▲ 217 ▼ Electricity prices in Germany today and tomorrow (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by saimen@feddit.org to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago (4 children) Do your part to help global warming! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago (3 children) If prices are negative, then all fossil fuel power generation that can be turned off has already been turned off. So you are not helping global warming by consuming the power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cravl@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago I was 100% just meming, but thank you for the serious response, you make a good point! 🙂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) If you were already going to use the heat later in the day when fossil fuels are burning again, then whatever you can do to reduce that future consumption, through storing some thermal heat produced now, can still reduce that fossil fuel consumption overall. Water heaters, warming any living spaces that might need to be heated at night, etc. It doesn't even have to be efficient when prices are literally negative. All it has to do is be somewhat effective at reducing later consumption. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago through storing some thermal heat produced now If prices are going negative, then I would think that people are already doing this all they can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago (3 children) If prices are negative, then all fossil fuel power generation that can be turned off has already been turned off. So you are not helping global warming by consuming the power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cravl@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago I was 100% just meming, but thank you for the serious response, you make a good point! 🙂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) If you were already going to use the heat later in the day when fossil fuels are burning again, then whatever you can do to reduce that future consumption, through storing some thermal heat produced now, can still reduce that fossil fuel consumption overall. Water heaters, warming any living spaces that might need to be heated at night, etc. It doesn't even have to be efficient when prices are literally negative. All it has to do is be somewhat effective at reducing later consumption. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago through storing some thermal heat produced now If prices are going negative, then I would think that people are already doing this all they can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago I was 100% just meming, but thank you for the serious response, you make a good point! 🙂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) If you were already going to use the heat later in the day when fossil fuels are burning again, then whatever you can do to reduce that future consumption, through storing some thermal heat produced now, can still reduce that fossil fuel consumption overall. Water heaters, warming any living spaces that might need to be heated at night, etc. It doesn't even have to be efficient when prices are literally negative. All it has to do is be somewhat effective at reducing later consumption. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago through storing some thermal heat produced now If prices are going negative, then I would think that people are already doing this all they can. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 0 points 4 months ago through storing some thermal heat produced now If prices are going negative, then I would think that people are already doing this all they can. permalink fedilink source parent
