I once had a sweet, brown pit bull mix named Thembi, who had impressive musculature and a magnificent nose. Often on our walks, I would feel the leash go taut and know she’d sniffed out something tantalizing, likely a squirrel or a rabbit. She would snuffle excitedly, muzzle to the ground, tracing her quarry’s skittish […]
Would love to see nuclear base load just used for inefficient process when in surplus. Inefficient hydrolysis to make hydrogen for fuel cells, pumping water around for water stored energy generation, and such.
There is energy efficiency, and cost efficiency. It doesn’t really matter if the energy efficiency of a process is low. If it is using energy that we couldn’t use for much of anything else, it can be cost effective.
Would love to see nuclear base load just used for inefficient process when in surplus. Inefficient hydrolysis to make hydrogen for fuel cells, pumping water around for water stored energy generation, and such.
There is energy efficiency, and cost efficiency. It doesn’t really matter if the energy efficiency of a process is low. If it is using energy that we couldn’t use for much of anything else, it can be cost effective.