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In Oregon, Wind Power Surges Disrupting Grid
cpm99352 writes "The Oregonian reports gusts of wind cause synchronized power surges, more than the transmission lines can handle. Windmill farms are ordered to fan their blades, despite tremendous demand for 'green' power from California."
As in, "Sit in front of the turbines, flapping a big feather fan to generate more electricity?" Great idea!
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Green energy is destroying things. Let's go back to burning things just to be safe.
You want to pump water over what kind of distances? From holland to norway?
So it's not like a truck that you can just dump power on, more like a system of tubes that might not be able to handle all that at once?
so smart, but unable to do anything to do anything about it because they're stuck there with their fingers in a dyke
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Or an engineer saying "the antenna around the phone works... just don't touch it there"
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You want to pump water over what kind of distances? From holland to norway?
no no no.... use wind power to create electricity locally and heat local water so it evaporates into clouds. Then blow those clouds over the lakes in Norway using really big fans. Then fire lasers at the clouds so it rains into those lakes to get the hydro electricity you need. Do I have to think of everything.... gosh.
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