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To: i-node who wrote (50311)	1/1/2018 2:18:59 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364348

"There is a lot to be said for thinking about more contemporary issues. If you want to solve a problem, figure out how to make a computer reliably, 100% of the time" I once spent a lot of time thinking about energy after I bought my first house, which was within 6 months of the first oil embargo. Sun was out, cuz I was on the east slope of a small wooded canyon. Decided wind would do it, and, since I was just beginning my career as a respiratory therapist, and too poor for batteries, thought "Hey, use a windmill to compress air, and store it in H cylinders (the large green cylinders you see on TV) and reverse it for electricity". Eventually, "nah, not practical". I shudda dropped out of medicine and gone back to Cal for a Ph.D in energy/environment. Compressed Air Energy Storage On November 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) a $25 million grant to fund initial work on a Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) project to support the utility's increased use of intermittent renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar).