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by BeefDinnerPurge 898 days ago
Yes to the first bit, but no to the second bit once you have batteries or other long-term storage, but that's not good for your narrative, now is it?

Hate hate hate on all the either/or politics here. We need both (though increasingly less nuclear with time), and we needed it yesterday.
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Detrytus 897 days ago
> once you have batteries or other long-term storage, but that's not good for your narrative, now is it?

Well, I'd love to see that happening in my lifetime (I just turned 40, so that leaves like 30-40 more years for some breakthrough to happen). For now it seems that the technology is simply not there yet.

EDIT: All of that is to say: I'd like for our policies to be based on the actual technology that we have, not on wishful thinking.

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edent 897 days ago
I have batteries in my home - 4.8kWh worth. The technology is very real.

But, also, we have to plan for tomorrow. We can predict with some degree of certainty how technology will develop. Tomorrow's computers are likely to be faster than today's; so we'll build a broadband network which is capable of exceeding today's demand.

It's the same with electricity. Nuclear has had decades to prove itself and come up short every single time. Solar and wind are exceeding expectations. Battery technology is rapidly evolving. Should we base our decisions on today's technology or tomorrow's?

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midasuni 897 days ago
Given how cheap 20kWh of battery is compared with the total cost of a house it’s shocking that there aren’t building requirements mandating that much storage.
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BeefDinnerPurge 897 days ago
I have ~40 kWH of Franklin battery backup behind my solar panels today.

https://www.ecodirect.com/FranklinWH-FHP-13-6-kWh-AC-Battery...

Tell me again how this technology hasn't happened yet?

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slater 897 days ago
Price. $100/mo. will always win out over that ($11k alone for that battery)
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BeefDinnerPurge 897 days ago
My electric bill in CA was ~$300/month.

$3600+/year.

Great investment, and no more power failures. But also, OP said this technology doesn't exist. You're pivoting to it exists but you can't afford it. Different question.

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BeefDinnerPurge 896 days ago
Downvoted because daring to say consumer power storage technology already exists conflicts with some sort of comforting folksy narrative that it doesn't? How is that in any way "Hacker" like? I thought we were supposed to be the bleeding edge types rapidly adopting the new toys. My bad? Downvote this too because "this isn't reddit" amIRight?
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