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Expanding the Electricity Grid May Be a Mistake
Perhaps T. Boone Pickens was onto something. Al writes "An article in Technology Review argues that plans to string new high-voltage lines across the US to bring wind power from the midsection of the country to the coasts, could be an expensive mistake. What's needed instead are improved local and regional electricity transmission, the development of an efficient and adaptable smart grid, and the demonstration of technology such as carbon capture and sequestration, which could prove a cheaper way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions than transmitting power from North Dakota to New York City."
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Hopefully the drag from all those windmills will slow the earth's rotation enough to eliminate those damnable leap years.
I agree - mod parent up.
You know what we should do? We should go ahead and continue to extract carbon from the bowels of the earth, pulverize it and shoot it into the atmosphere. That just makes economic sense. But then - you're going to like this - we go chase down all the carbon in the sky, catch it, and put it under the rug.
Hopefully the drag from all those windmills will slow the earth's rotation enough to eliminate those damnable leap years.
Pff...what if they're facing the other way? Hmm? Wouldn't that speed up the earth?
Life is short; think quickly.
Thank the lord for the magic buckets that scoop water out of the oceans and dumps it out on the mountains so that we can have hydroelectric power.
Oh wait, the sun does that. Nice job being all ranty though.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!
Arguments against DC power lines is based on ignorance.
Québec and Manitoba have big power lines and they save tons of money. The cost of the converters on both ends is offset by the lower cost of the power lines. DC power lines have less loss and only need 2 wires instead of three. You don't have the inductive losses in DC lines. When the line exceeds 1000km the savings are huge.
Ha! I knew you were a Canadian sympathizer, Edison! Take you direct current and go back to Canada!
Sincerly,
N. Tesla
You're thinking small. Why miniaturize the laser, when we could instead enlarge the sharks? -John Searle