'(This was typical of early California wind turbines.)' currently, the largest turbines are 6MW A PIECE. that's about 1.2-2.4MW average. this is for *ONE* turbine, with a base of 10 yards by ten yards early models are not at all comparable to current generation turbines (which can generate -if properly located- electricity at 4-6 cents per KwH, which blows nuclear away)
The problem with nuclear power is NOT the science. it is partly the technology (because technology is always in terms of 99.99% reliability...) AND the human factor(MANAGERS, bean-counters). And when managers and bean-counters wouldn't be involved, the costs of whichever type of reactor, with protections X, Y and Z, is higher than wind + batteries.
The EU has its basis in WW2. it's main point is this : Through economic cooperation, destroy any foundation for a major war in Europe. So far, it has worked very well I think, seeing that for a thousand years, Europe has been a battlefield, up until the end of WW2.
WHOOSH. the problem is not communist or capitalist, it's human nature: why is such an old reactor-design even online ? it would have been on-line whether Japan is capitalist or communist.
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'(This was typical of early California wind turbines.)'
currently, the largest turbines are 6MW A PIECE. that's about 1.2-2.4MW average. this is for *ONE* turbine, with a base of 10 yards by ten yards
early models are not at all comparable to current generation turbines (which can generate -if properly located- electricity at 4-6 cents per KwH, which blows nuclear away)
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october19/jacobson-energy-study-102009.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
"with 70% total energy from wind at the same sort of costs or lower than at present"
Most people are smart enough not to believe these things, but they nod anyway
sigh
If not nuclear, then what do you suggest we use to generate
renewables can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
The problem with nuclear power is NOT the science. it is partly the technology (because technology is always in terms of 99.99% reliability ...) AND the human factor(MANAGERS, bean-counters). And when managers and bean-counters wouldn't be involved, the costs of whichever type of reactor, with protections X, Y and Z, is higher than wind + batteries.
nuclear lying continues
The EU has its basis in WW2. it's main point is this : Through economic cooperation, destroy any foundation for a major war in Europe. So far, it has worked very well I think, seeing that for a thousand years, Europe has been a battlefield, up until the end of WW2.
sn't the wind always blowing somewhere in the U.S
you are completely right, a single turbine is variable, but when you spread turbines out over 1000's of miles, the variability of the system diminishes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
base load power
please read : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
base load power
please read : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
Wind and solar do not scale though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
f you capture too much of the Sun's energy
and if you capture a HELL-OF-A-LOT less of it through MASSIVE clear cutting (which we have been doing for 1000 years) ?
maybe lowering corporate taxes will help this ?
they guy put it on utube himself ... that makes it 'freeware', no ?
They will take any side they are paid to take
any side ? you mean corporations and high income people ?
maybe the GOP should let the top 10% income pay even less taxes ?
I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.
is that why corporations (like GE) "pay" negative taxes?
WHOOSH back to you. -->outside of what was expected--- the expectations where wrong, THAT's a human factor, NOT a communist/capitalist factor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
WHOOSH.
the problem is not communist or capitalist, it's human nature: why is such an old reactor-design even online ? it would have been on-line whether Japan is capitalist or communist.
there we are again with the base-load crap again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_power_source#European_super_grid
Communist construction of nuclear power plants also sucks
I can't see capitalist construction faring better here ...
allowing water from the core to leak out.
out of the core, into the food-chain.
they've done about as well as a group of nuclear engineers could d
because higher management ran away and left the engineers with their shit as usual ?
will likely be restarted at some point
good luck finding people wanting to work there.