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Did you celebrate Earth Hour 2010 today?
killermonkey:
--- Quote from: Rodney 1.666 on March 27, 2010, 10:52:41 pm --- and then watch all the power plants explode with all the excess power. ;)
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Incorrect. Power plants wouldn't explode due to loss of load, their motors would run free causing potential runaway motor (then explosion!). However, households account for a small percentage of total power usage. The main users are businesses and other sources which run large AC, Heating, Water Pumps, you name it. Although the collective power use by houses is large.
Kratos:
--- Quote from: killermonkey on March 27, 2010, 11:52:50 pm ---The main users are businesses and other sources which run large AC, Heating, Water Pumps, you name it.
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So this GES forum is owned by a large corporation, which runs AC's, heaters, useless eletricity, etc etc
Maybe you guys should migrate the web to a green hosting company like Hostgator. I use them, best webhosting i think.
Enzo.Matrix:
Wind stops blowing and the server farm loses power.. brilliant!
killermonkey:
--- Quote from: osaeed2k9 on March 28, 2010, 04:09:15 am ---green hosting company like Hostgator.
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LOL. LOL. LOL.
I go to their website and it says "Powered by 130% Wind Energy". Are they joking? That eliminates their credibility pretty much right there.
Either way, the dirty secret to wind energy is you don't have your power connected to the wind turbines. The company that owns them simply connects to the grid and offers their power for sale. Meaning being a "green company" just means they pay the wind company for their power.
What happens when the wind stops blowing? Your power still runs!!?? DUH, thats because it's now being supplied by nuclear, coal, whatever. The wind company you paid is now paying the other companies to supplement for their fail. Fucking green my ass.
Enzo.Matrix:
Also wind turbines are oil hungry
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