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Environment & Energy

FogerRox

(13,211 posts)

29. Yes, mismatch sucks

Reply to PamW (Reply #17)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 08:02 PM

Apr 2012

Might be a lack of aptitude. Of course you cant average load/generation over a day, even in less than 15 minutes you can have a failure.

For now HVDC can help in long distance transmission, but 20 yrs were going to need new switching and storage capacity. Its going to take effort. will and some R&D.

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World is ignoring most important lesson from Fukushima nuclear disaster [View all] bananas Apr 2012 OP

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1

OH BROTHER!!!! PamW Apr 2012 #2

You have an amazing ability to completely miss the obvious point kristopher Apr 2012 #3

POOR COMPREHENSION!!! PamW Apr 2012 #4

At least you admit it. kristopher Apr 2012 #5

The designers at Fukishima did not use "probability theory" correctly Kolesar Apr 2012 #6

Are you a freeper? Flat out no orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #7

Actually I AM answering the question PamW Apr 2012 #15

Actually you just make the OP author's point kristopher Apr 2012 #19

Nuclear is not unique PamW Apr 2012 #23

Yes nuclear IS unique. kristopher Apr 2012 #27

More like PamW Apr 2012 #37

Extremely High Consequence kristopher Apr 2012 #38

It's amazing... just amazing... isn't it? n/t SpoonFed Apr 2012 #39

And as far as your Flippant example... orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #8

Flipping 10 heads in a row: joshcryer Apr 2012 #14

Nope, renewable enrgy-anti nuke groups are not exploiting FogerRox Apr 2012 #9

You are locked into an inaccurate mental model of power systems kristopher Apr 2012 #10

Appeasing the 1% is the only thing keeping orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #11

Thats wonderful of you, in a condescending and authoritative manner FogerRox Apr 2012 #12

Here is where you went off target kristopher Apr 2012 #13

Grist specially states the chart represents a smaller model FogerRox Apr 2012 #21

No, Grist doesn't say that. kristopher Apr 2012 #26

LOl, Yes Grist does, I already quoted them just for you. FogerRox Apr 2012 #32

You didn't quote anything kristopher Apr 2012 #34

See the quotebox in comment #12? FogerRox Apr 2012 #35

Like I said about making things up kristopher Apr 2012 #36

The problem is. PamW Apr 2012 #17

Wrong Way Pam strikes again... kristopher Apr 2012 #18

Your're done FogerRox Apr 2012 #30

What is it that you don't have a clue about? kristopher Apr 2012 #33

Yes, mismatch sucks FogerRox Apr 2012 #29

Enlighten me.... PamW Apr 2012 #16

"Enlighten" you? kristopher Apr 2012 #20

My mind is open... PamW Apr 2012 #25

I hate to side with Kris but WOW FogerRox Apr 2012 #22

Dodged question` PamW Apr 2012 #24

Would you settle for a 500Mw solar plant? FogerRox Apr 2012 #28

Normally I use 20% in 20 years FogerRox Apr 2012 #31

Not really. The most important lesson is STILL that in a 9.0 earthquake and in a 15 meter NNadir Apr 2012 #40

Ghastly sentence structure Kolesar Apr 2012 #41