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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Government should invest in more energy storage so the excess can be used later, like at night

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That and incentivise smart devices like water heaters that run when power is cheap, which is effectively a rudimentary battery

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    If all grids did was put high resolution pricing data on the wire we could make those decisions for ourselves.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It still takes upfront investment. that's easy if you're wealthy but a lot harder if you're pay check to pay check + there's no reason landlords would do it. part of it is the high resolution pricing data, but we need more than just that

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Everything is a cost.

    It could quite easily be cheaper to pay people to use energy than it is to store it. Once that equation changes then hopefully they start buying storage.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Problem is that storing electric energy at a large scale is really difficult, with lots of engineering and research effort going into finding solutions. Investment into storage is good, but it's still an area of active research how to even do it.

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