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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:07 PM Original message |
Wind Power Beats Nuclear Power in Texas |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Would it be possible to move electricity by train? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Lead-Acid batteries have a rated expectency of 350 charge/discharge cycles... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Charging lead acid batteries and moving them |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes... if the power lines are available |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It would be easier just to build the power line |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Easier, yeah, but those things take years to get built. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I like you second plan a whole bunch more then the first. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Or maybe just regular air. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Interesting. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I wasn't thinking of it as a replacement, more of a supplement. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. No, in reality it wouldn't be possible |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Oh, pooh. Reality is for the birds. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. If you keep running through the possibilities... |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. No, you are not crazy. Liquid Nitrogen can be used to store energy and it could run the train. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. O.K., but I'm still confused that these non-starters cost them $341 million. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. They have been planning the S.Texas nuke project for 6 years. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Oh, yeah, I know about the lies and deceit. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's why Texas has the highest carbon output per capita in the country |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Great link... |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. recommended. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Wind and solar need storage to get above 20% of the energy mix |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Your header is wrong; but you know that. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My header is 100% correct, and you know it |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. But if one of those windmills goes rogue it will kill thousands and destroy the environment! |
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