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Today, it makes the news when some locality is able to draw 100% of its power needs from renewable sources. I'm not terribly worried about the problem of strugg
by UncleMeat 3y ago
Today, it makes the news when some locality is able to draw 100% of its power needs from renewable sources. I'm not terribly worried about the problem of struggling to use up all of the renewable energy. Maybe someday, but certainly not now.
- cinntaile 3y agoBut why did you downvote me? I just explained what the parent meant?
- UncleMeat 3y agoI did not downvote you.
- MichaelVangard 3y agoIt’s relevant now. We don’t have ways to store days or weeks worth of the excess energy many renewable sources produce. When you have somewhere for that energy to go when it can’t otherwise be used, and you’re getting paid for it, you can subsidize the cost of producing a more robust infrastructure that eliminates or greatly reduces the need for traditional power plants that cause environmental harm.
- UncleMeat 3y agoThis depends on the "I can sell BTC for dollars" part. This isn't stable if the use case of BTC is just to spend extra power.