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From: jmfbahciv <See.ab...@aol.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: OT: Tax breaks to Oracle debated
Date: 17 Nov 2012 13:31:17 GMT
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Scott Lurndal wrote:
> jmfbahciv <See.ab...@aol.com> writes:
>>Patrick Scheible wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Again you think all the power plants in the world are either fossil fuel
>>> or nuclear.  Waste heat is not a big problem for the hydro plants we run
>>> on, or the wind turbines....
>>
>>Wind turbines are being tested here.  We have no hills high enough for
hydro.
>
> Yet there are 100 hydro generation facilities in Michigan, with 400MW
capacity
> (less than half of a single typical gas-turbine or coal plant).  Some of the
> output goes to Wisconsin and Indiana.

Hudson, Mass also had its own hydro station (until it decided to go with big
power).  The spill was about 4'.

I thought we were talking about big power stations, not locals.

/BAH