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tinrobot

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8. ...and most coal plants waste power.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Fri May 17, 2013, 01:35 PM

May 2013

This is why they sell power cheaply at non-peak times, because the plants don't shut down at night. They simply produce power that goes unused. So, going with your point, 1.6MW of coal does not mean all of that power is used.

But whatever. More solar is good. Nitpicking on the details doesn't make it less good.

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