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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-134785236-1346250767=:33679 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The compelling reason Dave would be cost.=0AAlthough it is very possible, i= t would require somewhere in the order=0Aof twice the investment. In additi= on there would be the power leakage=0Aat the windmill, the pumps and the tu= rbine all to consider not=0Atoo mention water evaporation.=0AA great idea f= or our Great grand children!=0AA great waste is the water stored in the imp= oundments above=0Athe Valley. It is used for electrical generation and drop= ped into=0Athe Bay - perfectly good water for irrigation. And it would stil= l get=0Ato the Bay.=A0=A0In BC they are building=0Alarge water treatment pl= ants for irrigation water. Hopefully it will=0Anot be left to our Great gra= nd children to do that in NS!=0AHave a nice summer=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A______= __________________________=0A From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.= com>=0ATo: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:4= 8:11 AM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] wind power storage=0A =0ADear All,=A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Aug 29, 2012=0A=A0 An objection to wi= nd power, that continues to surface, is the failure of potential wind gener= ation to reliably match demand for electricity.=0A=0A=A0 Are there compell= ing reasons, given suitable topography or infrastructure, why excess wind p= ower could not be stored by pumping water to a higher reservoir or by gener= ating hydrogen ?=0A=0AYt, Dave Webster, Kentville ---2114655128-134785236-1346250767=:33679 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>The compel= ling reason Dave would be cost.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, ser= if; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Although it is ver= y possible, it would require somewhere in the order</div><div style=3D"colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york= ', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">of tw= ice the investment. In addition there would be the power leakage</div><div = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roma= n', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: no= rmal; ">at the windmill, the pumps and the turbine all to consider not</div= ><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times ne= w roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-styl= e: normal; ">too mention water evaporation.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times= , serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">A great idea = for our Great grand children!</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-= size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backg= round-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">A great waste is the water = stored in the impoundments above</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); fo= nt-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ba= ckground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">the Valley. It is used f= or electrical generation and dropped into</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, = serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">the Bay - perfectly good water for irrigation. And it would still get</div><div styl= e=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', = 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal= ; ">to the Bay. <span style=3D"background-color: transparent; "> = In BC they are building</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font= -size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; back= ground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">large water treatment plan= ts for irrigation water. Hopefully it will</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0,= 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,= serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">not be left to= our Great grand children to do that in NS!</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times= , serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Have a nice summer</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-famil= y: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transpare= nt; font-style: normal; ">Paul</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font= -size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; back= ground-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div><br></div> = <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; fo= nt-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',= times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face= =3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</sp= an></b> David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com><br> <b><span = style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b= ><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 29, = 2012 10:48:11 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span><= /b> [NatureNS] wind power storage<br> </font> </div> <br>Dear All, &n= bsp; Aug 29, 2012<b= r> An objection to wind power, that continues to surface, is the fai= lure of potential wind generation to reliably match demand for electricity.= <br><br> Are there compelling reasons, given suitable topography or = infrastructure, why excess wind power could not be stored by pumping water = to a higher reservoir or by generating hydrogen ?<br><br>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville <br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-134785236-1346250767=:33679--