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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:55 AM
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24. Battery powered automobiles match up very well with time-variant wind power
An automobile is usually driven for an hour a day and idle for twenty three hours. If the automobile is on the grid-based charger from 7pm to 7am, and again for eight hours mid-day, it should be available to find the available wind power. Admittedly, a lot of America is becalmed in mid summer when those high-pressure systems set themselves on top of us and "the weather stops". Then, we would have to depend on coal fired electricity.

It has been blowing hard and steady for two days during this week in December where I am, though!
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