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gcomeau

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3. Oh come on.

Reply to greenman3610 (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 12:17 PM

Apr 2013

"Intermittent sources like nuclear"? That statement made in favor of WIND?

You understand that there is a monumental difference between a plant going down for maintenance once every few decades and hoping every day that you happen to get a good breeze? I'm all for wind as a supplemental energy source but grow up and deal with reality.

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In California, Nuclear Turns Off and Prices Go Up [View all] wtmusic Apr 2013 OP

more evidence that depending on intermittent sources like nuclear inevitably raise prices greenman3610 Apr 2013 #1

That graph would be a daily graph for wind wtmusic Apr 2013 #2

unless of course you had greenman3610 Apr 2013 #4

Here's your graph of that "thousands of turbines" scenario - in real time wtmusic Apr 2013 #7

We do have thousands of wind turbines soread over a large area FBaggins Apr 2013 #17

Oh come on. gcomeau Apr 2013 #3

hehe heh. That got the desired response greenman3610 Apr 2013 #5

The reactors at San Onofre are refueled every 7 years wtmusic Apr 2013 #6

Sorry... you don't know what you're talking about. FBaggins Apr 2013 #13

I�m curious OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #8

The spikes follow natural gas prices wtmusic Apr 2013 #9

I guess I�m having a hard trouble seeing the signal for the noise then OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #11

See #10 nt wtmusic Apr 2013 #12

It's not the overall trend... gcomeau Apr 2013 #10

Correct me if I�m wrong OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #14

I'm missing the relevance? -nt gcomeau Apr 2013 #15

Sorry, confusion on my part OKIsItJustMe Apr 2013 #16