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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1061539)	3/21/2018 3:13:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575608

Mindmeld, I've always been in favor of that MIT study that said we could build a 10mi squared solar power plant in our US Western deserts, where no one but the Sun lives and once connected to the Grid would provide 100% of US power needs. Wouldn't that be cool? I'd like to see that study, because there is no way a gigantic solar power plant can provide 100% of our power needs. How does that work at night? Battery technology isn't there yet, despite all of the solutions that have been proposed (even pumping water into a reservoir to store potential energy). BTW, I'm for a free market in energy. OK, but given that utilities are legal monopolies and heavily regulated, there's a lot of hand-holding that needs to be done by government. By the way, no one in California wants to deregulate power. Memories of Enron ... Tenchusatsu