[MPlayer-dev-eng] [sidetracking] energy

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 05:16:32PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 04:42:10PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
> > Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > No electricity 1/3 of the time?  That sure is not good enough for me :)
> > 
> > 3 orthogonal places and you are more than covered ^^;
> > 
> > Uranium would last at most 40 years.
> 
> U235 yes, U238 no
> And you mentioned Th232 already ...
> 
> That of course doesnt mean wind energy isnt usefull, just that its a
> little tricky if theres no wind in the whole contry for a week and you
> happen to have some political problems with your neighbors.

Precisely.  This is why wind or sun cannot replace power plants.  You
always need them as backups when the sun goes down or the wind is out.
They just will not have to use as much fuel.

Diego