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Re: NYS Wind Map (Gas Hits $3.15 in California) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 20 07:45:24 2005, in response to Re: NYS Wind Map (Gas Hits $3.15 in California), posted by AlM on Sun Mar 20 07:06:39 2005. Heh. Touché! :)Strangely enough, the pumped water scheme works pretty well. I wonder what the efficiency of pumping water uphill during excess capacity would compare to electrolysis of water and then pumping it to sufficient pressure to liquify it. In addition to Blenheim over the hill and a bit south of here, we also have AIR PRODUCTS, Inc ... they make various fractions of the atmosphere there over in Selkirk including the "Precious" but it seems their big business is Oxygen, Helium, Nitrous (of course) and DiOx ... you should *SEE* the power lines that go into their place - they're located DIRECTLY across the street from the Albany Steam Plant (NoMO - now Natural Grid) ... we're talking BIGGEE wires - six of them directly out of the plant ... ain't no pissant windmill gonna power THIS witch. Heh. Don't forget though - I'm an engineer ... if it WORKS, keep doing it. If it DOESN'T work, STOP! =) Committees of know-it-all academics, politicians and other kooks are the antithesis of engineering. Make it work. Those who refuse to recognize a smoking crater that's over budget ... thwack! |
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