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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 2-Sep-2009 At 8:08:14 PM evanbb

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On 2/09/2009 pete05 wrote:
>Can some of you tell me anywhere in the world where storage of electricity
>is working in a mainstream grid?
Good work Pete, you've written yourself off completely here as someone who has absolutely no idea of what they're talking about. Have you heard of Australia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendeela_hydroelectric_pumping_station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_Valley_hydroelectric_pumping_station

I'd be surprised if there's a grid in the world that doesn't use storage.
Read this too:
http://www.electricitystorage.org/site/home/

>Advocates of wind power like to stretch the truth

Seems to me that opponents of wind like a little truth stretching as well.

>Wind power is despised by the communities that it is pushed on
You're putting words into a lot of other people's mouths here. Why not just say 'I don't like it'?

>If wind power was so good and effective then why does in need the MRET
>scheme? why not just put them up if they are so efficient? because there
>not!
Fortunately you've made it clear you don't know what you're on about here, so I'm not going to bother with the rest of this. I'd really love to argue with you about it though. So, do some more reading and get back to me. It's like wrestling a one armed man at the moment.