"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
05/14/2020 at 20:25 • Filed to: The future’s so bright I have to wear shades
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
05/14/2020 at 20:25 • Filed to: The future’s so bright I have to wear shades | 2
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Way too technical for me, but this analysis of crazy-cheap solar power that’s only getting cheaper, much faster than anyone expected, is a nice breeze of positive news amidst, well, everything else.
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Storage would seem to be the limiting factor on how effectively solar can replace fossil fuels, but someone will surely solve that problem, and even if not it’s still a big win.
The future is bright. Maybe even bright enough to keep climate change under control.
(No, I’m not that optimistic, but maybe.)
MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
> Just Jeepin'
05/14/2020 at 20:27 |
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Are you telling me to invest in solar, and buy solar panels? Because I can do that. Solar all the things
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Just Jeepin'
> MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
05/14/2020 at 20:29 |
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Sounds like you should wait 20 years for solar panels to be even cheaper!
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Just Jeepin'
05/14/2020 at 20:34 |
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Starred for the song reference.
Gone
> Just Jeepin'
05/14/2020 at 20:49 |
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Unfortunately the whole Paris Acc ord is something we’re out of time to meet - m aybe if Covid lasts for a decade lol. We can do better but we’re far behind the curve still.
Storage, while a challenge, is being overcome. Obviously there are batteries, but a lot of research is being put into alternative methods. Molten Salt (MSES, commercially used now ), other thermal (TES, graphene/graphite ), hydrogen conversions, and pumped hydro.
The next few years should bring more solar and a lot more wind (mostly offshore installations) online. Natty gas is also a big part of the change. W hile it is a fossil fuel, is cleaner as a power source. Cheap oil drags out the energy transition timeli ne , but it’ s happening regardless.
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> Just Jeepin'
05/14/2020 at 21:26 |
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The more we deploy, the more we California ratepayers get to pay the surrounding states to take the “negative value” solar power away...
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4262588-californias-mid-day-solar-power-glut-become-obvious
Thomas Donohue
> Gone
05/14/2020 at 21:27 |
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Pumped hydro doesn’t sound like it should work, but it’s a great idea that could eliminate the need for batteries.
Good article (with info- graphic) from a few years ago about turning Lake Mead/ Hoover Dam into a battery.
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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> Just Jeepin'
05/14/2020 at 21:27 |
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And storage to be more than a Musk reefer burp...
We’re 20-25 years out.
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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> Thomas Donohue
05/14/2020 at 21:30 |
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I was always a skeptic (the round trip efficiencies are atrocious) but there are projects on the books around the Great Lakes that could make a lot of sense. And, the TVA might make it work.
California has the biggest problem with too much solar and are trying batteries... but are short of suitable pumped-hydro sites that could work. Plus EIS work in California takes forever.
They talked about draining Powell (silted in) for decades, so maybe it’s time for a pumped hydro re-do there at Page?
DipodomysDeserti
> Just Jeepin'
05/15/2020 at 00:23 |
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Just as a heads up that climate change is already out of control. Ask any antarctic scientist. TBH covid offers a better hope to that problem than anything we are willing to do.
However, I saw a cool article today where biologists have created a GM’d algae that can unbleach coral. Downside is that releasing GMO’s into natural environments is hugely problematic, and very illegal in some places.
wafflesnfalafel
> Just Jeepin'
05/15/2020 at 00:57 |
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T here are several folks in our neighborhood that have put quite big arrays on their roofs, (and we are up in cloudy Seattle.) One guy in particular is kind of a stereotypical trumpster fan and he just put a bunch of money into it - I was really surprised...