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Tomkat · 1 Feb 2007, 01:04

Actually, I seriously don't know how power and power stations work in terms of storing it.

I always thought they produced energy which was stored. I didn't think they produced it and it was used up pretty much immediately (as Rc-mayhem seems to be saying). So they produce it and it is stored and used as and when it's needed. Or do they produce an excess of energy at all times which is used immediately, and there is always a percentage of wasted energy (into heat or similar)?

1 Feb 2007, 01:04	#43
Tomkat :alpha: Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 7,871	Re: The Environment Actually, I seriously don't know how power and power stations work in terms of storing it. I always thought they produced energy which was stored. I didn't think they produced it and it was used up pretty much immediately (as Rc-mayhem seems to be saying). So they produce it and it is stored and used as and when it's needed. Or do they produce an excess of energy at all times which is used immediately, and there is always a percentage of wasted energy (into heat or similar)? __________________ "There is no I in team, but there are two in anal fisting"