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> Michael Lorrey writes:
> > Solar power generating stations suffer from one serious fault: peak
> > demand incompatibility. being able to store power from this intermittent
> > source for supply to the grid at periods of peak demand (when the power
> > is also worth the most) is of utmost importance.
> Why even worry about an inconsistent energy source like terrestrial solar. If
> you have an technology that can disassemble rock atom by atom and recycle the
> material into useful artifacts(nanomanipulator), group of same could head
> straight down as far as needed converting the local bedrock into whatever
> hardware was required to generate any amount of electricity deemed necessary
> for any purpose. There would be no need to transmit power anywhere except to
> the surface. Since geothermal is essentially a permanently renewable power
> source, why even subtract an Arizona sized tract from our already ( by my
> standards) overcrowded planet
>
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Dennis Roberts
http://netvectors.com/
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Michael Lorrey writes:--
> Solar power generating stations suffer from one serious fault: peak
> demand incompatibility. being able to store power from this intermittent
> source for supply to the grid at periods of peak demand (when the power
> is also worth the most) is of utmost importance.Why even worry about an inconsistent energy source like terrestrial solar. If you have an technology that can disassemble rock atom by atom and recycle the material into useful artifacts(nanomanipulator), group of same could head straight down as far as needed converting the local bedrock into whatever hardware was required to generate any amount of electricity deemed necessary for any purpose. There would be no need to transmit power anywhere except to the surface. Since geothermal is essentially a permanently renewable power source, why even subtract an Arizona sized tract from our already ( by my standards) overcrowded planet
Dennis Roberts
http://netvectors.com/
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