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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Androcles wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Peter Fairbrother wrote: Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... An obvious solution would be battery storage to balance supply against demand. Pity we don't have anything that approaches being usable that way. The one I'm hearing more and more about is compressed air. Not a panacea, but apparently may be quite workable in many cases for peak power loads. There is also pumped storage, eg Ffestiniog in Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-...droelectricity -- Peter Fairbrother Pumped storage works - but like hydro, you can't just decide to build one. You need somewhere suitable. In particular, you need to be able to store large amounts of water at two levels that are at sufficiently different elevations. Sylvia. You mean like in Wales? It needs to be reasonably close to where the power will be consumed. The UK is small, and Wales is reasonably close to most of it. Wales is useful in the UK, but is hardly a general solution. Sylvia. Your historical, geographical and political knowledge is somewhat lacking. The Prince of Wales is the Queen's son, I'd suggest to you that Wales was most definitely part of the UK. The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. The oldest parliament in the world today is the Tynwald. http://www.tynwald.org.im/ The British Commonwealth, however, is larger than the small USA since it includes Canada and Australia, both of which show the Queen on their currency. I mentioned Wales (as Peter mentioned it) since it is able to store large amounts of water at two levels that are at sufficiently different elevations, just like that small place that has the Hoover dam, which reasonably close to where the power is consumed. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
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"Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Androcles wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Peter Fairbrother wrote: Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... An obvious solution would be battery storage to balance supply against demand. Pity we don't have anything that approaches being usable that way. The one I'm hearing more and more about is compressed air. Not a panacea, but apparently may be quite workable in many cases for peak power loads. There is also pumped storage, eg Ffestiniog in Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-...droelectricity -- Peter Fairbrother Pumped storage works - but like hydro, you can't just decide to build one. You need somewhere suitable. In particular, you need to be able to store large amounts of water at two levels that are at sufficiently different elevations. Sylvia. You mean like in Wales? It needs to be reasonably close to where the power will be consumed. The UK is small, and Wales is reasonably close to most of it. Wales is useful in the UK, but is hardly a general solution. Sylvia. Your historical, geographical and political knowledge is somewhat lacking. The Prince of Wales is the Queen's son, I'd suggest to you that Wales was most definitely part of the UK. Did I say otherwise. My stomach is reasonable close to all parts of my body. Sylvia. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Androcles wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Androcles wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... Peter Fairbrother wrote: Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote: "Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... An obvious solution would be battery storage to balance supply against demand. Pity we don't have anything that approaches being usable that way. The one I'm hearing more and more about is compressed air. Not a panacea, but apparently may be quite workable in many cases for peak power loads. There is also pumped storage, eg Ffestiniog in Wales. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-...droelectricity -- Peter Fairbrother Pumped storage works - but like hydro, you can't just decide to build one. You need somewhere suitable. In particular, you need to be able to store large amounts of water at two levels that are at sufficiently different elevations. Sylvia. You mean like in Wales? It needs to be reasonably close to where the power will be consumed. The UK is small, and Wales is reasonably close to most of it. Wales is useful in the UK, but is hardly a general solution. Sylvia. Your historical, geographical and political knowledge is somewhat lacking. The Prince of Wales is the Queen's son, I'd suggest to you that Wales was most definitely part of the UK. Did I say otherwise. Yes, you did, and you don't understand punctuation. In fact you are so stupid and rude with your snipping I'm putting you back on my killfile. *plonk* Do not reply to this generic message, it was automatically generated; you have been kill-filed, either for being boringly stupid, repetitive, unfunny, ineducable, repeatedly posting politics, religion or off-topic subjects to a sci. newsgroup, attempting cheapskate free advertising for profit, because you are a troll, because you responded to George Hammond the complete fruit cake, simply insane or any combination or permutation of the aforementioned reasons; any reply will go unread. Boringly stupid is the most common cause of kill-filing, but because this message is generic the other reasons have been included. You are left to decide which is most applicable to you. There is no appeal, I have despotic power over whom I will electronically admit into my home and you do not qualify as a reasonable person I would wish to converse with or even poke fun at. Some weirdoes are not kill- filed, they amuse me and I retain them for their entertainment value as I would any chicken with two heads, either one of which enables the dumb bird to scratch dirt, step back, look down, step forward to the same spot and repeat the process eternally. This should not trouble you, many of those plonked find it a blessing that they are not required to think and can persist in their bigotry or crackpot theories without challenge. You have the right to free speech, I have the right not to listen. The kill-file will be cleared annually with spring cleaning or whenever I purchase a new computer or hard drive. I'm fully aware that you may be so stupid as to reply, but the purpose of this message is to encourage others to kill-file ****wits like you. I hope you find this explanation is satisfactory but even if you don't, damnly my frank, I don't give a dear. Have a nice day and **** off. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
