As we all know, wind power can’t function well as a primary energy generator, the erratic nature of wind means you always need a backup for base load generation. Typically this is from coal, nuclear, or hydroelectric power.
But, Josh thinks he’s found the perfect backup plan for wind power.
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The “Left’s” ‘high paying Green jobs’,…. next up,… Soylent Green 🍔 required by government fiat to replace ‘Impossible’ (vegan-burgers) at Carl’s Junior since the ‘ingredients’ are more ‘sustainable’ and save on crematory CO2 exhaust. [Just ask Charles Heston via a seance].
Oooo we have a sunspot. Silly little thing.
With the coming commercialization of molten salt nuclear small modular reactors, any expenditure for wind/solar is the mark of future energy ignorance
Why limit ourselves? Fixed it for you.
With the coming commercialization of
molten salt nuclear small modular reactorsUnicorn fart power, any expenditure for wind/solar is the mark of future energy ignorancehas as much validity as what you wrote. Get back to us when you can show us *just one* in commercial operation so the hype can be compared to reality, until then your “coming soon” shilling sounds just like every other vaporware/snake oil hype that has ever been made.
Autonomous wind farm prototype :
http://www.cerfvolantservice.com/contents/media/l_eolienne_bonhommedeneigesurvelo.jpg
The requirement for power storage is only one of the reality ignored items.
The term ‘smart’ grid is code for ignoring the negative costly issues with wind and sun gathering. Such as land to construct the scheme, right away for new power lines, and the energy cost to construct the scheme.
The green thinkers feel that as power lines are run to the existing power sources, that the cost to connect the new wind and sun gathering to the grid should be ignored.
A large wind farm produces as much power as a small city, except that power it is always varying and there are months where the wind farm produces less than 15% of rated output.
Note that wind farms must be located in remote windy places far from where the cities are.
Wind power is distributed power givers (a power giver is different than a power supply). Note the first wind farms are located in the best locations where land is available.
Electrical grids have rules that require power source to be reliable to protect grid stability.
Uninterrupted power is the number one goal of electrical grids. Those rules are thrown out the door for power givers.
A power giver, gives power at the cube of wind speed, so wind power can and does change 30% in less than an hour.
Every time a power giver’s power output changes by more than a single pass natural gas turbine output, a single pass natural gas turbine must be turned on or off. The on/off/on/off/on and long distance power moving reduces grid efficiency by roughly 10% to 15%.
MODS
I accidently put my email instead of my name on a comment 4/12 9:51
Please delete that. Thanks.
The blood on the blades is good, but didn’t you forgot the dead bird at the base?
Or you could get Carter
The Captain’s name was Carter
By God he was a farter!
When the wind wouldn’t blow
And the ship wouldn’t go,
They asked Carter the farter to start’er
Reminds me of the sketch on Not the Nine O’clock News where Mel Smith is the Metropolitan Police commissioner sitting in his office turning a handle on his desk, the camera then follows the spindle down under the desk through various gears and linkages to the sign outside the building.
Can’t find the video clip unfortunately.
James Bull