Re: The Tempest continued.

Date	2026-07-05 14:52 -0600
From	squillage <yy@aba.et>
Newsgroups	rec.food.cooking, sci.environment
Subject	Re: The Tempest continued.
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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.

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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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