Posted by juf on May 18, 2010, 3:04 pm
how about a small community with their own fridge size nuclear plant
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Posted by Morris Dovey on May 18, 2010, 3:53 pm
On 5/18/2010 10:04 AM, juf wrote:
> how about a small community with their own fridge size nuclear plant
>
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Aside from the $0 million price tag, I wonder how much one might need
to spend for a maintenance contract and insurance...
...and how much might need to be spent on licensing.
You weren't thinking of putting it in /my/ back yard, were you? :)
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Morris Dovey
http://WWW.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Posted by Neon John on May 18, 2010, 4:18 pm
wrote:
>...and how much might need to be spent on licensing.
>You weren't thinking of putting it in /my/ back yard, were you? :)
OF course not. I want one all to myself. You can play with your fair
weather solar toys all you like. I want to pull rods and rock and
roll all the time!
John
Posted by Morris Dovey on May 18, 2010, 5:31 pm
On 5/18/2010 11:18 AM, Neon John wrote:
> wrote:
>> ...and how much might need to be spent on licensing.
>>
>> You weren't thinking of putting it in /my/ back yard, were you? :)
> OF course not. I want one all to myself. You can play with your fair
> weather solar toys all you like. I want to pull rods and rock and
> roll all the time!
That's a worthwhile distinction, and you got it /almost/ right. The
solar heating panels I have work whether the weather is fair or not -
and the important word here is "have"...
...I'm like you in that I want to have limitless (paid for) power
available on demand - but sadly, the important word here is "want".
It'll probably take me a while to scare up the $0 million... ;-)
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Morris Dovey
http://WWW.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Posted by Josepi on May 18, 2010, 9:16 pm
Does this mean we have to have a geothermal dump-load well to use the excess
energy when we are not running our peak load? Can the ground take that much
heat?
My pool has already has a huge lime ring when it evaporated dry from the
last one they said would get approval back in the 80s.
That's a worthwhile distinction, and you got it /almost/ right. The
solar heating panels I have work whether the weather is fair or not -
and the important word here is "have"...
...I'm like you in that I want to have limitless (paid for) power
available on demand - but sadly, the important word here is "want".
It'll probably take me a while to scare up the $0 million... ;-)
--
Morris Dovey
http://WWW.iedu.com/DeSoto/
On 5/18/2010 11:18 AM, Neon John wrote:
> wrote:
>> ...and how much might need to be spent on licensing.
>>
>> You weren't thinking of putting it in /my/ back yard, were you? :)
> OF course not. I want one all to myself. You can play with your fair
> weather solar toys all you like. I want to pull rods and rock and
> roll all the time!
>