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[Bigmurph6]

most of the time they were not spinning.

I see this on tv all the time wtf??

 

[Poppy]

They can’t be broke that much. I seen where they can stop them for repair but like you said they always seem to be stopped

 

[Poppy]

@Bigmurph

Google this… neighborhood development around geothermal

 

[Bigmurph6]

I will check it out

 

[Bigmurph6]

It seems like its only being used for heat not actually power or electric.

 

[JLee]

This is what I do. I operate a gas turbine combined cycle power plant. Hydro is reliable and cheap but are constantly under attack from EPA. Nuclear is great but technology is ancient and takes decades to get permits to build new ones. Wind and solar are unreliable and have to have a fossil fuel plant nearby to meet the load demands of the grid. The grid itself is old and inefficient. About 15% or so of the power generated is lost in transmission. China is investing heavily into building there electric grid. Any way the moral of the story is we need a combination of these but global warming is the hot topic and “green energy” is getting all the big government backing. Michael Moore has a good documentary on green energy called “Planet of the Humans”. Check it out

 

[JLee]

Geothermal Power is very interesting but it’s alot like wind and solar. Yosemite has a plant near them. They get there heat sporadically which is what you need to make steam. It’s a pretty wild process

 

[Bigmurph6]

Planet of the Humans”. Check it out

This im definitely going to find I like his movies

 

[Bigmurph6]

I figured once you go down so far the temperature has to always be boiling point im surprised that this isn’t used over nuclear because it just boils water also were really still just using steam engines to power the world just different heat srcs

 

[JLee]

Tesla has built in texas a massive battery bank capable of storing a 100 MW. This is definitely huge step in the right direction for wind and solar. The problem with batteries is all the material comes from China

 

[JLee]

It is and usually hotter but they use a heat exchanger to boil cleaner water into steam so you don’t leave mineral deposits on the steam turbines

 

[Rusty]

Good info!! Fuck the EPA they really don’t care in my opinion they are all just legends in their own minds.

 

[Poppy]

Should have known UGM had a pro on staff.

 

[JLee]

Alot of fish get caught up in the turbines because they didn’t get the memo to use the fish ladders. This is what pisses the EPA off. The US has or had quite a few hydro plants but have been shut down for this reason

 

[Rusty]

Turtles and crayfish need to eat too

 

[JLee]

Circle of Life!

 

[John]

Sounds real familiar

 

[Poppy]

What buddy?

 

[Rusty]

Got up at 3 am to get this spot. Time for some walleyes.

 

[Dirtnasty]

I May heft up at 3pm for some sun and food