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Comment · 2 years ago
That was not my point. A solar panel is co2 neutral after 3 years and wind in a year.

And if we could build nuclear properly in a reasonable fast way around the globe, i would be for investing it heavily anyway i'm just not controling it in anyway and the only thing actually working is solar, wind and battery.

Low risk, broad spectrum investment (private, small companies, big, basically everyone can)

Comment · 2 years ago
Batteries in controlled env do not need to be replaced every few years.
Comment · 2 years ago
Its not that simple.

First of no one is saying its just wind and solar. You say wind, solar and energy storage (batteries).

And second, if more people would buy EVs, we would already have A LOT MORE storage available. My EV has 100kWh and could heat a whole modern build house for 2 full days in winter.

Comment · 2 years ago
Its not a lot. Pls don't repeat this. Wind and solar turnaround is very fast...
Comment · 2 years ago
Because a battery will become a lot cheaper and replacing it sooner will still have huge benefits for you financially.

I have a 100kWh battery and can drive with this 3 weeks around without charging at all.

Why would i not want to leverage this?

And results from storage systems show that you can charge and discarge car batteries a lot more often without real degeneration when you do this a lot more stable than when driving.

Also it reduces the overall straine to the power grid. If you fill your cars battery with local solar, you are transporting less energy across the whole grid. If you discharge it locally, again less overall energy which needs to be transfered across the whole grid.

How this would work at scale? easy: in my city for example there is one local power company and they offer a charging solution for my EV. They have a few powerplants locally here too. They have everything they need.

Also overall solar energy prediction for the next day is very good. You can easily save a lot of money by leveraging this up front.

Comment · 2 years ago
IF solar would be the only thing people do, yes.

Thats just not the case.

Solar is used together with wind and storage.

And there are very little energy systems which rwould relia only on solar. More north you go, there is often water.

Comment · 2 years ago
Good studies showed that wind doesn't kill birds.

solar on roofs doesn't take anything from local ecosystem. Solar above car parks neither.

Solar on a home is such a simple, affordable and save solution, why are you 'non-fan'? which indicates you hate it? How much are you against it? So much that you prefer burning coal over it?

Comment · 2 years ago
So a coolant loop can run at 100.000 degree? How?
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes but not solar or wind.

And YES It is a problem which needs to be fixed, increases risk and costs. Don't say its not a problem.

Comment · 2 years ago
It has never been easier to create your own company if you have the proper grid.

Reduce your workhours to half day or 80%, spend your evenings and weekends building.

Show your demo around to get more money if your progress is slow.

But technology has never been as accessable as it is today. You have a lptop, a server costs you 50$, a big machine perhaps 100 or 200 / month.

The problem are people who think just having an idea is the main part of creating a product/company.

I have more ideas per day than non technical people and i could make 50% work. Not unicorn work but making enough money for a company money.

Its just a lot nicer to work from mo-fr earning good money and having time for living.

Comment · 2 years ago
If the example is something like this: "I am non-technical and can handle Sales, Marketing, and Product. " it does seem to be written from a non-technical person.

Ex-meta doesn't mean anything. As far as i know manager / non technical people work at meta as in any other 'tech' company.

Comment · 2 years ago
The problem is the amount of people not willing to invest into energy storage.

If we would now buy a lot more EVs and make bi-directional charging mandatory, we would have a lot more capacity available 'out of the box'.

Additional investment into grid storage batteries would also add to economy of scale.

But noooo we are to slow, to careflu, we don't like it, we <add your excuse here>

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