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by nordify 11y ago
Is storing power cheaper than using peaker plants? That is, is storing power at scales required to replace peaker plants economically viable?
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by nordify 11y ago
> Not all places are like this. Is there a reason why all places couldn't be like this? Wouldn't a well run and properly regulated power grid solve these problems?
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by nordify 11y ago
I get the arbitration angle, but doesn't it purely depend on there being a market failure, i.e. failure to match production to demand and/or grid failure to transfer power between demand imbalance regions? Wouldn't the better
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by nordify 11y ago
So the answer to my question is that the economics of energy storage do not work, but may at some point of the future? I get both the technical and ecological argument, my point is that the economics to drive the change aren't here (ye
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by nordify 11y ago
No energy storage solution is infinitely re-usable. Thus there is a price per kWh per cycle. Consumer energy storage solutions have a higher kWh price than traditional energy generation. So why store energy as a consumer? EDIT: So energy st
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by nordify 11y ago
So energy storage is a technical solution to market failure?
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by nordify 11y ago
But why bother storing the solar/wind excess, if storage costs exceed traditional generation costs? For a purely economical perspective, it does not make sense.
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by nordify 11y ago
Could somebody enlighten me on the economics of energy storage? The local retail energy prices are approximately 10c/kWh year round, rain or shine. The price is fixed, unless you buy a contract based on the spot market. All the energy
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by nordify 11y ago
Myötähäpeä: vicarious embarrassment. This is one of my favorite words in Finnish. It is so apt and describing. I totally get it. I cannot, for example, watch a lot of reality tv because I feel so ashamed and embarrassed for the person on tv
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by nordify 11y ago
Counterpoint: nobody really cares that much about footy around here. Furthermore sports are quite useless as on-demand content. Netflix isn't synonymous with live TV. Why waste a lot of money on very expensive content that does not sca
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by nordify 11y ago
Not really. Availability of work seems to be a motivator, as well as familiarity and image. "Why do the “migrants” in Calais want to come to the UK? This being the real world, there is no easy answer to the question “why?” Work, friend
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by nordify 11y ago
> Out of curiosity, what are the "obligations" on these asylum seekers? By law, asylum seekers are obligated to register in the first EU country they arrive. Failing to do so results in illegal entry and/or stay and is gro
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by nordify 11y ago
Housing assistance is up to 80% of rent, up to a maximum of 400 euros per month.
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by nordify 11y ago
Based on the language list metafunctor is Finnish, so the only language standing out is Japanese. Finnish and Swedish are first and second languages (or vice versa). English and German are typical third and fourth school languages and Japan
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by nordify 11y ago
From litterally the first Google result: "Long-term homelessness is a case of prolonged or repeated homelessness , which is often associated with poverty, in addition to severe psycho- social problems such as substance abuse and mental
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by nordify 11y ago
Nothing keeps you from raising prices. However, just because people have more money does not mean competition will stop. In fact competition might increase and prices go down, as there is more money to be made and risks/costs go down.
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by nordify 11y ago
If your income goes up 800€ and your taxes go up 800€ then your disposable income does not increase. For those near the poverty line who will pay less than 800€ in new taxes still need to eat, so they cannot pay 800€ more in rent.
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by nordify 11y ago
> How much do social welfare and unemployment programs pay out in Finland? Minimum of 485,50€ and 705€ per month respectively. So 800€ isn't much more than any unemployed would get anyway. If you have any previous employment then yo
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by nordify 11y ago
> It's not a comfy lifestyle by any means, but could get people off the streets who otherwise would not have the means. It's not like there is a large problem in Finland with people living on the streets. Rent is subsidized up