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Power Plants On Rails for California

Posted by chrisd on from the bringing-the-mountain-to-mohammad dept.

SoCalChris writes "According to this article on Wired.com, the Sierra Railroad is planning to use diesel train locomotives to produce power for California. Each of the 48 engines are expected to produce 2.1 megawatts of power for a thousand hours each year. Another key advantage to this plan is that since the "PowerTrains" are mobile, they can be taken to the areas that need power the most, so it doesn't have to be routed across the state through our power grid."

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  1. Re:Or they could build nuclear plants by chill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Funny, I just walk in to any urgent care clinic and show them my insurance card. Paperwork was filled out ONCE, the first time I went there. After that, just show them the card.

    Same for any appointments with my preferred doc, or any specialist referred to. All specialists bill thru the referring physician -- who has all the info. No excess paperwork, no problems.

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  2. Re:This has to be inefficient by (outer-limits) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then what about all the Americans who made the pledge without 'under god' in it before 1953, and those heathen wretches who wrote the pledge?

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  3. Re:good by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you really believe that, it's apparent the libs have already got you brainwashed. You probably think vegetables are good for you too and too much arsenic in the water is bad.

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