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   gyansorova@gmail.com wrote in   
   news:1d9ae924-ee7a-4825-ace5-3965bfc2d6c3@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Friday, November 28, 2014 10:23:53 PM UTC+13, soupdragon wrote:   
   >> Adam Whyte-Settlar  wrote in   
   >> news:394b65dc-4968-4015-b828-b080fc3f6d04@googlegroups.com:   
   >>   
   >> >   
   >> > Renewable energy in Scotland from wind farms, hydro power plants   
   >> > and other clean technologies provided the single largest source of   
   >> > electricity to the country for the first time, in the first half of   
   >> > 2014, new industry figures will show on Thursday.   
   >> >   
   >> > Analysis by the trade body Scottish Renewables shows that   
   >> > renewables produced nearly one third more power than nuclear, coal   
   >> > or gas in the first six months of the year, generating a record   
   >> > 10.4 terawatt hours (TWh) during the six-month period.   
   >>   
   >> Largely because two major power stations, one coal and one nuclear   
   >> and both base load providers, were offline for routine maintenance   
   >> and, as was pointed out on R Scotland by a professor in Strathclyde   
   >> University's Dept of Electrical Eng, renewables still can't provide   
   >> base load and will never be anything other than additional as storage   
   >> is its not possible, with the exception of limited hydro, to store   
   >> their energy. In response, a silly man from Scottish Renewables said   
   >> they could store it in batteries, like those used in laptop   
   >> computers. Really? The same professor suggested thorium reactors were   
   >> a far more realistic route to securing energy needs long terms with   
   >> the benefits of low carbon emmissions and low waste risks.   
   >   
   > I don't disagree - since I too am an EEE, but if you can get 20%-30%   
   > off renewables then why not.   
   >   
      
   There's no reason why not, if it's cheap enough. Then it's a   
   welcome bonus.   
      
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