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Its not relevant to people who are prepared to sacrifice convenience for cost. Especially if night-time prices are directly linked to supply. Smarter devices wi
by ageofwant 11y ago
Its not relevant to people who are prepared to sacrifice convenience for cost. Especially if night-time prices are directly linked to supply. Smarter devices will become available that use energy when its cheaply available. Long time storage will improve and spread the load, probably from smaller to larger scale. Base load is really an artefact of system and usage inefficiencies, not some inherent problem with renewables.
- Cerium 11y agoExactly! If daytime electricity was cheap enough I would double the size of my refrigerator and fill it with water to increase thermal mass. At night time it would stay cold enough to not use any power. Almost all energy except lighting is good to go. My laptop already has enough power to last the evening. I just need a few watts for the router.
- dwiel 11y agoFor sure. I lived in a house with solar + a few old car batteries and it wasn't bad at all.
- criddell 11y agoI live in central Texas and my biggest energy consumer is air conditioning. Rooftop solar makes a lot of sense for me because I use the most energy when the sun is shining. I've never seriously considered storage.