albaugh@dms.UUCP (Mike Albaugh) (12/05/89)
From article <23737@datapg.MN.ORG>, by sewilco@datapg.MN.ORG (Scot E Wilcoxon): > > Another recent study found that the leukemia rate near nuclear plants > was the same as near places where nuclear plants were proposed but > were never built. This suggests that something about a location which > is a good site for a nuclear plant also makes it a good location for > leukemia, or locations unsuitable for one are also unsuitable for the > other. _Clearly_ a case of radiation leakage from the alternate realities wherein the plants _were_ built. If you think getting nations (not to mention town councils) to cooperate is tough, just wait for the first United Universes conference on cross-reality pollution. Oh, yeah... :-):-):-):-):-) Mike | Mike Albaugh (albaugh@dms.UUCP || {...decwrl!pyramid!}weitek!dms!albaugh) | Atari Games Corp (Arcade Games, no relation to the makers of the ST) | 675 Sycamore Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 voice: (408)434-1709 | The opinions expressed are my own (Boy, are they ever)
frankb@hpsad.HP.COM (Frank Ball) (12/06/89)
*From: jack@swlabs.UUCP (Jack Bonn) *I was wondering: what ever happened to the use of high voltage DC for *power transmission? I understood that the high voltage inverters *needed were technologically feasible, yet I've heard very little of *this since. It seems that this could reduce the varying magnetic field, *thereby reducing the voltage induced in objects nearby. Of course, this *would raise the system's efficiency as well. There is a high voltage DC line on the west coast. I was at a power plant on the Columbia River (between WA and OR). I think it was called the Bonniville hydroelectric plant or something like that. They tied into this high voltage DC line. The switch yard for the AC to DC conversion was *very* impressive. It was huge. I forget what voltage DC they used but it was around 500 KV or more. Because of the difficulty and expense of the AC/DC conversion, they don't use DC for normal power plant to customer distribution. This line is used to move power between power plants in different regions of the west coast, to help even out supply and demand. Frank Ball frankb@hpsad.HP.COM