Since, and unless electricity has properties I’m not aware of, it’s not possible for electric power plants to produce only and EXACTLY the amount of electricity being drawn at an given time, and not having enough electricity for everyone is a VERY bad thing, I’m assuming the power plants produce enough electricity to meet a predicted average need plus a little extra margin. So, if this understanding is correct, where does that little extra margin go? And what kind of margin are we talking about?
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Everybody needs the merry go round to spin at the right speed. If someone speeds it up, people will get thrown off. If it slows down, it’s not fun for the kids. There’s a sweet spot between fun and getting thrown off, and here that is 60hz. It is the equivalent of a Buddhist tone: it doesn’t waver; it just is.
This is a reason why we pay these people big bucks to keep the merry go round spinning
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