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OKIsItJustMe

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15. And by “working out” you mean…
Tue May 21, 2013, 03:28 PM
May 2013

After all, there is a US facility which has been in commercial operation for 2 decades now. I think at this point, the concept is pretty well proven.

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There are so many things about this that are bad. Gregorian May 2013 #1
Naturally there are losses… the question is whether they are acceptable or not OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #3
It's like hydro but with huge thermal losses. It might be good for special situations. Gregorian May 2013 #5
CAES figured prominently in Scientific American’s “Solar Grand Plan” in 2008 OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #6
No prob if it's solar. That's a whole different ballgame. I assumed worst case- fossil. Gregorian May 2013 #8
I was taught that everything was solar energy (at one time) OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #12
Hmmmm ... BlueStreak May 2013 #2
Your assessment of the availability of suitable locations isn't accurate kristopher May 2013 #10
And can they hold 100 PSI of pressure, for example? BlueStreak May 2013 #11
Well, if you don't believe it then all those academics and researchers must be wrong. kristopher May 2013 #13
We'll see how this works out. BlueStreak May 2013 #14
And by “working out” you mean… OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #15
That's interesting. Do you care to explain why BlueStreak May 2013 #17
By all means! Be skeptical! OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #18
There are more than two photovotaic installations in operation in the world BlueStreak May 2013 #19
"The fact that it has been around so long and never really established ..." kristopher May 2013 #20
Thanks for your financial advice BlueStreak May 2013 #21
"f I understand the facts correctly" kristopher May 2013 #22
I am in the presence of greatness. Sorry that it wasn't as obvious to me as it should have been. BlueStreak May 2013 #24
You're the one out of line. kristopher May 2013 #25
You don't know what you're talking about. kristopher May 2013 #16
Worth trying. silverweb May 2013 #4
Theoretical this, theoretical that... wtmusic May 2013 #7
Poor little nuclear loving wtmusic... kristopher May 2013 #9
Denholm was writing "studies" about this years ago. Lovins was handing out this bull in the 1970's NNadir May 2013 #23
Poor Nnads... kristopher May 2013 #26
What a surprise... NNadir May 2013 #27
The larger problem has been dipshits pretending that a few nuclear plants will do anything... kristopher May 2013 #28
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