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- From: dean@vexcel.com (dean alaska)
- Subject: Re: Electricity Efficiency
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.145033.24926@vexcel.com>
- Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder, CO
- References: <STEINLY.92Jul28133550@topaz.ucsc.edu> <1992Jul28.221116.2989@vexcel.com> <1992Jul30.070039.25786@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:50:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul30.070039.25786@cco.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- >In article <1992Jul28.221116.2989@vexcel.com>, dean@vexcel.com (dean alaska) writes:
- >>The numbers refer to "reductions in peak summer demand."
- >
- >Once again, dingo drags in reductions in projected peak demand (and in peak
- >demand in the peak season, at that). Dean, just how does reduction in peak
- >demand for one part of the year have anything to do with building new coal or
- >nuclear (i.e., base-load) plants?
-
- Does lawyers science also refer to misinterpreting facts in a way that
- bolster ones attitudes? Converting from low efficiency equipment to
- high efficiency reduces total energy usage because the equipment uses
- less energy. It _also_ reduces peak demand because this equipments is
- being used during that time of day (and year). Many of the figures I
- quote mention peak demand because that is what utilities are most
- interested in. A parenthetical comment to the quote that you are
- responding to from the EPRI report says: "Comparable estimates of
- reductions in _energy use_ and summer peak demand attributable to
- utility DSM in the year 2010 are 5.7% and 9.5%, respectively."(emphasis added)
-
- I have explained numerous times how efficiency decreases both peak demand
- and total energy usage. Do you still believe that DSM refers to
- simply shifting usage to the nighttime?
- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
- >
- >Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- >understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- >unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- >organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- >hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-
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- dingo in boulder (dean@vexcel.com)
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