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Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs

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From: George B
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00
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jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John McCarthy) wrote:

>I think Tom Gray has confirmed my point.  The storage capacity of
>electric cars will not add flexibility to the system, because the cars
>must almost always be recharged at their convenience rather than at
>the convenience of the grid operator.

Exactly! And the point being raised in other threads about daytime
recharging at the workplace destroys the load equalization arguments
that the very same folks were making last week.


George Bonser
grep@cris.com
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From: grep@cris.com (George B)
Subject: Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs
Date: 1996/01/09
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