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Among the most ancient of mechanical devices, the flywheel works on a simple principle: a rapidly spinning weighted wheel serves as a highly useful reservoir of energy. It has been put to work in a wide variety of ways. As a potter's wheel, it smooths out motion between movements of the foot pedal. On the crankshaft of an auto engine, it prevents uneven rotation that would result from piston strokes. But it is only recently that engineers looking for less polluting means of transportation have begun to give serious thought to tapping the whirling flywheel's energy...
...Storm King facility would be a pumped storage plant, functioning as a giant storage battery sitting above the Hudson River. Water from the river, pumped up the mountain, would be stored in a reservoir, then released through generators when electricity is in demand. Of course, it takes a considerable amount of energy to push water uphill--more than can be generated by its flowing back down. So the Storm King plant will use three kilowatts of energy for every two it later produces...
Having failed to win its point directly, the city informed the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson that it would be prohibited from tapping New York City's water supply if it allows Con Ed to use the Cornwall Reservoir for the Storm King plant. Cornwall has sued, and the case is pending. So is a suit brought by environmentalists seeking to reopen Federal Power Commission hearings on licensing procedures on the plant. And so is an appeal of a decision requiring the utility to obtain Army Corps of Engineers permits for some of its construction operations...
Profound Effect. Nonetheless, Buckley's defection had a profound effect on conservatives, particularly on those in Congress. "What Buckley has done is pull a plug on the President's most important reservoir," says Howard Phillips, a Washington lobbyist for the American Conservative Union. At the very least, Buckley's pronouncement will force many on the right to reconsider the reasons why they want Nixon to stay in office. Says Congressman Bauman: "Some of us feel that Senator Buckley said many of the things that we have had on our minds, although we may not agree that Nixon...
There is no question that the source holds promise. Sprawling over The Geysers area in Northern California is the U.S.'s only full-scale (411,000 kw.) geothermal power plant. Trapped thousands of feet below it lies a huge reservoir of water surrounded by hot rock...