Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland
I guess I could add a few swear words or political statements and put it on banned... On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Interesting graphic. Looks like it might supply near peak power for 1-2 hours, twice a day, and maybe usable power for 6-8 hours twice a day? I wonder what that does to the grid when the times of production are ever changing, but at least it's predictable, should be even more predictable than solar, so you should be able to ramp up/down a coal or NG plant to balance it. Wind and wave power aren't so predictable. There's no way you can pick up a calendar and say 'peak wind power will be at 3pm on August 15th', but you should be able to make plans like that with tidal power. This sort of stuff is exactly what the banned-lite list was made for. What year did B-L last have a new message posted to it? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland
400MW sounds like a lot, but I figure it's roughly 10A per household. What is that, one blow drier and a tea kettle per? It sure doesn't go very far! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland
Interesting graphic. Looks like it might supply near peak power for 1-2 hours, twice a day, and maybe usable power for 6-8 hours twice a day? I wonder what that does to the grid when the times of production are ever changing, but at least it's predictable, should be even more predictable than solar, so you should be able to ramp up/down a coal or NG plant to balance it. Wind and wave power aren't so predictable. There's no way you can pick up a calendar and say 'peak wind power will be at 3pm on August 15th', but you should be able to make plans like that with tidal power. This sort of stuff is exactly what the banned-lite list was made for. What year did B-L last have a new message posted to it? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland
This would be a good solution in conjunction with a pumped storage hydro plant like Northfield Mountain here in MA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northfield_Mountainuse your regularly occurring power to charge your standby plant. I wonder if you could use something like that to run a desalination plant somewhere? Its sure set to make a crapload of power. -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland Interesting graphic. Looks like it might supply near peak power for 1-2 hours, twice a day, and maybe usable power for 6-8 hours twice a day? I wonder what that does to the grid when the times of production are ever changing, but at least it's predictable, should be even more predictable than solar, so you should be able to ramp up/down a coal or NG plant to balance it. Wind and wave power aren't so predictable. There's no way you can pick up a calendar and say 'peak wind power will be at 3pm on August 15th', but you should be able to make plans like that with tidal power. This sort of stuff is exactly what the banned-lite list was made for. What year did B-L last have a new message posted to it? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] TOT (totally off topic) Amazing tidal power project in Scotland
G: If the name was changed to something like Off Topic and the same restrictions current on the Mercedes list were applied, then more submissions would be posted there. Several people have said that the profanity and other objectionable content was the reason they did read that list. Andrew wrote: I guess I could add a few swear words or political statements and put it on banned... On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Interesting graphic. Looks like it might supply near peak power for 1-2 hours, twice a day, and maybe usable power for 6-8 hours twice a day? I wonder what that does to the grid when the times of production are ever changing, but at least it's predictable, should be even more predictable than solar, so you should be able to ramp up/down a coal or NG plant to balance it. Wind and wave power aren't so predictable. There's no way you can pick up a calendar and say 'peak wind power will be at 3pm on August 15th', but you should be able to make plans like that with tidal power. This sort of stuff is exactly what the banned-lite list was made for. What year did B-L last have a new message posted to it? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4257/8878 - Release Date: 01/06/15 -- arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
