[Wombat]

If your point is that a lot of existing power suppliers are going to go broke when FF goes mainstream then I expect you are right. That’s one of the reasons I’m not investing in wind power right now (the other reason is I have no spare money to invest hehe).

[Wombat]

I have no idea what the hydro scheme currently costs! It was built in the 50s, it’s there and it works, that’s all I know. People were talking about storing excess for use at peak times and I know hydro can do that, which is why I mentioned it. You could be right about building spare FF units being cheaper than maintaining existing infrastructure, time will tell.

[Wombat]

Barry Kirk wrote: Well excess power could go into storage for later use.

Same problem as solar and wind…

Except that the total cost of the electricity is quite a bit lower.

Would it make sense to have a couple of large central stations that would grab the excess off the grid and use electrolysis to create hydrogen?

Or go further and create Methane?

I live in Canberra, close to a massive hydroelectric system called Snowy Hydro (http://www.snowyhydro.com.au/). So fortunately any excess power generated in my area can simply pump water from the lower lakes to the higher lakes, and at peak times the water can be released back down through the generators for almost-instant extra power. My region’s power storage needs are already in place 🙂

[Wombat]

Thanks guys

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