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Not quite the same thing, Ken. Granted, much of the physical hardware is the same, but syncons are specifically designed for power factor correction, and therefore have excitation circuitry designed for the production of reactive power, either lead or lag, as an alternative to (typically) thyristor switched static VAR compensators (SVCs). What they don't do is generate torque to any large degree and are thus unable (in standard form) to replace active power generation shortfalls beyond a few cycles. The flywheel version provides the necessary large energy storage capacity to fulfill that role. It's interesting to consider whether these various functionalities could be combined in a single machine, though I suspect that idea would run into significant degrees of freedom issues.

Swings and roundabouts. Flywheels lose ~4% a day, pumped hydro has a round trip efficiency of about 75%. No free lunches.

... Not an issue apparently, see Flywheel Storage Power System Reading between the lines, the limited current scale of such installations seems due to a lack of perceived urgency rather than any significant technological limit. And the UK always has Dinorwig - it would take one monster of a flywheel to compete with that.

I've had similar thoughts. However, the units couldn't be 'unpowered' otherwise there would be no electrical coupling. What I'm not clear on is whether rotational KE on the demand side (power consuming units) is as useful as that of power generating units. Both tend to flatten the rate of frequency change, but act in opposite directions which might be an issue.

Absolutely no offence taken 🙂 Though I will continue to discriminate between those artists who sacrificed the full 10,000 hours of childhood to their vocation, and those who chose an easier path 😜

Having been slagged off somewhat by @MigL and @StringJunky for making somewhat disparaging remarks about one-fingered Casio playing, I had to remind myself that my favourite small brass ensemble occasionally indulge in one-fingered trumpet playing. While I''m at it, couldn''t resist posting this faulous p***take too

... or an interpretive performance of that composition, maybe? My comment was directed at a pretty abysmal pedagogical method - akin to how I was taught to play the recorder at age 5 by having the edge of a ruler crack my knuckles whenever I played a wrong note. Your reply seems non sequitur. A misunderstanding perhaps? I was thinking more of this minimalist masterpiece Ditto, really. Though if the performer lacks the basic technique a piece demands, it's really difficult to make it a musical experience for the audience. Florence Foster Jenkins springs to mind.

This is untrue. Parliamentary representatives are unlikely to be elected in the first place unless their manifesto policies can convince a majority of the electorate that they will benefit financially - ie that there will be an acceptable degree of wealth distribution in their favour. All things being equal, large producers have an intrinsic economic advantage over smaller producers due to economies of scale. Costs are not a linear function of output. The actual degree of proportionality varies a little with with context, but a common rule of thumb is that capital costs scale with output^0.6 for example. Conspiracy is not a prerequisite for this to happen.

That's how to get a noise out of a Casio with one finger. Not how to become a musician.

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Loot, I ask, or gnome devil? I repress organisms in a grosser peril. I've demon grok's AI tool.

Me too. Apart from the daily Warfarin and a precautionary dab of antiseptic on abrasions, I tend to let nature take its course unless things get scary.

14 letter word! That's very impressive! Watched a rerun of Gladiator on the box yesterday as it happens.

You ask that of a trumpet player? For us, the 2nd is of such stratospheric significance, the others barely register. So my favourite Brandenburg is the performance by Friedemann Immer https://youtu.be/3HSRIDtwsfM?si=9SL0Fo-Y1v9-0c9a I imagine the ripieno viola scoring is exemplary, as one would expect of JSB.

... or maybe her concerns are more topical: Y motif or terror reset ICE riot repertoire cites error retrofit. O my!