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Originally posted by Qetyl
If I may, I have a question - I haven't watched the video yet (still at work) but will do so as soon as I get home. And this question may be addressed. In fact, I may really jumping the gun, but sometimes if I don't post a question when I think of it - you know how that goes...
At any rate - I noticed a couple of interesting numbers above - 1 billion watts? And they want to get up to 100 billion? Just exactly how are they powering this thing? Without melting it?
Once again - apologies if this is answered in the video, which I will definitely be watching tonight...
Originally posted by win 52
Now that you say that, could this have been the cause of the power grid to go down in the North East part of North America a couple of years back??
text from another site
SAN FRANCISCO - An unexplained power surge in the West Coast's main
electrical transmission line caused blackouts and other power power
disruptions across eight Western states early Wednesday, shutting down a
nuclear plant and forcing doctors to operate by flashlight.
As many as two million customers from Arizona to Washington went without
power for periods ranging from a few seconds to several hours when a
stretch of the giant 500-kilovolt Pacific power grid went dead just after
midnight.
The blackout darkened the homes of 1 million California customers and
interrupted power to patches of Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana.
An initial inspection showed no breaks in the section where the trouble
began, a 60-mile line between Tracy and Fresno in California's Central
Valley.
"We believe it was a power surge from outside our service area, and a
substation tripped to prevent an overloading of our system, just as a
circuit breaker would do in your house," said Bill Sessa, Pacific Gas &
Electric Co. spokesman.
here
The world's biggest battery was plugged in yesterday to provide emergency power to one of the United States' most isolated cities.
The rechargable battery, which at 2,000 square metres is bigger than a football pitch and weighs 1,300 tonnes, was manufactured by power components specialist ABB to provide electricity to Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city, in the event of a blackout.
World's biggest battery switched on in Alaska
Originally posted by Tom Bedlam
The Gakona array doesn't use outside power. They use diesels for transmitter power. And only 4 to 5 MW of that.
Originally posted by StellarX
Originally posted by Tom Bedlam
The Gakona array doesn't use outside power. They use diesels for transmitter power. And only 4 to 5 MW of that.
So it's just a coincidence then as far as your concerned? Why should you build such a facility with such a very limited power supply? Four or five MW might be useful for research but we all know that's not what that facility is intended for...
Stellar
Originally posted by Dr Love
There were also rumors that TWA flight 800 was hit by HAARP. People saw what looked like a lightning bolt going upwards towards the aircraft.
Originally posted by Tom Bedlam
Sure. I don't see any connection at all. Fairbanks is something like 200 miles away as the Cessna flies, about 240 if you drive it. What, were you envisioning them sucking up all the power on the grid so that it caused blackouts in the Northwest?
I'm not sure that Alaska is even on the same distribution network since you have Canada in the way, although I'm too lazy to call up a feeder map this morning. I don't THINK they run off the same grid.
Did you see blackouts in Alaska coincident with the one in the northwest?
At any rate, the HAARP facility in Gakona uses some local power for the buildings (although they have standby generators) but the array power is all diesel. Can you imagine the sizes of the transmission lines needed to bring in enough power to "suck the US dry" or whatever you're envisioning?
They just aren't there, nor do I think Canada would have appreciated us running them across Canada.
It also wouldn't make sense if this was supposed to be the tactical death weapon it's made out to be that you would depend solely on civilian power, they'd put in generators, or a freakin' nuke plant. Any bozo with a few pounds of Semtex could cut a cross-country HV line.
Originally posted by D4rk Kn1ght
If I could vote every one of you a way above for the info in this thread i would do.
Its made me open my eyes to alot of new stuff, taught me some real interesting stuff, and has given me a thirst for more on HAARP.
I thank each and every one of you who have contributed.
My deepest appreciation to you all.
Originally posted by Raud
Anyone know anything about security around this site? Like Area-51 or what? Any Alsakans out there ready to do some recon?