Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : GRANT WEASNER
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Apr 05 2025 02:10 am

GW>The thing I don't understand is why does electricity coast so much. I think a
  >r the systems are in place, which they've been there for years where I live,
  >y don't require more money to produce the electricity, specifically hydro? Wa
  > falling out of the sky doesn't suddenly coast more each year, but somehow el
  >ricity does.

There are some things about that, like solar panels and wind generators
are not nearly as efficient as they claim they are. My sister bought
a bunch of solar panels and they don't make near the power claimed, not
near enough to handle all their needs and they paid $80,000 for them.

A lot of countries built huge numbers of wind turbines and are now
just waiting for them to wear out so they can get rid of them.
One area mentioned installing enough to supply 25% of their power
but found, in reality, they only got about 6% out of them.

Nuclear is highly efficient but has very expensive waste product
problems and it's horrendously expensive to build plants.

Water generators are the best, but few areas have a good spot to
set that up. Not too long ago they were talking about a water
genertor plant (Hydro Electricity?) in Ontario that has been in
service so long that they have to convert the 25 cycle power to
60 cycle. We got rid of 25 cycle power in the mid 1950's.

I'm sure that one has paid for itself.   B)

For many decades we had so much of that that our power company is
called Ontario Hydro and most Canadians refer to all power as Hydro
(have you paid the Hydro bill?), something we have to avoid when
travelling in the USA or it gives us away as visiting Canadians..  B)

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