Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Break those grids!
Poland has taken a major step to protect its own industries from wacked-out Krauts. They have installed phase-changing systems at the link points between the Polish and Kraut electric grid, so the Polish operators can avoid enforced purchase of Kraut power.
Changing phase on one branch of a circuit is a way of decreasing flow by adding reactance, without the heat and waste of adding resistance. I don't know how this particular grid is built, but presumably the Polish grid operator can restrict current coming from Kraut loops that are mainly sourced by unreliable solar and wind subsidy-suckers.
I was surprised to find that modern phase changers are still analog devices, involving a multi-tap transformer that effectively 'rotates' the secondary by changing the active part of the coil. I figured it would be done with digital wave regeneration, but obviously it's not.
Poland has spent the last millenium trying to fend off the manic phases of Kraut insanity, often unsuccessfully. Remains to be seen whether this new reactive phase-damper will work; it's a bit late in this century's Kraut manic phase, and the symptoms are pathologically advanced. Krauts have already built the usual debt-slavery tentacles into the Balkans, and have already implemented the usual wild-eyed Environmental Purity rules.
Nevertheless, Polistra salutes Poland!
Decoupling power grids is a necessary part of breaking EU and other TBTF monstrosities. Power systems worked better when they were smaller. Banking systems worked better when they were smaller. Trade worked better when it was strictly bilateral. Clearly there's a lower limit on size as well, but we're far beyond the upper limit now, and a whole lot of shrinking is needed before we approach the lower limit.
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Poland has spent the last millenium trying to fend off the manic phases of Kraut insanity, often unsuccessfully. Remains to be seen whether this new reactive phase-damper will work; it's a bit late in this century's Kraut manic phase, and the symptoms are pathologically advanced. Krauts have already built the usual debt-slavery tentacles into the Balkans, and have already implemented the usual wild-eyed Environmental Purity rules.
Nevertheless, Polistra salutes Poland!
Decoupling power grids is a necessary part of breaking EU and other TBTF monstrosities. Power systems worked better when they were smaller. Banking systems worked better when they were smaller. Trade worked better when it was strictly bilateral. Clearly there's a lower limit on size as well, but we're far beyond the upper limit now, and a whole lot of shrinking is needed before we approach the lower limit.
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