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A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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  • darwinwoodka@mastodon.socialD darwinwoodka@mastodon.social

    @kernelvoid @cwebber

    There are ones we could use for small projects, but not at scale really. Solar scales better than most other things we've found. From here the big win is better battery technology to store the excess solar power we CAN produce currently.

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    @darwinwoodka @cwebber true however, my intention was small scale i.e home to village level roughly 30 homes.
    Can anything other than biowaste, solar and hydro electricity be used?!

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    • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

      A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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      @cwebber There is political push in Denmark to make it mandatory to install solar panels on larger buildings of state and local government.

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      • raulinbonn@social.treehouse.systemsR raulinbonn@social.treehouse.systems

        @cwebber All these planned huge AI datacenters should build their own solar farms them. Ought to be cheaper than buying power from existing grids in the long run. Unless govt tax exceptions benefit them from stressing existing grids and providers for even cheaper, that is.

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        @raulinbonn they'd need (concentrated) solar (thermal) power stations (CSP) with thermal storage, and those occupy large areas and might not even produce enough energy for the AI datacentres (and they take longer to build than datacentres). We don't need more AI datacentres, even AI companies are reaching that conclusion.
        @cwebber

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        • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

          A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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          @cwebber Wish we were allowed to out here..

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          • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

            A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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            @cwebber I specifically remember reading articles in my childhood in a pop science mag bemoaning the way that solar panels were expensive and not very efficient and expressing longing for the imagined future where they were cheap and worked well.

            Here you go, Focus columnist, this is the future you were dreaming of ❤️🥲

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            • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

              There is still hope in this dying world

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              @cwebber Michael Kosta (Daily show) rightfully awarded Trump with this beautiful trophee yesterday

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              • kernelvoid@mastodon.socialK kernelvoid@mastodon.social

                @darwinwoodka @cwebber true however, my intention was small scale i.e home to village level roughly 30 homes.
                Can anything other than biowaste, solar and hydro electricity be used?!

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                @kernelvoid @darwinwoodka @cwebber that needs just solar at winter level plus batteries

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                • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

                  A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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                  @cwebber And, outside the US, the world is actually doing rather well with it, investing, subsidizing, supporting.

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                  • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

                    There is still hope in this dying world

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                    @cwebber still hoping, but certain some billionaires fuck it all up even more.

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                      @mensrea @cwebber bye bye rolling black outs!!

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                      • furrybeta@shark.communityF furrybeta@shark.community

                        @cwebber The irony of our “drill baby drill” prez doing more to drive renewables than just about anything else recently

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                        @FurryBeta @cwebber Feels pretty silly to be fighting over petroleum in these circumstances.

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                        • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

                          A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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                          @cwebber @bert_hubert if only our energy market wasn't so irredeemably broken so that we still pay based on the price of the most expensive unit on the grid no matter the actual mean price of generation

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                          • cwebber@social.coopC cwebber@social.coop

                            A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

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                            @cwebber

                            Myth: Solar energy is safe and harmless.

                            Fact: If the sun explodes, it will kill all life on Earth.

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                            • be@floss.socialB be@floss.social

                              @FurryBeta @cwebber Feels pretty silly to be fighting over petroleum in these circumstances.

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                              @be @cwebber I look forward to the day that oil is only used for lubricants

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                              • kernelvoid@mastodon.socialK kernelvoid@mastodon.social

                                @darwinwoodka @cwebber true however, my intention was small scale i.e home to village level roughly 30 homes.
                                Can anything other than biowaste, solar and hydro electricity be used?!

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                                @kernelvoid @darwinwoodka @cwebber wind? if the village is somewhere windy.

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