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DetlefK

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3. The solar roofs of 1000 homes powering a factory?

Reply to madokie (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 08:35 AM

Feb 2014

How are they supposed to get the electric energy to the factory? Just feed it into the electric socket in the wall?

What would be the (virtual) mass of the grid?

What voltage would it run on?

It's not as simple as you think. Instead of balancing the output of 20 or so power plants, you would have to balance the output of millions of power plants.

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How many nuclear power plants would we need to get us to 100% [View all] madokie Feb 2014 OP

Renewables can deliver cleaner energy at the same price, but... DetlefK Feb 2014 #1

In a lot of cases solar and wind could be point of use madokie Feb 2014 #2

The solar roofs of 1000 homes powering a factory? DetlefK Feb 2014 #3

I'm not advocating 100 percent renewables only as much as we can feasibly do which is a lot more madokie Feb 2014 #4

Whether 20 or 500, it's still practically nothing compared to >50 million. DetlefK Feb 2014 #5

What solar would bring wouldn't require an individual control of each madokie Feb 2014 #6

It depends Altair_IV Feb 2014 #16

a lot of the fuel sabbat hunter Feb 2014 #29

Solar-thermal can bank energy into the wee hours Kolesar Feb 2014 #7

I once estimated it would take about 4000 reactors, worldwide phantom power Feb 2014 #8

Choke madokie Feb 2014 #9

It is achievable... phantom power Feb 2014 #11

Accidents happen madokie Feb 2014 #13

Reconsider E = mc2 FBaggins Feb 2014 #12

But how do you get sea water all the way to Oklahoma, kansas, North and South Dakota etc. etc.? madokie Feb 2014 #15

Numerous errors and misconceptions.. Altair_IV Feb 2014 #17

Did you just assume another name? madokie Feb 2014 #18

Welcome back kristopher Feb 2014 #19

Not the UCS Altair_IV Feb 2014 #22

Too bad you never learned to read a citation PamGreg kristopher Feb 2014 #26

Yes you have numerous errors madokie Feb 2014 #21

Students at Stanford? Altair_IV Feb 2014 #23

I suppose a second, possibly third time through madokie Feb 2014 #24

???????? Altair_IV Feb 2014 #25

I'm making myself very clear madokie Feb 2014 #27

Why would we even try? FBaggins Feb 2014 #10

If you dig back to around 2007 cprise Feb 2014 #14

According to Obama's Science Advisor kristopher Feb 2014 #20

That's such a phoney argument Altair_IV Feb 2014 #28

Because he retired he no longer is a Real Scientist madokie Feb 2014 #30