Comments on: Solving the world’s energy problems http://manasg.com/2009/08/25/solving-the-worlds-energy-problems/ This is where i talk, share and shout. My Domain! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: arun http://manasg.com/2009/08/25/solving-the-worlds-energy-problems/#comment-8855 arun Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:00:43 +0000 http://manasg.com/?p=107#comment-8855 almost 60 % of the energy is wasted during transportation.... we improve it by using superconductivity then international grid array is a matter of cooperation :) almost 60 % of the energy is wasted during transportation…. we improve it by using superconductivity then international grid array is a matter of cooperation :)

]]> By: AM http://manasg.com/2009/08/25/solving-the-worlds-energy-problems/#comment-8852 AM Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:37:30 +0000 http://manasg.com/?p=107#comment-8852 Of course the problem as commenter no.1 said is transmission. Superconductors, yes, then there is wireless transmission too which is being talked about - demo starts at 6:30 in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1GqNN2Xe7g One of my ideas is highly localised power generators with solar backup - burning municipal waste along with conventional methods. Of course the problem as commenter no.1 said is transmission. Superconductors, yes, then there is wireless transmission too which is being talked about - demo starts at 6:30 in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1GqNN2Xe7g

One of my ideas is highly localised power generators with solar backup - burning municipal waste along with conventional methods.

]]> By: suren http://manasg.com/2009/08/25/solving-the-worlds-energy-problems/#comment-8827 suren Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:06:57 +0000 http://manasg.com/?p=107#comment-8827 Nations already have power grids which pool energy from various sources say thermal, nuclear, renewable etc, though the power transmission and power pooling is highly decentralized. The biggest disadvantage of pooling all the power supply is that we simply would not have enough protection equipment and handling mechanisms to handle so much power. But the idea of a single universal power pricing and acquiring means is nice, provided it ensures uniform availability. aah, thinking more about it goes over my head. Manas, how do you alone manage to come up with these sort of global ideas :) Nations already have power grids which pool energy from various sources say thermal, nuclear, renewable etc, though the power transmission and power pooling is highly decentralized. The biggest disadvantage of pooling all the power supply is that we simply would not have enough protection equipment and handling mechanisms to handle so much power. But the idea of a single universal power pricing and acquiring means is nice, provided it ensures uniform availability. aah, thinking more about it goes over my head.

Manas, how do you alone manage to come up with these sort of global ideas :)

]]> By: Abhay http://manasg.com/2009/08/25/solving-the-worlds-energy-problems/#comment-8821 Abhay Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:26:37 +0000 http://manasg.com/?p=107#comment-8821 It isn't economically attractive. The loss during transmission will be very high. You can't have undersea cables across oceans and seas which enable a lot of Internet. Also, unlike Internet (which in itself is concentrated in urban areas and has managed to reuse phone lines to get to rural areas), electricity will require putting up the wire to every home. The cost of putting up solar generation in every home and smart meters in every one of those etc make life very very difficult. The fluctuations in demand means too difficult to control. Don't forget things like latency when sending power from one part of the country to another. We already have a solution to world's energy problems, it's called Nuclear power. Read this: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/06/23/nuclear-power-going-fast/ It isn’t economically attractive. The loss during transmission will be very high. You can’t have undersea cables across oceans and seas which enable a lot of Internet. Also, unlike Internet (which in itself is concentrated in urban areas and has managed to reuse phone lines to get to rural areas), electricity will require putting up the wire to every home. The cost of putting up solar generation in every home and smart meters in every one of those etc make life very very difficult.

The fluctuations in demand means too difficult to control. Don’t forget things like latency when sending power from one part of the country to another.

We already have a solution to world’s energy problems, it’s called Nuclear power. Read this:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/06/23/nuclear-power-going-fast/

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