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When the grid can’t take more electricity, redirect to mining. It’s very obvious solution. What other type of activity can convert wasted electricity into money
by monero-xmr 3y ago
When the grid can’t take more electricity, redirect to mining. It’s very obvious solution. What other type of activity can convert wasted electricity into money at a variable rate directly proportional to how much is available, with very fast turn on and shut down cycles?
- skoeb 3y agoCharging EVs; top-off charging for personal electronics (phones, laptops, etc.); queued k8s jobs; thermostats; water desalination; hydrogen production. All of these already have mechanisms to take advantage of renewable output that would otherwise be curtailed. We just need to scale adoption. Unlike bitcoin mining, most of these would actually decrease emissions too (by avoiding consumption during times with higher marginal grid emission rates).