tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26744483.post5047014740186818703..comments2023-12-30T19:42:59.088-08:00Comments on Adventures in Fuel Economy, Energy Use, Physics, and Life: How much storage is needed, part 2King of the Roadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26744483.post-47033535411289740082015-09-14T17:07:54.437-07:002015-09-14T17:07:54.437-07:00Yes, our political system and our financial system...Yes, our political system and our financial system discount the future to a completely irrational extent. The interstate system could never be built in times like this. And the capex for such an undertaking, measured in levelized cost of energy or simply dollars is huge. Add in the cost of getting the generated electricity to where people actually are, and it's possibly untenable. I just want to see what the energy aspect is, I<br />l'll follow up with the financial aspect at some future time. Such an analysis will, if I can do so, involve estimating the magnitude of the carbon tax necessary to make this an economically favorable investment.<br /><br />As to your second suggestion, if we could do then we could tug on our boots to lift ourselves to the top of a tower,King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26744483.post-80894161918721598312015-09-14T06:10:52.667-07:002015-09-14T06:10:52.667-07:00Very interesting... Somehow I'm suspicious tha...Very interesting... Somehow I'm suspicious that the storage will turn out to be possible and even a bit efficient overall. Wind is "free," but nothing else is. Second suspicion is that the initial investment will have to be impractically large, as we do not live in a country where we think any farther ahead than 1-1/2 election cycles.<br /><br />What if we built great big fans to blow into the turbines?<br /><br />SteveUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01172704018844885600noreply@blogger.com