[MPlayer-dev-eng] [sidetracking] energy

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 06:23:51PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 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.

Now, I somewhat doubt that this can be considered on-topic ;-), but since we
are at it anyway: That of course assumes no or at least no sufficient
(-ly efficient) method of storing energy.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger