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And can't the existing hydro-generation systems take over the 'night time' load use? - net97surferx
View ArticleThey don't need to power 90%, only 60%.
No one is going to pay the expense of replacing ultra reliable nuclear or hydroeletric power plants, which will produce 40% of our power within a few years. Especially when those nuclear plants have...
View ArticleNuclear reliable? Not
Typical nuclear plants run 65% of the time, not 95%. Reliability is much worse than fossil plants and it's not getting better. The recent Miami blackout was caused by a nuclear plant tripping off in...
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Eh, you're full of it, NoMoreCoal. 65%??? I've heard 95% from every source every where in the world. Nuclear is the only practical way to reduce carbon dioxide and not destroy us economically. Besides...
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Nobody ever talks about this and I don't know why. Why not simply install solar thermal collectors to act as feedwater heaters for power plants that have already been build. Transmission is in place,...
View ArticleSome problems AND solutions.
Solar thermal plants are more efficient than wind farms which need about 6 times the acreage per watt produced. Still, there are hurdles to overcome. These plants are usually in the middle of nowhere...
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"Why not simply install solar thermal collectors to act as feedwater heaters for power plants that have already been build." Excellent point. Pre-heated water would be less expensive to turn to steam,...
View ArticleVery hopeful...
Great post. With the constant stream of incoming news about Masdar and this, one can't help but stay hopeful! Best, Keane keane.festizio.net - Keane
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>nuclear will gradually disappear from the scene. It's just too expensive and slow to bring on line. It's also quite inexpensive and slow to bring offline. I think the costs that have been sunk in...
View ArticleGreat idea! (And better skip the nuclear
Of course it will include some big additional investments to feed the grid of the whole nation. With a reliable storage system it will mean a huge cutting on total carbon emissions and thus in the end...
View ArticleInsulation Scam on Americans
Super insulations developed for Space travel, Defense industries, and industrial uses in general, have been hidden, or priced off the market for home use! These insulations, and the technologies that...
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, movable solarpanels that are used in an application that doesn't have them in direct sunlight most of the time, just don't seem practical. Firstly, to get...
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The title should be How Doest Thou Work, instead of 'Worketh'. You've got the grammar wrong. - Geoffrey
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Toyota got it right, GM has it wrong. For a pure electric vehicle to be successful it has to be this small! - bill
View ArticleSeriously?
"[i]Toyota got it right, GM has it wrong. For a pure electric vehicle to be successful it has to be this small![/i]" Are you serious? For any alternative fuel vehicle to be successful it has to be able...
View ArticleEVs can be big
In fact some of the largest vehicles on the planet are EV or a form of Hybrid.. and have been for decades. Currently, consumer level EV need to be small to offset the price of the battery tech. Once...
View ArticleDrew's right
Drew's comments: [i]There's a niche of people who buy cars using environmental criteria. To have an impact, they need to build environmentally superior vehicles that people who don't care about global...
View ArticleFactor in externalities
[i]"To have an impact, they need to build environmentally superior vehicles that people who don't care about global warming will still buy."[/i] I agree that is currently the case - but if governments...
View ArticleCool! Bring on the holiday Blow Lights!
Oh, this is the cutest! Maybe they could make red and green lights and then people could power their own holiday decorations and celebrate the holidays without being energy hogs (and having to pay...
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