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Imagine if someone made the opposite of this device, an energy generating device which could supply you with revenue [after the subsidy is paid off] and was not

Imagine if someone made the opposite of this device, an energy generating device which could supply you with revenue [after the subsidy is paid off] and was not restricted to any particular currency ecosystem.

bduerst 11y ago
You mean something like solar panels?
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- inafewwords 11y ago
  run the excess energy into a bitcoin farm instead of batteries?
  - nols 11y ago
    It seems more cost effective to just use batteries
  - bduerst 11y ago
    Can't solar panel owners sell their excess energy back to the grid for USD? Seems more cost effective than to buy, run, and cool depreciating mining hardware.
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pavel_lishin 11y ago
"Hang on, I just rode my bike to the office, let me plug it into my parking spot so I can discharge the capacitor and get paid for the ride up here and I'll come up to your office."
- mentat 11y ago
  Reminds me of The Calorie Man which is quite good if disturbing. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805265-the-calorie-man https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805265-the-calorie-man
- def_illiterate 11y ago
  We're having fun at this, but I think you may have just found a way to better gamify wellness initiatives...
  - nols 11y ago
    Bicycle riders only produce a few hundred watts, while an average kilowatt/hr is worth 12 cents.
    - wcoenen 11y ago
      It's kilowatt-hour, not kilowatt/hour. Multiply, not divide.
      - bryogenic 11y ago
        It's kilowatt*hour not kilowatt-hour. Multiply, not subtract.
        michaeldunworth 11y ago
        Haha, thought the same.
- pablovidal85 11y ago
  Exercise bikes that mine bitcoin. Hey Tesla, who needs batteries if you can store energy as monetary value.
  - nitrogen 11y ago
    As with commodities trading, the actual product has to exist somewhere.
IkmoIkmo 11y ago
It'd be like putting a tiny solar panel on your retail consumer grade router, one that degrades very rapidly over time, and generates electricity at a higher cost than to simply buy it (from industrial grade dedicated solar parks), in a world where you can send energy as easily as sending email, or for that matter, bitcoin. It's ridiculous. I'm curious about the bigger picture because they have a stellar team, backing, board and bank account right now.

bduerst 11y ago

You mean something like solar panels?

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inafewwords 11y ago
run the excess energy into a bitcoin farm instead of batteries?
- nols 11y ago
  It seems more cost effective to just use batteries
- bduerst 11y ago
  Can't solar panel owners sell their excess energy back to the grid for USD? Seems more cost effective than to buy, run, and cool depreciating mining hardware.
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pavel_lishin 11y ago

"Hang on, I just rode my bike to the office, let me plug it into my parking spot so I can discharge the capacitor and get paid for the ride up here and I'll come up to your office."

mentat 11y ago
Reminds me of The Calorie Man which is quite good if disturbing. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805265-the-calorie-man https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805265-the-calorie-man
def_illiterate 11y ago
We're having fun at this, but I think you may have just found a way to better gamify wellness initiatives...
- nols 11y ago
  Bicycle riders only produce a few hundred watts, while an average kilowatt/hr is worth 12 cents.
  - wcoenen 11y ago
    It's kilowatt-hour, not kilowatt/hour. Multiply, not divide.
    - bryogenic 11y ago
      It's kilowatt*hour not kilowatt-hour. Multiply, not subtract.
      - michaeldunworth 11y ago
        Haha, thought the same.
pablovidal85 11y ago
Exercise bikes that mine bitcoin. Hey Tesla, who needs batteries if you can store energy as monetary value.
- nitrogen 11y ago
  As with commodities trading, the actual product has to exist somewhere.

IkmoIkmo 11y ago

It'd be like putting a tiny solar panel on your retail consumer grade router, one that degrades very rapidly over time, and generates electricity at a higher cost than to simply buy it (from industrial grade dedicated solar parks), in a world where you can send energy as easily as sending email, or for that matter, bitcoin. It's ridiculous. I'm curious about the bigger picture because they have a stellar team, backing, board and bank account right now.