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Old 07-27-2023, 03:17 PM   #324 (permalink)
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Well the US could switch all on road vehicle over to electric for about a 20% increase in yearly electrical demand. But we would have to build more real power plants that work at night and when the wind isn't blowing.
The wind is always blowing. There are occasional stagnant spots.

If we'd built nothing but off-grid geodesic domes since the 1970s, the grid wouldn't have been built out and we'd really be up Paddless Creek.
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