Current Events > Texas needs to go 80% solar

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But then how will they get electricity during the day?

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Solar and wind are great for supplementary energy, but this is proof that nuclear plants are the necessary.

How about solar 50% and lunar 50%

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hockeybub89 posted...

But then how will they get electricity during the day?

Godtheists btfo

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Payzmaykr posted...

Solar and wind are great for supplementary energy, but this is proof that nuclear plants are the necessary.

There is a very small minority of homes that couldn't run everything off solar. Factories need to find a good alternative

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Nobody should have solar panels down here. We need an array in space and then simply beam it back to Earth.

https://www.kenkai.jaxa.jp/eng/research/ssps/ssps-ssps.html

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Also a space elevator. Can someone please space elevator.

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Texas needs to bite the fucking bullet and pay the price to winterize every damn thing that can freeze that is vital to the grids

CADE FOSTER posted...

Texas needs to bite the fucking bullet and pay the price to winterize every damn thing that can freeze that is vital to the grids

But then how can politicians and big utility stuff their pockets???????
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I like solar. Too bad its still immature.

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Payzmaykr posted...

Solar and wind are great for supplementary energy, but this is proof that nuclear plants are the necessary.

without huge subsidies and a legal machete to cut through the red tape, no private power company is going to build new nuclear power plants, there's just no profit to be made. federal government could do it, but its unlikely. and i dont really believe modular nuclear is ever going to become mainstream.

shironinja posted...

Nobody should have solar panels down here. We need an array in space and then simply beam it back to Earth.

https://www.kenkai.jaxa.jp/eng/research/ssps/ssps-ssps.html

we'll have fusion energy before that ever becomes a thing...

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Perascamin posted...

There is a very small minority of homes that couldn't run everything off solar. Factories need to find a good alternative

And then they'll to install an expensive energy storage system (both to buy and also maintain) to be able to continue using electricity when there is little or no solar energy production (might as well go 100% off grid in that case), or else stay on the utility grid for such periods of little or no output in which case if the grid ever loses power, the solar array must be completely isolated from the home's electrical system as it poses a safety hazard to utility crews who expect a completely de-energized grid while repairing it.

In other words, unless the home is completely off-grid, a power outage means that the homeowner is not allowed to benefit from solar energy if electricity from the grid ever goes out, even if there is enough solar energy to power the some or all of the home during the duration of the outage, and therefore we're back to the original issue of homes losing power because the grid is not reliable.

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monkmith posted...

we'll have fusion energy before that ever becomes a thing...

Maybe.. perhaps Texas mayhap be better off digging a large hole for this device?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2021/02/08/what-is-behind-the-us-navys-ufo-fusion-energy-patent/

If they can go boom though I recommend they are also placed in Earth orbit. My vision for Earth is that it's minimal technology as possible. UBI for everyone and stores where you can buy / recycle anything. Everything else is just open forest for wandering and katana duels.


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Paragon21XX posted...

In other words, unless the home is completely off-grid, a power outage means that the homeowner is not allowed to benefit from solar energy if electricity from the grid ever goes out, even if there is enough solar energy to power the some or all of the home during the duration of the outage, and therefore we're back to the original issue of homes losing power because the grid is not reliable.

this is a problem best resolved by annexing texas' energy grid into the western interconnection

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Paragon21XX posted...

And then they'll to install an expensive energy storage system (both to buy and also maintain) to be able to continue using electricity when there is little or no solar energy production (might as well go 100% off grid in that case), or else stay on the utility grid for such periods of little or no output in which case if the grid ever loses power, the solar array must be completely isolated from the home's electrical system as it poses a safety hazard to utility crews who expect a completely de-energized grid while repairing it.

In other words, unless the home is completely off-grid, a power outage means that the homeowner is not allowed to benefit from solar energy if electricity from the grid ever goes out, even if there is enough solar energy to power the some or all of the home during the duration of the outage, and therefore we're back to the original issue of homes losing power because the grid is not reliable.

1. They're not expensive to maintain lmfao what in the absolute FUCK are you talking about

2. Solar Systems are connected to a "disconnect" switch that can be operated from the owner's property. Only, this switch effects power going into the home and that's it. The power company will have access to a "disconnect" switch of their own which will shut off power going both ways; from the home of someone, and from the power line to the home. There is no hazard of "the grid being live when they expect it to be dead" if all of their regular safety precautions are followed.

3. No one is suggesting that it's going 100% solar. There is just a very obvious problem that can be fixed if most homes were to adopt solar, as most of their energy needs can be provided year round(with an extreme likelihood to overproduce during spring, summer, and part of fall, which gets sent back to the power company who stores it for later use)

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solar is GREEN and green energy is SOCIALIST which is BAD.

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Harness the power of cow farts and have an endless supply of stinky energy.

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