On Thu, 13 May 2010 22:46:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

which has similar drawbacks in that most demand is NOT at the bottom of
a 1000 foot damn holding back a lake the size of loch ness, so you STILL
need massive power cables connecting prime generators not just to
customers but ALSO to pumped storage, and you STILL need AS MUCH pumped
storage as generating capacity. So again, as with wind., you double up
the costs. Of generating AND transmission, half of which is idle at any
given time.


No need to SHOUT, dear. ;-)