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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Re:The quarter wave problem

[geekoid]

", the line must be "impedance matched""

of dear lord, we could never do that~

We should be using Industrial Solar Thermal.

And here they are:

[geekoid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal