Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Dr. What
Date : Sat Apr 05 2025 10:19 am

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to GRANT WEASNER <=-

 RM> There are some things about that, like solar panels and wind generators
 RM> are not nearly as efficient as they claim they are. My sister bought
 RM> a bunch of solar panels and they don't make near the power claimed, not
 RM> near enough to handle all their needs and they paid $80,000 for them.

I see this a lot.  And here in Michigan, it's even worse since it's overcast
much of the time **and** if you don't brush the snow off them, they produce
nothing.

 RM> A lot of countries built huge numbers of wind turbines and are now
 RM> just waiting for them to wear out so they can get rid of them.
 RM> One area mentioned installing enough to supply 25% of their power
 RM> but found, in reality, they only got about 6% out of them.

My previous company got some sort of grant to put small wind turbines on the
roof of their headquarters.  We were in the building accross the street so we
could see them and they were almost never spinning.

 RM> Nuclear is highly efficient but has very expensive waste product
 RM> problems and it's horrendously expensive to build plants.

The newer nuclear technology doesn't have nearly as big a waste problem.  And
the expense is mostly due to gov't regulation (usually useless regulation).

 RM> genertor plant (Hydro Electricity?) in Ontario that has been in
 RM> service so long that they have to convert the 25 cycle power to
 RM> 60 cycle. We got rid of 25 cycle power in the mid 1950's.

Near me, we have a special "gravity" generator that's used to "jump start" the
grid.

So power plants need **some** power to start.  How do you power a power plant? 
Well, that's what this special generator is for.  It's built on a bluff above
Lake Michigan.  It's effectively a big lake and some turbines.  It generates
electricity the same way a hydroelectric dam does just in a somewhat artificial
way.

So when the power goes out completely, and they are ready to start things up,
they open the gates, let the water run down to the lake and generate the power
needed to let the power plants start up.


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