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To: bananaman22

This has the sound of a business plan that only makes sense from the standpoint of a state-run neo-fascist economy fed by endless amounts of cheap labor. Like China. Otherwise, giant batteries make no more sense than giant capacitors or giant windmills.


5 posted on 01/09/2012 11:42:04 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Batteries do wind up failing over time. Internal resistance builds up due to heat. They don’t last forever.


16 posted on 01/09/2012 12:00:33 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

It also assumes that the renewable energy source produces more energy than the grid demands in order to put the excess power into the batteries.


40 posted on 01/09/2012 1:41:38 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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