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It’s not really that huge of a problem to have more energy than needed. It just takes additional engineering to put the excess to use. Having a national grid it
by ianai 5y ago
It’s not really that huge of a problem to have more energy than needed. It just takes additional engineering to put the excess to use. Having a national grid it can be moved around. Or used for energy intensive uses that can be useful elsewhere. Kind of like the flare gas oil rigs burn when those gasses aren’t economic. I’d like to see us have that excess power pull useful gasses out of the atmosphere or sea water, for instance. Done right it could act as a hydrogen source for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, for instance. Or power a national water grid. Tons of uses for more power than needed.
- zardo 5y agoIt's not a huge engineering problem. But it is a huge problem, lower the rates when you have excess power and we will have more uses for the energy. But if the rates are low the revenue is low. (This would not be so significant a problem if the capital costs weren't so high)