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That’s not external, though: what we’re seeing now are a ton of people struggling because two countries they have no control over are at war. If they used solar
by acdha 2mo ago
That’s not external, though: what we’re seeing now are a ton of people struggling because two countries they have no control over are at war. If they used solar and their local government changed the pricing, they’d have some outlet for relief in a way they don’t now.
Also, we have battery technology. Bursty doesn’t mean real engineers can’t build reliable systems, and the economic factors can spur a lot of efficiency improvements.
- mhh__ 2mo agoWhen these batteries actually exist then sure...
- acdha 2mo agoSo several years ago. There’s grid scale storage in use around the world. This is not alien tech, just a matter of engineering.
- mhh__ 2mo agoYes but it doesn't actually exist yet so anyone saying "just use batteries" is basically either a bit naive or a journalist.
- acdha 2mo ago2023: https://www.energy-storage.news/australias-first-grid-scale-battery-storage-system-at-decommissioned-coal-plant-goes-online/ https://www.energy-storage.news/australias-first-grid-scale-... 2024: https://www.indexbox.io/blog/australias-battery-storage-fleet-sets-new-records-on-august-11/ https://www.indexbox.io/blog/australias-battery-storage-flee... https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11/californias-battery-storage-fleet-continues-record-growth-strengthening-grid https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11/californias-battery-s... https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022025/solar-battery-storage-texas-grid/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022025/solar-battery-st... Note how massive home battery deployment drove all of Australia’s wholesale power price down by half: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries