LibertyLizard
@LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
- Comment on How can you make sure that my post that you are reading now is real and that you are not currently dreaming? 5 days ago:
Dreams feel different than reality. Reality feels more real.
Unless there is another deeper layer of reality that feels even more real that I have forgotten in this dream. Can’t really rule that one out.
- Comment on Do cooperatives still need worker unions? 1 week ago:
I’m not sure but I don’t see any reason to restrict them.
- Comment on The American Battery Boom is Real and Two Grids Are Doing Most of the work 2 weeks ago:
Ah that is a good point! So then why so little utility solar? Maybe less open land to build it on?
- Comment on The American Battery Boom is Real and Two Grids Are Doing Most of the work 2 weeks ago:
Wow interesting. Maybe in more arid climates there is less opposition because there’s fewer trees to preserve? Otherwise I can’t imagine why it would be interesting.
I haven’t heard any backlash against batteries here although there has been some against large solar projects.
- Comment on The American Battery Boom is Real and Two Grids Are Doing Most of the work 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think that’s it. I’ll speak to California since that’s where I live. Most people live on the coast where AC usage is not high and most furnaces run on gas, not electricity. So I don’t think this explains a lack of battery uptake in the Northeast. There is still a lot of demand for electricity, it’s just being met by other sources.
Edit: I looked it up an CA has one of the lowest per capita electricity rates in the country: https://greeninnovationindex.org/2025-edition/energy-efficiency/figure-52/
- Comment on The American Battery Boom is Real and Two Grids Are Doing Most of the work 2 weeks ago:
Seems a little weird to me the northeast is so far behind. I mean yes they have less solar potential but not that much less.
- Comment on Does anyone else use !ask when they're low on mobile data? Gotta love the ban 4 weeks ago:
Low on mobile data? What is this, 2012?
- Comment on Are vertical farms really the answer? A new study reveals their surprisingly large footprint | Most striking was the doubly high land-use of vertical farms compared to conventional ones 9 months ago:
I think they only make sense if the entire process from top to bottom is redesigned to minimize impact. This could be pretty tough and I’m not sure the energy requirements are even possible with today’s technology. Maybe if advanced geothermal really takes off? The land occupied by solar doesn’t make sense unless maybe it’s in extreme desert or something.