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Sure, but, we're responding to someone in Calgary describing an overloaded electrical system in a relatively poor province, exceeding capacity during the coldes
by refulgentis 3y ago
Sure, but, we're responding to someone in Calgary describing an overloaded electrical system in a relatively poor province, exceeding capacity during the coldest weeks of the year, as gas pumps freeze. Today.
On a long enough timeline, setting aside money, sure, we can add:
- add a backup battery to each house
- add charging infrastructure to each house
- build more power generation (nuclear or green)
I don't think that's in dispute, and I'm not sure what to call it. Not off-topic, but...just sort of ramming forward describing something obvious, but as if it addresses something topical.
- rfrey 3y agoJust a note that Alberta is not a poor province, and in fact has the highest GDP per capita of all the Canadian provinces. (Nunavut and the NWT have higher GDPs due to their large mining sector combined with tiny populations.) We also have the highest electricity bills of any Canadian province. The issue in Alberta is corporate grift and a hegemonic government that has a revolving-door arrangement with oil and gas companies.
- xbmcuser 3y agoWith the way prices are dropping for solar and batteries. As well as how many electric grid monopolists are not willing to pay much too home owners for electricity we are not far from huge influx of home batteries.