05-29-2009, 11:45 PM
macphanatic wrote:
[quote=Fred_Also]
My theory has always been that those generators are spinning all the time and if I don't use the power, it is wasted. Waste not, want not (or something like that).
Fred Also
Theory doesn't meet reality in this case. Power generation is much more efficient these days.
gas turbine generators... the first 70% of their fuel consumption is just to spin them, only the last 30% of the fuel produces sellable power. But they produce A LOT OF POWER.