East Coast outage?
alex at yuriev.com
alex at yuriev.com
Sun Aug 17 19:26:54 UTC 2003
> > >
> > > And solar nor wind are good for base energy production so we´re stuck
> > > with other methods unless you want to move IP packets only when it´s
> > > windy.
> >
> > Or you store excess power generated on windy/sunny days for later
> > distribution on calm/rainy days:
> > http://www.tva.gov/sites/raccoonmt.htm
> >
> > That still ignores tidal, hydro, and geothermal power, which are
> available
> > 24x7. And let's not forget ethanol, which is easy to make from excess
> food
> > crops and has already replaced gasoline entirely in a few countries.
>
>
> Use hydrogen. One solar panel (which will last forever unless you drop
> something on it) can split H2O into H and O.
Sure, burn energy to store it.
> Store the H for windless days
> or at night.
Burn energy here as well.
> Feed this to a turbine for electricity and recover heat for hot
> water, store it in a heat sink, ect.
Burn energy.
> Or feed the H into a fuel cell &
> strip off the electron volts.
Burn energy.
> Now a home user can produce wattage to
> supply power for his neighbors.
Release energy.
> The amount of power to be had via these
> hydrogen processes is huge.
Release energy.
> The by-products of this are water and Oxygen.
Release energy.
> The only problem is that the Oil men are in charge. They want to pipe NG
> to houses and have us crack NG into hydrogen. Cut the cord !
So let us use N J to let us release M J, where N is significantly greater
than M. What a brilliant concept. When someone starts actively doing it,
please remind me the name of the company so I can short it all the way to
zero. Thanks god that the oil people are in charge.
Alex
P.S. The problem with ethanol is the same - the total amount of energy
needed to crate useful fuel is greater than the amount of energy it
generates.
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