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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Endlessvoid 11 points 10 months ago

As a professional engineer who literally designs solar power plants for a living, this is not how electricity works. It is true that solar inverters can throttle their output by operating at non-optimal voltages, but you can't just dump power into the ground without causing major issues to the grid infrastructure.

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