Capitalism is the problem, here.
This should be a warning: the rich are going to fight the idea of post-scarcity tooth and nail, because not being able to coerce people woth the threat of homelessness or starvation will remove just about the only lever they have.
Darkard@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh no! Not an excess of available power! How will the state ever recover from such a catastrophe?
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, it’s not like it can’t be saved in the brand new storage facility that happens to be one of the biggest in the world. This article reads like propaganda against solar.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s existence highlights three need for more, and more distributed storage. That’s a good discussion to be having
Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I hope it doesn’t spill into the water, permeate the air, or leave the land uninhabitable for thousands of years.
TheUncannyObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I’m not familiar with how power grids work, is an excess of power bad for the grid if it isn’t used?
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No. They constantly monitor it and keep it in line. The power grid itself is totally fine. Completely.
The only “problem” is they cannot easily turn on or off huge old power plants, so if the sun is blazing, they might have to direct excess old generation power to batteries or other grids.
The only “problem” is the power companies don’t get to charge much for simply managing the grid. They charge mostly for power generation, so it ends up costing them money. If they were simply a government paid service, they wouldn’t have to care what so ever which direction power is flowing as long as it has somewhere to go.
zurohki@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Kind of, yeah. But excess solar can be turned off almost instantly so it isn’t like it’s an impossible problem.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 months ago
Yeah, various power generation techniques (e.g., big industrial power plants) do not want to run without a load. And switching them off temporarily isn’t really feasible (shutting them for good would ultimately be nice, but that’s another topic…).
And you can’t just “dump” huge amounts of excess of power — it needs to go somewhere.