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To: Kaslin

We should be using more hydroelectric here. Its kind of like geothermal in the sense that you can only produce it in certain places but some places have it in great abundance.


3 posted on 02/23/2013 7:37:35 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

“We should be using more hydroelectric here.”

In Scotland, I beleive, they have a hydroelectric plant that consists of 2 lakes at different altitudes with the power plat in between. During the day, when demand is high, the electricity generated goes out on the grid. At night, when demand is low, the electricity is used to pump the water from the lower lake back up to the upper lake to get ready for the next day. You basically have a closed, self-sustaining electrical generating system.

Why not here?


25 posted on 02/23/2013 12:48:35 PM PST by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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