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Java Jive wrote:
I agree, it's ridiculous. This issue is discussed at some length in
Mackay's book that everyone's been quoting. One of the best short to
medium term bets seems to be hydro-electric pumped storage.

Many years ago, when on family holiday in Macfarlane country (family
connections) my stepfather by virtue of his position* got us shown
round Loch Sloy and the power station there, and explained that the
idea was that you used the water to cover surges in demand, and pumped
it back into the reservoir when demand was slack, eg at night.

I now see that Loch Sloy is mentioned as a potential site for this in
Mackay's book - the only thing surprising to me about that was that
I thought it was already in use for pumped storage, perhaps simply
because that was where I first heard about it.

The only Scottish pumped storage is Ben Cruachan.

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