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To: Lorianne

No. There are power losses over long distances. Wind farms are destructive of the local environment. Use solar, and develop means to store and release energy during the night. This does not have to be with batteries.


24 posted on 02/07/2016 9:14:45 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: I want the USA back

Yes I think they store energy in molten sand in the giant Sahara desert solar installations.

Still, there must be considerable energy loss overall.


28 posted on 02/07/2016 9:18:26 AM PST by Lorianne
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How else are you going to store it? Huge capacitors?


49 posted on 02/07/2016 10:16:38 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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