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The Power Grid Can't Handle Wind Farms
DesScorp writes "The Times reports on the problems of adding wind farms to the power grid. Because of the grid's old design, it can't handle the various spikes that wind farms sometimes have, and there's no efficient way to currently move massive amounts of that power from one section of the country to the other. Further complicating things is the fact that under current laws, power grid regulation is a state matter, and the Federal government has comparatively little authority over it right now. Critics are calling for federal authority over the grid, and massive new construction of 'superhighways' to share the wind power wealth nationally. Quoting the article, 'The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.'"
The grid can't handle wind power! Now I get it!
It's the gospel truth. I read it in Pravda.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
You want wind power!?
You can't handle the wind power!!!
That is all.
Hamster wheels.
Where the hell did you learn HTML?
This really blows.
(Apologies to all who are sick to their stomachs right now.)
It is not a revelation that the grid has to be upgraded, I read long ago it was a required investment. The problem is that it seems to be in none of the major players realm of interest or responsibility. Even as the grid stands, conventional power is not distributed efficiently.
Several months ago there was a big article on the need for new grid infrastructure to carry power from solar facilities in the Southwest (some via dc transmission) to areas of high demand. Moreover, did it escape the informed scribes attention that Pickens was in D.C. to get the feds to fund new investment in the grid? He needs it for his investment in wind power in the Texas panhandle to pay off. With all the business reporting it has, how was that missed? Too obvious?
This article meets the current low standards of reporting that has become endemic at the NYT. As they advised the recently former governor of New York state, you have screwed up so badly you should be gone! Well by the same standards, they too should follow the same example. Both by its actions and inactions, the NYT should exit too. Or more kindly, at least those at the top encouraging this type of reporting should remove themselves so that the vaunted reputation of the NYT may be regained.
I think the authority would more likely be granted under power laws or voltage laws. Did they check what Ohm, Watt, Volta, et al, had to say about this?
Shuttup, troll. What makes you think you know better than the editors?
If you hate slashdot so much that you feel the need to bitch about it, why do't you go start your own website?
I propose that FishWithAHammer pays it all.
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Storage? Springs. Lots of them. A massive booby trap farm that releases at night.
To do list for Windows
Second!
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia
I propose that FishWithAHammer pays it all.
The motion is seconded. Please address all invoices to Mr. F. WithAHammer.
Store the power in Energon Cubes. Then let me know where you put those >;-)
Thanks,
Megatron
Any objections? No? Motion carried. Mr. F. WithAHammer thus appointed as the payer. *bangs gavel* Next case!
He's using "literally" in its figurative sense, of course.
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