Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 days agoSo the problem with solar is that it bypasses economic rent seeking?hexbear.netimagemessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down12
arrow-up1231arrow-down1imageSo the problem with solar is that it bypasses economic rent seeking?hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square102linkfedilink
minus-squarelarrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThe MIT article is pro solar and pro renewable, and does discuss storage, hvdc transmission, load shifting and subsidies to reduce costs.
minus-squareTrying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days ago storage and system costs rise sharply once renewables provide the vast majority of electricity on the grid. Why is that? Perhaps the problems the article poses with storage solutions boil down to: inherently driven by a a capitalist profit motive
The MIT article is pro solar and pro renewable, and does discuss storage, hvdc transmission, load shifting and subsidies to reduce costs.
Why is that? Perhaps the problems the article poses with storage solutions boil down to: