Interesting Links for 10-11-2013
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andrewducker- How the open auditions for the original Star Wars movie worked.
- Psychedelics and Mental Health: A Population Study
- How New Zealand’s bicycle helmet law caused the death rate to go up
- How not to land a job
- In the 1960s, scientists discovered a new form of water. How did they get it so wrong?
- Realistically colorized historical photos
- The evidence that telling men not to rape has any effect is...lacking.
- Gigha watts: Scottish island tests batteries for wind farms
- Marijuana moves further towards legalisation
- I have endless sympathy for John Lewis. Who is very nice to people tweeting him by mistake.
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Date: 2013-11-10 11:17 pm (UTC)The Isle of Eigg has already been doing this (using batteries to store surplus reneewables energy) for years. The island is not connected to the National Grid and, instead, generates all power for it's own local grid for it's population of ~90 people from wind, hydro and photovoltaics, all fed through a phasing system where surplus is fed into a big shed full of batteries. A big diesel generator is the last fallback if the batteries drain and there's not enough being generated by the renewables.
See http://www.isleofeigg.net/eigg_electric.html
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Date: 2013-11-12 08:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-12 08:51 am (UTC)