From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: So Much Written... So Little Said
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:25:06 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-20 23:18, chine.bleu wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>>> Power bills + subsidies we pay in taxes, make for MORE expensive
>>> utilities, not cheaper.
>> Loser is too stupid to realize that monopolies will lower costs and keep
>> more profit for themselves...
>>
>> ...film at eleven.
>
> We do not have an infrastructure to store electricity. You make it and
> use within a millisecond. Even if you have to use it in heaters. Even
> unused generators have to be maintained. Fuel has to be stored at site.
> Generators cost money whether in use or not, but using them without need
> costs money.
>
> It is a peculiar product where spare capacity costs while missing
> capacity creates blackouts.
>
Actually, they are developing methods for storing energy generated by
excess electrical power.