XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 1/15/14 5:37 PM, Rod Speed wrote:   
   > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote   
   >> Rod Speed wrote   
   >>> Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote   
   >   
   >>>> As for solar, you run into the power storage problem.   
   >   
   >>> Yes.   
   >   
   >>>> Need super-batteries.   
   >   
   >>> No, pumped water works fine.   
   >   
   >> Still a problem in places where you don't have enough water,   
   >   
   > Not with national grids.   
      
   	Even with national grids to an extent. Switching over and transmitting   
   power long distances has a number of challenges inherent in it.   
      
      
   >> Salt water's nasty on most machines,   
   >   
   > Not if they are designed to handle them.   
      
   	Few are really designed to handle it, though.   
      
   >   
   > Ships handle it fine.   
      
      
   	Actually, they don't. Salt water is a terribly destructive substance   
   and the cause of the majority of maintenance costs in marine fleets. It   
   eats away even the best ships without constant maintenance, and I was   
   talking about turbines -- moving components, not just solid hulls.   
   Moving components and heated salt water usually means destruction of the   
   components.   
      
      
      
      
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