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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 05:20 PM Original message |
Power Plant Wants To Build 2,000 Feet Underground (1 GW pumped storage, Maine) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting concept; borrowing power instead of storing it. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm what happens to the fish and whatnot? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. This was on the local 6 o'clock news. It uses recycled water. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nice :D n/t |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not so sure of that... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh really? The second law of thermodynamics doesn't apply in Maine? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Storage: another nail in nuclear energy's casket. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Exactly where are people missing that this isn't a power plant? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Boo Freakin' Hoo Hoo and LOL |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Oh yeah - only a pro-nuclear dumbass would claim that the 2nd Law |
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ElectricGrid (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. What are you talking about? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've begun to design a "gravity battery" for my windmills, this is a very good concept. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-23-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I wanted to put my house on a hoist |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The land I'm looking at has a lot of huge rocks. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Consider pushing it up instead of pulling it up. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Two options I considered were flywheel driven or gear driven. |
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