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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes there is. So consumers (with the right kind of smart meters) are paid to use energy and we are slowly moving from pilot plan into small scale production of hydrogen. But there’s nowhere near enough and the grid will literally fry itself unless producers stop pumping more onto the grid (during windy and sunny days, in areas with high penetration of intermittent production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

the grid will literally fry itself

I don't believe this is true for three reasons.

#1 it's glossing over the mechanics of how equipment will get damaged

#2 the people that own the equipment have ways of managing excess capacity.

#3 minuscule increases in grid frequency result in devices using power less efficiently, so they use more power. There's time to adjust power generation in surplus events.