• capital
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    674 months ago

    We’ll also ignore the fact that that solar could have been used to offset actual needs instead of this BS.

      • @Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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        14 months ago

        If only the creators of the ball had enough profit coming in to put up more solar panels and build up a battery bank for the night so they wouldn’t take anything from the grid…

      • capital
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        04 months ago

        And yet they still couldn’t cover the last 30%.

          • capital
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            14 months ago

            Regardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.

          • Morphit
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            14 months ago

            So build concentrated solar power and store the heat for after the sun sets. Bonus - thermal power plant turbines give inertia to the grid, which photo-voltaics don’t.