds stupidly simplistic, but all I've been able to find are studies relating to root growth.

Definitely sounds that way. Good find.

Space-based solar power(for ground usage) is possible, though in practical terms there would be a number of issues with implementation. If you are talking just in general, we already have solar panels in space for powering such things as our satellites and space station.

so what happens when you bring that denominator up on top, to put it another way, what is the numerator of your 'g'? How would that in turn impact anything multiplied by it?

If I represented zero as a fraction, what would be its denominator?

@Dekan: If that was a response to my question, sorry, but I have you muted. Anyhow, anyone have any thoughts in regards? Been an off-again,on-again project of mine, figure out how delegates are elected relates to the subsequent government and as a result how effective that government is.

What are people's thoughts on coalition governments? I know what I've read about and have absorbed from the news but have no direct experience upon which to base an opinion. Trying to see if there might be a "better" voting system rather than "best" voting system. Voting system -> Government type -> How the country does overall so a different voting system might have a positive or negative impact depending. Not the only factor in a country's fate but relatively speaking easier one to change.

Stated exactly what I was getting at.

No, the spin is slowing down due to the Moon's influence.

Nope. http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/xl1.asp

You are arguing against reality. Give just one example of something that is not gravitationally attracted to the Earth.

that would be essentially everywhere... the basic equation is: Force = (GMm)/r2 it doesn't say you go "X" distance out and the force produced cuts off to zero.

That really doesn't make sense. The two are roughly opposites. It is like saying you are going to measure fire in terms of water units. Why do you think this is true?

^The above posts explain it much better than I could. Transport costs and oxygen reactivity are what makes the most sense as to the reasoning. Don't want to be shuttling more of the nasty stuff around than you have to. Some plants can actually support photosynthesis underground. A lot of interesting adaptations out there. Kind of curious if we could set up an artificial environment to allow a 'normal' plant to manage it. Be interesting, maybe useful even.

I was thinking Boyle's Law for a starting point. Only other one that I saw might apply was F=PA. Has been awhile now though, entirely possible I'm off base. I normally just browsed the book in situations like this. Find the best fit equation(s). No gravity involved, no temperatures, friction, don't have to worry about atmospheric pressure, no piston thickness given nor anything about its connecting rod. Should be able to narrow it down at least.

The electricity generated is coming at the expense of demagnetization.

If light could talk, it would say that it traveled in a straight line the entire time.

Solutions for the 2nd edition, but you might be able to get something out of it. http://www.egr.msu.edu/~lira/supp/index.htm I would probably work the problem in terms of pressure equalization.

not much lower than atmospheric: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_gas Plants utilize oxygen during aerobic respiration. Daytime you have oxygen production as a byproduct of photosynthesis. Nighttime or in root systems though you have to change tactics. They can utilize anaerobic respiration as well, but not as effective.

If you flip things around, you can consider it as your "zero" in terms of time experienced. |--------------------|---- c us To my own thinking it feels less arbitrary that way.