Re: The Tempest continued.

From	dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups	rec.food.cooking, sci.environment
Subject	Re: The Tempest continued.
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Date	2026-07-05 21:08 +0000
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squillage <yy@aba.et> posted:

> On Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:50:54 GMT
> dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> posted:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 10:29:50 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
> > > <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > >On 2026-07-05, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:  
> > > >>>   
> > > >> I like that idea. Your island   
> > > >
> > > >Continent.  Not island.
> > > >
> > > >Continents and islands are primarily differentiated by size,
> > > >plate tectonics, and biodiversity.
> > > >  
> > > >> has a lot of empty space, sun, and hardly any people. It would
> > > >> be a swell spot for nuclear/solar power plants. My guess is that
> > > >> Australia could become the power company for the entire world.
> > > >> Where's E. Musk when you need him?  
> > > >
> > > >Australia currently generates no commercial electricity from
> > > >nuclear power due to long-standing legal prohibitions.  
> > > 
> > > AI says that an area as small as 35 km x 35 km (463 square miles) of
> > > outback could provide all of Australia's energy needs using solar
> > > energy. Anything beyond that could be exported. But the problem is
> > > getting the energy to where the demand is (Sydney, Melbourne,
> > > Singapore, Jakarta etc).
> > >   
> > 
> > Maintaining 463 square miles of solar arrays seems impractical.
> > Australia should go for the gold standard of power generation i.e.,
> > nuclear power. The future will be glad that they did. OTOH, I can't
> > say if the Western world even knows how to build these facilities any
> > more.
> > 
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8uF2LD728Q
> 
> China is playing nuclear catch-up fast.
> 
> We should hope they stick to nukes (which will ease coal and oil
> demand) and quit hoarding the planet's fossil resources.
> 
> Unless or until solar is used widely to compress air for nighttime and
> peak load turbine generation solar will be an expensive partial energy
> solution.
> 
> https://youtu.be/VS05y9mQgbw
> 
> How Compressed Air Batteries are FINALLY Here.  
> We can’t control the weather (yet). But we can
> control how we store weather-dependent renewable energy. By making use
> of salt caves, former mining sites, and depleted gas wells, compressed
> air energy storage can be an effective understudy when wind or solar
> aren’t available. It has the potential to offer longer-duration storage
> that other technologies can’t for a lower capital investment.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Using molten salt to store heat energy seems like a pretty good, scaleable, 
technology. It seems simple and efficient - but is it?

https://www.cosinsolar.com/En/product/energy.html

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The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-03 21:54 -0400
  Re: The Tempest continued. A-Parmentier <A-Parmentier@invalid.com> - 2026-07-04 12:02 +1000
    Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-04 10:47 -0600
  Re: The Tempest continued. Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-07-03 22:21 -0400
    Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-03 22:52 -0400
      Re: The Tempest continued. songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2026-07-04 07:22 -0400
        Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-04 08:48 -0400
          Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 01:30 +0000
            Re: The Tempest continued. Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-07-04 20:36 -0500
            Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 11:37 +1000
              Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 07:49 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-05 10:29 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 21:05 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 06:21 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 19:50 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-06 06:11 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 20:50 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-06 07:01 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-05 21:44 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-05 18:17 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-07-05 18:42 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-07-07 04:41 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-07 01:51 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-07 08:56 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-07-07 09:26 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-07 07:52 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-07 15:15 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-07 10:00 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-08 07:58 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-05 21:43 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 14:52 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 21:08 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 15:38 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 23:16 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 22:37 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-07-05 17:23 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 15:40 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-07-05 18:37 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 22:33 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-06 20:45 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-06 15:46 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-07 18:03 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-08 04:21 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-07 13:46 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-07-07 16:19 -0500
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-08 07:47 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-08 07:42 +1000
                Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-07 14:28 -0400
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-07 13:50 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. sid croft <andz@mar.ty> - 2026-07-07 13:44 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 06:19 -0600
            Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-04 22:23 -0400
              Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 07:40 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 06:17 -0600
                Re: The Tempest continued. dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-07-05 20:56 +0000
                Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 15:34 -0600
            Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-05 06:13 -0600
        Re: The Tempest continued. Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-05 03:37 +1000
          Re: The Tempest continued. Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-07-04 16:31 -0500
    Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-04 10:48 -0600
      Re: The Tempest continued. Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-07-04 14:22 -0400
        Re: The Tempest continued. squillage <yy@aba.et> - 2026-07-04 14:05 -0600
        Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-04 17:12 -0400
  Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-04 14:35 +0000
    Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-04 11:52 -0400
      Re: The Tempest continued. Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-07-04 21:38 +0000
        Re: The Tempest continued. Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-07-04 17:58 -0400
          Re: The Tempest continued. Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-07-04 17:28 -0500

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