On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:21:32 -0000, (Robert
Bonomi) wrote:

Charging batteries is *extremely* ineffcient.

That depends. For a typical windpower setup, you have an excess of power
you can't store when you don't need it, then a shortage when you do.
Even inefficient batteries can improve _overall_ efficiency


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