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"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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Androcles wrote:
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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Peter Fairbrother wrote:
Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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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.

Androcles wrote:
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message
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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.

"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*

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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.

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.

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"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.

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.

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Check boilerplate spelling -- error is a public sign of incompetence.
Never fully trust an article from a poster who gives no full real name.

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