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Post by Avenger on Aug 9, 2013 18:58:14 GMT -5
Cant see a good reason not to. Can you? Can anybody give you a reason not to proceed immediately? |
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Post by badhattitude on Aug 9, 2013 19:03:52 GMT -5
Send the first load to that old gassbag pelosi
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Aug 10, 2013 9:45:37 GMT -5
ComEd tried the Hydro/Head theory in the 60's too. A 5000 acre lake about 100 feet above Lake Michigan. During peak load times, when KW/hour charges were the highest, theyd produce, and at night when prices were down, they would pump (not motor the gens) back up to the pond from the lake. The multi million dollar project produced about 2 MgWatts and never paid off. I believe they sold it to an electric co-op locally.
As with ANY energy source, theres a trade off/loss. Now, on the hydrogen issue, how about wind generators along the highway being funneled with lotsa air from truck traffic, producing juice to boil water for hydrogen gas. Each exit could have a hydrogen gas filling station. Figure a semi tractor uses about 60% of fuel for motive which leaves about 40% waste to heat up the stack and wind resistance being wasted. Do the math on that one. If vehicles could be converted to multi fuel Hydrogen/gasoline effectively, it could help... notice not work, but help.
Research "Fossil Fuel Heat Rate"... ws
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Post by krush on Aug 10, 2013 9:49:03 GMT -5
VA Power built (and still operates) a "Pumped Storage" facility in Bath County...hmm they claim the world's most powerful! www.dom.com/about/stations/hydro/bath-county-pumped-storage-station.jspYes, it stores power, but in the scheme of things, not that much...and it is HUGE and took years to build. It was built back in the day to really support the Nukes IMHO. It let the nukes stay at wide open during the nights and helped shave the peaks during the day. It's actually not that exciting place; I visited back when I was a young enginerd interning. |
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