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Article #128Re: Outsider viewpoint of CA power crisis
From: John Higdon
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 06:17
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 06:17
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in article 9e2dsk$1162c$3@rn.area.com, David Kaye wrote: > John Higdon wrote the quoted material below: > > " Sorry, it just doesn't work that way. You cannot bank ultra-cheap power > " (that available at three in the morning) to pay for expensive power at 3 PM. > > Well, you can sort of. This is why hydro plants have turbines to push > water back up on the other side of the dam. Of course, you get a good > sized amount of loss (what, 10%?) but it's some kind of banking. Actually, the efficiency hit is more like thirty percent of the energy going up in mechanical losses. But what about all those electric cars that were going to be charged during "off-peak"? Suddenly, the fabulous electric car doesn't look so wonderful anymore, does it...particularly with the new rates. And then wait until they add a road tax! -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | http://www.anntec.com/ +1 408 264 4115 | Silicon Valley, CA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 Cheap, provincial San Franciscans can call: 415 428-COWS
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