consider the implications for a post scarcity futureslrpnk.netimage stabby_cicada ( @stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net ) Solarpunk@slrpnk.net • 3 months ago message-square165fedilinkarrow-up1875
arrow-up1875imageconsider the implications for a post scarcity futureslrpnk.net stabby_cicada ( @stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net ) Solarpunk@slrpnk.net • 3 months ago message-square165fedilink
minus-square lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink2•3 months agoCould they not just install a series of big “resistors” that can be switched on and off to burn off overproduction when necessary?
minus-square Magnetar ( @Magnetar@feddit.de ) linkfedilink1•3 months agoThose still have to be connected to the grid. be maintained, cooled, controlled, all of which costs money.
minus-square lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink3•3 months agoOkay? So does the entire rest of the grid.
minus-square blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink3•3 months agoThe point is that those have a cost, so grid has to pay for them, essentially. Hence negative electricity prices.
Could they not just install a series of big “resistors” that can be switched on and off to burn off overproduction when necessary?
Those still have to be connected to the grid. be maintained, cooled, controlled, all of which costs money.
Okay? So does the entire rest of the grid.
The point is that those have a cost, so grid has to pay for them, essentially. Hence negative electricity prices.