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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

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[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But too much power on the grid isn’t “here, have at it”. It’s fried devices and spontaneous fires breaking out. The grid can’t “hold the power”, only pumped and battery storage can, of which we have nowhere near enough. The grid literally cannot work if other producers put more electricity on to it.

If you have smart meter, you can literally be paid to use power at that point.

[-] sexy_peach@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

Nobody said it can hold power

[-] _tezz@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

I think we're quite a long way off from "too much power on the grid", no? Even in America we regularly over-strain our grids. My power provider has even started discouraging folks from using their power as much, and charging more, because they simply decided not to do this work of increasing the amount generated. Like my bill has never once gone down, this paying people to use power concept is completely unheard of in practice.

That said I'm willing to be wrong. If you can show me evidence we have "too much power" I'd be happy to take that to my elected officials, insist I should get paid to heat up my noodles or whatever.

[-] brianorca@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

We don't have too much power overall, but there are moments where solar and renewable production in a region exceeds usage in that region.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Where I live at the moment (UK), people with home batteries are regularly paid for storing excess energy from the grid. I haven’t got a clue about the American energy market, but intermittent energy production is causing huge strain on European grids.