In sci.space.history message , Sat,
19 Dec 2009 03:02:04, Androcles posted: The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. Neither of them is part of Great Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain is correct. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. Turnpike v6.05 IE 7. Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. I find MiniTrue useful for viewing/searching/altering files, at a DOS prompt; free, DOS/Win/UNIX, URL:http://www.idiotsdelight.net/minitrue/ unsupported. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
"Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message nvalid... In sci.space.history message , Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:02:04, Androcles posted: The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. Neither of them is part of Great Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain is correct. "Great Britain also refers to England, Scotland and Wales in combination, and therefore also includes a number of outlying islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland." Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain "Great Britain is an island" (singular). Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain Therefore wackypedia, the bull**** anyone can write, is self-contradictory and should be ignored as a reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain is WRONG and so are you, "Dr." Repeat: The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. *plonk* Do not reply to this generic message, it was automatically generated; you have been kill-filed, either for being boringly stupid, repetitive, unfunny, ineducable, repeatedly posting politics, religion or off-topic subjects to a sci. newsgroup, attempting cheapskate free advertising for profit, because you are a troll, because you responded to George Hammond the complete fruit cake, simply insane or any combination or permutation of the aforementioned reasons; any reply will go unread. Boringly stupid is the most common cause of kill-filing, but because this message is generic the other reasons have been included. You are left to decide which is most applicable to you. There is no appeal, I have despotic power over whom I will electronically admit into my home and you do not qualify as a reasonable person I would wish to converse with or even poke fun at. Some weirdoes are not kill- filed, they amuse me and I retain them for their entertainment value as I would any chicken with two heads, either one of which enables the dumb bird to scratch dirt, step back, look down, step forward to the same spot and repeat the process eternally. This should not trouble you, many of those plonked find it a blessing that they are not required to think and can persist in their bigotry or crackpot theories without challenge. You have the right to free speech, I have the right not to listen. The kill-file will be cleared annually with spring cleaning or whenever I purchase a new computer or hard drive. I'm fully aware that you may be so stupid as to reply, but the purpose of this message is to encourage others to kill-file ****wits like you. I hope you find this explanation is satisfactory but even if you don't, damnly my frank, I don't give a dear. Have a nice day and **** off. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
In sci.space.history message , Mon,
21 Dec 2009 02:53:53, Androcles posted: "Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message . invalid... In sci.space.history message , Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:02:04, Androcles posted: The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. Neither of them is part of Great Britain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain is correct. "Great Britain also refers to England, Scotland and Wales in combination, and therefore also includes a number of outlying islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland." Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain "Great Britain is an island" (singular). Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain Therefore wackypedia, the bull**** anyone can write, is self-contradictory and should be ignored as a reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_britain is WRONG and so are you, "Dr." Repeat: The Isle of Man is part of Great Britain but is not part of the United Kingdom. Same applies to Eire. Setting follow-up without saying so in the rest is ungentlemanly; a good dictionary will explain that concept to you. Eire (the Republic of Ireland) is undoubtedly a part of the island of Ireland. The full name of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", from which it is clear that GB does not even include Northern Ireland. A century ago, the word "Northern" was not included. Don't make the mistake of equating the British Isles (which include the entire indigenously English-speaking part of Europe outside the Mediterranean) with Great Britain, which excludes Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands (questionably in BI). For the Isle of Man, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man http://www.isleofman.com/Tourism/factfile.aspx Political Status YWIII. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London UK. Turnpike v6.05 MIME. Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/ - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links. Check boilerplate spelling -- error is a public sign of incompetence. Never fully trust an article from a poster who gives no full real name. |
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...100 MW of Space Solar Power ...per single launch!
Dr J R Stockton wrote:
Eire (the Republic of Ireland) is undoubtedly a part of the island of Ireland. The full name of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", from which it is clear that GB does not even include Northern Ireland. A century ago, the word "Northern" was not included. A century from now, Great Britain will be referred to as "Greater Ireland", and governed from its Irish county capital, Derrylondon. Then it will be time to seize all C of E land and convert the Scots and Welsh back to the true faith, so they will treat their English slaves with good and Christian charity. Shar, and if that's not the case. (Opens new bottle of Jameson's and throws away the cap.) ;-) Pat |
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