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Re: Small array grounding
Are those Arco Trilams? If so, I haven't seen any of those in 30 years!1 · -
Re: New Green Deal will fail per noted environmentalist
I'd say it's doable (we know how to) it's just not that smart. There are better ways to provide baseload energy, like nuclear. And there are better ways to provide peaking power, like combined cycle…1 · -
Re: Fridge is surge overloading inverter
Or you might try correcting power factor with film caps. Startup surge is usually horrendous in terms of power factor. You might end up with a setup where the efficiency is less due to the mismatch d…1 · -
Re: Lithium prices falling...interesting
Graphene makes great batteries but $$$$$$$$$$$$ ?? Graphene doesn't have the electrochemistry to make a better anode than graphite.1 · -
Re: Bill Gates has harsh words for solar substantially supplying the grid.
Yep. Both thorium and U238 are considered 'fertile' materials - not useful as-is but easy to convert to nuclear fuel. In general you need a "seed" of fissile material (like U235) to start t…1 ·