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Old 07-22-2019, 12:20 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Then the plan to get all electrical power from them is flawed.
I've no doubt the plan is flawed.
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Originally Posted by Grant-53
New York State just passed a bill to make it carbon free or some such thing by 2050. .... The fundamental question is what if anything will make a measurable difference or is this simply a political exercise to wrest control of the economy.
I simply believe that the design constraint of converting and deconverting power to some form of storage is not it.

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