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Grid-scale solar installations can be much more decentralized than nuclear or natural gas power plants. Decentralizing through subsidies at the homeowner level
by triceratops 10mo ago
Grid-scale solar installations can be much more decentralized than nuclear or natural gas power plants.
Decentralizing through subsidies at the homeowner level is maybe not the best use of money.
- natmaka 10mo ago> Decentralizing through subsidies Consider the lower production cost of renewable electricity: in the long run, it offsets the investment. Bonus: no risk of accidents, no hazardous waste, no dependence on a fuel source, no weapons proliferation...
- triceratops 10mo agoI didn't say subsidize nuclear. I said subsidize grid-scale solar before rooftop solar.
- natmaka 10mo agoIndeed, sorry. Decentralizing solar power reduces electricity transmission costs and improves reliability. This doesn't offset the additional cost, but it's not negligible.
- coryrc 10mo agoIf the grid gets heavily overloaded, the frequency and voltage drop. And home-based grid-tie solar will shut itself off when it's most needed. This is fragile and DEcreases reliability.
- natmaka 10mo agoStorage, such as batteries coupled with V2G and also green-hydrogen fed turbo-alternators, can alleviate this.