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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:37 AM Original message |
someone help me out here, |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. It isn't easy to come up with a well-defined answer to that. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Think of it this way |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. what I'm saying is if the power plant is already running because of these other loads |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Every kilowatt-hour you use has to be generated. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. isn't a larger percentage of the energy being used when a power plant is only partially loaded |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. It depends... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Ok so what I'm thinking is maybe correct then |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yeah, that too, but reread... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. thats the way I'm seeing it too |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. You also need to consider the SOURCE of electricity. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I hope I'm not one of them stupid people you mention ;-) |
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