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October 8th 05, 11:59 PM
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Dave Heil wrote:
wrote: Dave Heil wrote: If you're talking about electrical energy, any of it which is produced but not consumed, is wasted energy. I can turn off my appliances and lights, but if no one else uses the electricity I'm not using, it is wasted. Dave, Electricity supply doesn't work like that. The production adjusts itself to the load. If the load decreases, so does production. There is no waste from reduced loading. In fact, if the load goes down enough, utilities shut down their least- efficient plants. I accept your statements as fact, as far as they go. They go pretty far. However, if electricity is generated and not consumed, it is wasted. Where does it go? The utility doesn't put huge dummy loads on line. If I have a 25 KVA generator running and only use 12 KVA, the available balance is gone forever. But it's not wasted. Admittedly, the generator will use less fuel under the smaller load. Because it's not making 25 kVa. If you're Neon has a 100 HP engine, but you're cruising down the highway at a steady speed and only using, say, 10 HP, is the other 90 HP "wasted"? 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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