daugen
Epic Contributor
I wish we could all trust the information we get regarding the real impact of oil and gas, and the proliferation of EVs.
So much money involved, so much disinformation, so many agendas.
for every ugly used up coal mine we have, are we also going to have used up lithium mines in the future?
Are we trading one problem for another?
I spent two years in electric power production, odd little digression in my career path, but great fun. Learned how power was made.
State of art stack scrubbers do a great job on hard coal.
Hydroelectric is the cat's meow if your water doesn't run out like it is in Western US
Nuclear is the only thing that makes sense, find a better fuel to boil water.
That's all you are doing, you are making steam.
I think folks think that as nuclear rods decay they automatically make electricity. Nope, not that easy............
and last but not least, the unloved darlings of the power industry, the peaking units. Almost always kerosene fueled combustion turbines very similar
to small jet engines. Horrible polluters. Usually skirt emissions rules. NJ and NYC have lots of them for the summer time. Some of NYC's peaking units are floating on barges
in a couple different rivers.
Now those units are just like giant versions of our home generators. Really big gens you can walk into...GE and Westinghouse/Pratt & Whitney, mostly GE that I saw. My boss was an engineer who
sold parts into the turbine industry.
several feet to my left is a little wall AC monitor in a receptacle showing me what the voltage is in big letters. In this old cottage original wiring is pretty suspect for carrying the load but
I've been a voltage watcher for a long time. Down around 115 I start thinking about turning things off. Got down to 114-115 yesterday, pretty much flickering at 115. That means more amps getting sucked up, but my understanding is that doesn't actually cost us more. It's the heat in the wiring and connectors I wonder about.
I wonder at what voltage my outside compressor starts getting unhappy at?
I do NOT want to blow that big capacitor. Even though I know Popgadget will come to my rescue, he stocks this kind of stuff.
Unit is only one year old
So much money involved, so much disinformation, so many agendas.
for every ugly used up coal mine we have, are we also going to have used up lithium mines in the future?
Are we trading one problem for another?
I spent two years in electric power production, odd little digression in my career path, but great fun. Learned how power was made.
State of art stack scrubbers do a great job on hard coal.
Hydroelectric is the cat's meow if your water doesn't run out like it is in Western US
Nuclear is the only thing that makes sense, find a better fuel to boil water.
That's all you are doing, you are making steam.
I think folks think that as nuclear rods decay they automatically make electricity. Nope, not that easy............
and last but not least, the unloved darlings of the power industry, the peaking units. Almost always kerosene fueled combustion turbines very similar
to small jet engines. Horrible polluters. Usually skirt emissions rules. NJ and NYC have lots of them for the summer time. Some of NYC's peaking units are floating on barges
in a couple different rivers.
Now those units are just like giant versions of our home generators. Really big gens you can walk into...GE and Westinghouse/Pratt & Whitney, mostly GE that I saw. My boss was an engineer who
sold parts into the turbine industry.
several feet to my left is a little wall AC monitor in a receptacle showing me what the voltage is in big letters. In this old cottage original wiring is pretty suspect for carrying the load but
I've been a voltage watcher for a long time. Down around 115 I start thinking about turning things off. Got down to 114-115 yesterday, pretty much flickering at 115. That means more amps getting sucked up, but my understanding is that doesn't actually cost us more. It's the heat in the wiring and connectors I wonder about.
I wonder at what voltage my outside compressor starts getting unhappy at?
I do NOT want to blow that big capacitor. Even though I know Popgadget will come to my rescue, he stocks this kind of stuff.
Unit is only one year old
