Certainly backups are needed for earthbound solar or wind power, but there was a point during the rolling blackouts we had in California during the summer of 2001 when a supplemental power source like solar could have made a critical difference during the peak load period -- between about 1 and 4 in the afternoon, in the heat of the day. If residences and business had roofs equipped with 1-3KW solar panels optimized for 3 pm power production, the blackouts could've been averted. (And please, let's not digress into a discussion of California Power politics, which is/was very messy at best).
--- Henry Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21 Nov 2002, Sean R. Lynch wrote: > > If they succeed in making cheap cells out of this > material and they can > > make better, cheaper batteries (inverters are > already pretty darned > > good), I could see this leading to a day when a > power distribution > > infrastructure is no longer necessary for > residences in sunnier areas... > > I suspect that it will still be worthwhile to have > the infrastructure. > Even sunnier areas get clouded out for a while > occasionally, and batteries > have finite working lives which typically aren't all > that long. > > > Henry Spencer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
