Re: Gaps in the grid - How to build the energy system that we need

From: Dan Bloomquist (EXTRApublic21_at_lakeweb.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:08:00 GMT

Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>
> Ensuring a society's electricity supply requires considerable
> planning. Electricity cannot be stored...

False. There are 20 gigawatts of pumped storage in the U.S.

<http://static.highbeam.com/m/mechanicalengineeringcime/april011992/storinghydroelectricitytomeetpeakhourdemandpumpeds/>

As the premise is false, the rest is probably worthless.

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Best, Dan. 

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