Anaconda, Montana

Should Anaconda install water meters on all city users?

Yes
No

9.1% said Anaconda should install water meters while 90.9% said meters should not be installed.

From the list below, what would you like more information on?

• General Superfund information (timelines, definitions)
• Upcoming work plans including railroad bed remediation/mitigation efforts, residential yard cleanup, etc)
• Institutional Controls and other development restrictions
• Sediment deposits from Milltown, the Clark Fork River and Stream Side Tailings
• Opportunity Ponds and the Anaconda Ponds
• EPA, DEQ and A-DLC actions and activities
• BP/ARCO actions and activities

66.7% of respondents are interested in the actions of DEQ, EPA and A-DLC.  11.1% are equally concerned about upcoming work plans, institutional controls and other development restrictions, and sediment deposits from Milltown Dam, Streamside Tailings (Silver Bow Creek) and the Clark Fork River.

What AA Milne character best describes your feelings about Anaconda’s direction this year?

• Eeyore, down and dreery.
• Tigger, upbeat and excited!
• Winnie the Pooh, you’re not sure and need more time to think, think, think. . .

50% of respondents are upbeat and excited (Tiggers), while 50% want more information (Poohs).  No Eeyores in Anaconda!

How will you use your federal government economic stimulus check?

Pay off debt
Make a new purchase
Save/invest the money

38.5% said they would pay off debt.  The same percentage (35.8%) said they would save or invest the money.  23.1% said they would make a new purchase with the money.

Do you feel that the $13.3 million settlement with British Petroleum/ARCO is good news for Anaconda?

88% of respondents said that the $13.3 million was enough.  12% said the amount was inadequate.  Check the Anaconda Leader for more results.

Do you feel you have enough information regarding Superfund activities in Anaconda and southwest Montana?

Yes
No

93.8% of respondents said they felt they do have enough information regarding Superfund in Anaconda.  6.3% said they did not.  Check the Anaconda Leader this Wednesday for a full report.

Do you think the 250 ppm arsenic action levels are adequately protective for the area?

• Yes
• No

All respondents, 100%, said that 250 ppm was not adequate.

Have you had your house or rental retrofit with energy efficient doors, windows, appliances, etc?

• Yes
• No

85.7% have said they have not had energy retrofits while 14.3% have had them.

Do you support adding additional mills to property tax bills to maintain local cemeteries?

• Yes
• No

25% of respondents support adding the mills.  75% do not.  Watch the Anaconda Leader for full results.

POST BY JOHN A. COZBY

The portion of fuel converted to work by a heat engine is its efficiency. A gasoline internal combustion engine is about 20% efficient. When a gallon of gasoline is burned in an automobile, less than one quart of the fuel is used in moving the car; more than three quarts are wasted by the engine. Even the hybrid automobile relies on an engine that is wasting 80% of the fuel, hence any significant mileage improvement is severely limited.

One of the advantages of the advanced Rankine cycle engine is that it can be made much more efficient than any internal combustion engine. The fuel savings by reducing waste is great.

Mileage is primarily a factor of engine efficiency, but actual mileage is also influenced by many secondary factors besides the efficiency of the engine. The purpose of the hybrid automobile is based upon this principle.

The advanced Rankine cycle engine incorporates numerous characteristics and has many inherent qualities that contribute to better mileage in addition to the better thermal efficiency of the Rankine engine alone. Mileage increase from the increased efficiency of the Rankine engine will be in the range of two and a half to three times that of the internal combustion gasoline engine. The secondary factors increase the actual mileage to a range of over three times that of the present gasoline automobile.

Congress has just passed a bill and President Bush signed into law legislation that mandates a mileage increase of 40%. This new law is praised as a monumental step. How pathetic it is when 300% or more can be realized, and an increase of this great a magnitude is required to solve our present dilemma. Climate Change / Global Warming, Air Pollution / Ground Level Ozone, Global Terrorism, Foreign Oil Dependence, National Security, and A Healthy Economy are the core issues at stake here.Gasoline is made from oil. It takes about two barrels of oil to produce one barrel of gasoline. Because the advanced Rankine cycle engine is capable of using bio-mass, bio-diesel, coal, geo-thermal, syn-fuel, ethanol, and solar the need for oil will be further diminished. The demand for oil will decrease by as much as 80%, bringing the price of oil to an all time low, boosting the economy, and reducing funding for terrorism. The impact will be global.

The supporting evidence for these extraordinary statements are covered in the points outlined in the following seven sections.

I. The Advanced Rankine Cycle and the Gas Laws, page 2

II. The Efficiency Controversy, page 2

III. The Power Factor in Addition to the Gas Laws, page 4

IV. Ideal and Realizable (Actual) Efficiencies, page 5

V. Factors Beyond the Direct Engine Efficiency, page 5

VI. Efficiency Loss At High Output, page 7

VII. Engine Costs, page 7